CDA IM Get together...

Tonight there was just over 20 of us that met at Tracey's apartment for a get together. They served pasta and lasagna, no surprise at all. It was a great opportunity to get to know the others we are training with as we all talked about why we are doing IM. Some are doing it for the 2nd time which is incredible, and the others including myself the 1st time. There were some amazing stories in which people told us they are training for IM because:

• a few stories about people were always athletic and had a serious injury, such as breaking their back, ankles, whatever, and they never knew they would be able to do something like this.
• one gal got divorced from her husband who survived 9/11 and had panic attacks. Were way of coping with those things was to train for IM. This is her second one.
• Some grew up ever in sports and were never athletic and had the desire to accomplish something big
• One was always told that she can't do something like this by her dad so she said screw it and signed up
• A couple were swimmers all their life and got burned out but missed being fit so started up doing triathlons and went for it

....and on and on the stories went. These people ranged in age from their low 20's to mid 50's.

It was nice to hear that everyone is feeling pretty worn out and knowing you are not alone through this. Team Z is a great place to be when training for something like this. I know I could not do it without them. This was an amazing night.

Oh, and why am I doing IM, that answer will come soon enough.....