Confession: My Secret Training for an Unusual Event

I have a confession to make, I’ve been secret training for an event. And not just an ordinary event,  it’s a really long one. Longer than RAAM, or ultraman, or even the Tour. Training for this event is a little out of the ordinary compared to my usual two IRONMAN races a year. Instead, it involves potentially involves skipping Saturday morning bike rides, adopting Sadie’s run pace as my semi-permanent pace, and hiding in my car injecting drugs in my stomach in a state park like I did today.

 

At first, I didn’t want to tell anyone at all. Then the start date for my prep began to approach and that’s when things got weird. I had to make excuses for my abnormal behavior. I got vague during future based discussions.  And I started realizing that keeping things a secret was unsustainable and a recipe for misery. So instead I decided to tell everyone.

 

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