if only i could have focused this well in school.....

anyone that knows me, knows that if it doesn't hold my attention in the first 5 minutes forget about it.  typically i read only half the article and then spit out stats of what i thought i read.  i read a map but usually pick the wrong direction,  my idea of "fully researching something" is using the phone a friend option and clicking "add to cart".  research through osmosis (thank you bob for helping me buy my first bike, turns out its a pretty nice ride).

that was 3 years ago. 

with an ironman registration comes a lot of emotions. (all before training even starts) happy, sad, nervous, scared and perhaps upon completion of payment, questioning your own sanity. however, what no one told me was that it also comes with a strange sense of focus. 

yes, its true, it might be that it carries some interest to me and that yes the lack of focus in the classroom during those school days was more because i didn't really care why sally and ed rode a train traveling east bound at 80 MPH for 600 miles and why ed's second cousin twice removed missed the train and how long it would take him to catch up to sally and ed in amarillo texas at 1 o'clock the following day.  i hated school and i hated math  (yes, i'm aware that i work in finance, i'm not really sure how i got here either)  

anyway, my point is that i am INTERESTED in IMSG, somewhat obsessed actually.  I've done more research on training plans, road bikes, tri bikes, wetsuits, bike helmets, endurance drinks, BRICK workouts, and the entire town of St. George, Utah (the first mormon temple was built in St. George).  its actually kind of a nice change, this focus thing.  a change that brought me upon my first "real" triathlon purchase (with a little help from mkc)  

my very own wetsuit. 

I'll close with an exert from a racing report: (yes, i read the entire report)

"Before the race, everyone is going to talk about the bike. After the race…they’ll be talking about the run. The IMSG is, in my opinion, the most challenging run on the US calendar."

um.... holy shit.