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Oh Sugar Honey Ice Tea, It’s On

“Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go.”   T.S. Eliot On Monday, August 19 th , I signed up for my first Ironman – Ironman Mont Tremblant!   As I waited for registration to open at noon, I thought I was going to either pass out or lose my mind.   My heart was beating crazy fast and my breathing was sporadic.   When registration opened there were already 100 people ahead of me.   There must be some Flash Gordon typists out there because I started the registration process right at noon.   When it was my turn to register, I was a nervous wreck!   I’m a pretty good typist, but I couldn’t type to save my life.   I finally got it together and completed my registration.   When I saw my confirmation I let out a whoop and started to cry.   I know, that is sad, but this race is so much more than just a race to me. Ever since I completed IM 70.3 Augusta I knew I wanted to do an Ironman.   I didn’t know when or which one, but I knew doing a full I