I have done it , i have started a long though but hopefully rewarding Journey

a Couple of Weeks ago I did read in a Blog about Ironman 70.3 Mallorca and for some reason that didn't leave me alone, IM70.3 Mallorca is is happening in May of each Year and this was just filed in my head under "might be a useful information".
Than a couple of Weeks later I was lucky enough to have some spare Cash available and it just happened I decided I would do it - I would sign up for that Race, never mind that I have so far only Sprint Triathlons.
And that's what I did , I signed up and paid for the IM 70.3 Mallorca 2014 and the next thing I did I told everyone , best Way not to be able to bail out of the event.
Why did I choose a IM event and on top of it abroad ? I have here in my Country quite a few and very probably very good Half Iron Distance Races , which are just not branded IRONMAN , those Races have very likely the same quality organisation as any type of Ironman , the reason I did this one was I had to hand over quite a bit of Money and most of that is not refundable , that's a incentive to get going , also I wanted to have my first half iron Distance foreign environment and combine it with a couple of Days Holiday .
I'm scared to bits, but at the same time I'm looking forward to it, I just have once again to get my training organised ( no news there ).
So those are the big news , otherwise I'm doing still 10k Races and Sprint Triathlons and Hiking on a rather regular Basis ( Some would say nearly every weekend a event ) , does it help to loose weight , no probably not but I'm still on a Low Carb / Paleo kind of diet and that really helps , I'm not loosing weight according to the Scale but I'm loosing inches everywhere and that's even more important for me . The other real big advantage of taking the Crap out of my Food is how I feel , i feel quite a bit better and if I have a day where I eat crap food the next day is usually not good , I get headache and nausea quite baldy , that shows to me very clearly that my body thinks at this stage that fast food is pretty much the same as food poisoning

And the Journey has begun