Evening before my First Half Marathon,or not ?

If everything goes well then I should start in roughly 16 Hours my first Half Marathon , problem tonight is that I'm not feeling too well, the cause could be either a upcoming Cold in that Case I might not be able to do this tomorrow or the other Reason could just be that my Body is somehow rebelling.
 I think there is a small chance that I'm getting slowly into the Menopause, that could explain the on and off Feeling I sometimes have.
So I hope I can start the Race tomorrow, I have not even remotely enough trained but I think this Race will be a closure of the current Season and then I''m really looking forward to what  I call next Season the Start of my Triathlon Season

and here is the next very stupid Idea, really can't help that

I found this Race Yesterday, it is a Ironman over 3 Days and you have the possibility to do 1 Event or all 3 Events. I'm seriously thinking of doing the Cycle on this Race , this would be a 180 km Race, can't believe that I even thinking of doing this .
This Idea has 2 Advantages , firstly the scare Factor to get my Training done in the Winter ( The Race is May ) and secondly if I'm able to do that Cycle Race I know I easily can do the cycle on the Half Ironman . which would leave me with a lot of spare Time to train for the Run and the Swim .
Swimming will be a high priority this Winter anyway.
I really will need to get some Swimming Lessons in the next couple of Weeks because I realize I'm just don't have any Technique in Swimming and to get faster I have to get this sorted out.that is something I can do in the Cold Season in the Pool , so hopefully when the warmer Season starts again I can try to apply this in the open Water swim.
So plan for now is to get a Training's plan up and running ,which will concentrate on Cycling as much as possible, as Cross Training i will do Swimming , Yoga and running in there.
I can't really let the running down too much because I'm bad enough in it anyway.
So next Week will be my first Half marathon, in which I very likely walk quite a bit because the Course is extremely hilly .

Training's runs and upcoming Race and some more

did my "long" run Duty today and managed to get 12km under my Belt, the Time I needed for the 12 km was pretty bad but I still don't really care about Time, so I have 2 weeks left until my first Half marathon and I know know that Race will be extremely though , it will be uphill for a very long Period. Anyway I hope just to enjoy it somehow and what is more Important it will be the Distance that somebody who will do in an Ironman 70 .
I still can't get it out of my Head so my decision is made, I will do the Training for an Ironman. I will need the whole Year to get ready for this but I think I'm willing to put in this work.
It is scary to even think about this but  I will not let my Lungs , my Alpha get into Way, I'm Healthy , actually very Healthy right now , so grabbing this and see how far I can go.
Just a little bit more on Health and Weight Loss, I'm happy to watch the Numbers on the Scale going down at the Moment , I'm nearly there to what is called a Normal Weight, can't believe it I have at least lost 30kg ( 60 Pounds ) if not even 40kg ( 80 Pounds ) over the last couple of Years, it was a longs Way it was very often hard but I have learned so much about me. I can't believe that I'm still the same person that started this Journey so many Years back. I think I will dedicate one of my next Blogs to this Journey
So for the next 2 Weeks a couple of short runs and one long run and then the Half Marathon ;o)

very Stupid Idea , oh yes

my first ever sprint Triathlon is now nearly 3 Weeks in the Past, however there is not a single Day where I don't think about Triathlons. I'm not even sure I enjoyed my first Try on a Tri that much, however I can't get Triathlon, Triathlon Training , Triathlon Distances out of my head and the most Stupid thing I can't get out of my Head is :  IRONMAN 70.3  

Something is telling me I should take up that Challenge , which would exist out of : 1.2 mi. swim • 56 mi. bike • 13.1 mi. run ( that is in Kilometers: 1.9 km Swim, 90 km Cycle and lastly a half Marathon of 21 km ) .

Ireland had two Weeks ago it's first Ironman 70 event and I expect it to be back next Year in September , so  I would have 1 Year to train for this and if I go with it, I will need every single Day of this Year to survive that .
I haven't even done my first Half Marathon yet and I know I will have problems to finish that Race, so even thinking about that Ironman Challenge seems to be extremely Stupid, but as I said I can't get it out o my Head.
If I take it on, it will mean the biggest Commitment I have done , it will mean quite a few expenses and it might mean to do a really horrible Race in a Years Time .
So why the Heck is it bugging me so badly , I guess several Reasons , firstly nearly every Challenge I did set myself this Year I have conquered and done .
I did : a 33km Night Hike , which was a extremely though Hike in the Wicklow mountains, I fell in more Bog holes than anyone else, my Feet were soaked through , for some reason I couldn't eat during the Night but I did finish it .
 I did nearly every month a 10km Race ( Doesn't sound much but it is big for me ) , I did my first ever Triathlon and lastly I lost a huge amount of Weight.
I haven't been so healthy in Years and I know I have to keep this Body Fit and see how far my Lungs can take me .
So setting myself though Challenges  and conquering them, seems to keep my Heath up , it makes me proud of myself and it is very satisfying.
 So I have been thinking what should  I do next Year , a Marathon ? Sounds a bit Boring just to do running , an Adventure Race , yes absolutely and if possible I want to do one next Year, but for some Reason it doesn't sound so appealing like the Ironman 70  .
 Things I want to do next Year again are the Night Hike , certain Trail Runs etc but I need something special, which would be IRONMAN 70 , just not sure if I'm though enough to do one , but  I guess the only Way I ever will find out is to Try an Ironman.
I give myself another couple of Weeks to figure it out , in that Time I can start to look into Trainings Plans and books etc, because even if  I don't do the big one I defiantly do the Smaller ones Olympic Distance and sprint Distance

another 10k Race in the Pocket

I did another 10k Race yesterday , it was a Beautiful Trail Run around the reservoir in Roundwood. Originally i wanted to skip this Race , I was rather tired and still a bit exhausted from the Sprint Triathlon the Week before.
Also I had just recovered from this rather nasty 24 Bug which made sure I never was far away from the Bathroom.

However I had signed up for it and at least I would do something for my upcoming Half Marathon, I had no expectation whatsoever for this Run,  I kind just wanted to get it over with and enjoy the Rest of the Weekend.
I didn't expect what followed , it was an amazing beautiful  at the same time Challenging Trail Run , I so enjoyed this Run . We only were around 60 Starters and I knew pretty well from the beginning that I would probably be the last finisher , which I didn't mind at all,pity was that I really had to concentrate on the Path but occasionally I just took it really slow and enjoyed the Views. in the first 5-6 km I was also really fast ( really fast for me ) but then exhaustion and the though Trail got the better of me and I nearly needed 1hr and 20 Minutes to finish this , and I didn't even finish last

I felt great after this Race and now I'm looking forward to some nice training runs , fast short ones and slow long ones, and then the Half Marathon is around the Corner.
If all these activity's I have been doing this Year, are falling under the Term: Midlife Crisis , then it is the best thing ever