The PD and I are feeling fine
While I didn't train nearly as much as I wanted to, my performance at this year's Mission Bay Triathlon confirmed that I have established a base layer of fitness that can apply to various events. More importantly, my extensive hiking has conditioned my brain to just keep going through discomfort and fatigue.
I didn't win any medals, but I proved to myself that I can enter a triathlon with little to no training and do more than survive. I beat over 300 people, which is a lot more than I can say of my performance in 2002.
The PD, however, blew the doors off my expectations. I knew he was going to beat me, but he did it by over 12 minutes.
My mantra typically is, "It may take me awhile, but I'll get there."
Yea, I'm more of a hiker than a runner.
