November 15th will always be a hard date to forget. Lasy year on this day I left the house for a bike ride, my first solo ride since being hit by a car earlier in the year, I was on my way home from a great ride to hang out with Todd & Carla my good friends from Hawaii. I mis-judged a corner on a descent...resulting in a 7 day stay in the hospital with a broken pelvis. When in the hospital I was making plans to get back on the bike. This proved harder than I hoped both physically and mentally. 2008 was a bad year on the bike, but the reality is I love riding my bike and sharing this passion with Paul, so 2009 became a journey of recovery and getting back on the bike.
Paul & I had talked about doing an Ironman in 2009...but 2008 kinda pushed those plans. Part of my getting back on the bike has been about setting goals. One of these goals was to do another Ironman so we signed up for Coeur d'Alene, June 2010. It may seem like kind of a leap, but I actually started small; running, excersice classes, a Sprint Tri and a most recently the Metric Century ride. As part of our Ironman Training we knew we needed to do a half-ironman and when the email came to join TNT for Wildflower it seemed like a perfect plan. It has been a couple of years since we raised money for the cause and the timing felt right. I can use all the good Karma out there, cancer has recently affected some family and close friends, and by doing this we can help make a difference.
So here we are...back with our TNT friends and family, back training for triathlons together, rasing money to help find a cure for cancer. I am still moving forward with my riding, swimming and running. Ironman will be in my sights for the next 7 months. I plan to help raise $10,000 for TNT, because this is a battle worth fighting! Life is back to normal. Mostly...
Because if life was back to normal then I would have done my bike workout with Paul yesterday at the Rose Bowl. But instead I opted for a quiet ride at home...indoors, on the trainer. On the year anniversary of my accident I decided to play it safe. And honestly I am ok with this decision.
November 15th a day that I wont forget.
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