Tough decision - what do I do?!!! Travel and race related.
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Postby ClownBoy » Fri Apr 30, 2010 1:28 pm
I have paid a deposit on PMIM (Port Macquarie Ironman) and plan on signing up for it tomorrow. However I just found out I can do IMNZ for <$100 more.
Race entry is close enough to the same. Accom for PM is close to same for Tour at NZ. Fuel vs air fair is <$100 different.
Advice? My wife and son aren't coming anyway - although I had quietly hoped they might drive down for race day in PM. This isn't an option at NZ.
Whichever is my first, the other will be my second.
Wish I had asked sooner so I didn't have to decide overnight.
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Postby Missy24 » Fri Apr 30, 2010 2:17 pm
Give you a reason to be more AWESOME than usual, you get to hug your kid at the end and your wife, you get to be a hero to your boy and a champion for your wife... I don't think you need a better reason than that, save for NZ and take the family, you'll get to be a hero for a second time!
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Postby ClownBoy » Fri Apr 30, 2010 2:24 pm
Well, what you said plus recommendations for NZ.
I am alone either way. My wife is 200% supportive day to day. Heaps of help and support to spend money, train for hours, do other races, etc. But she has been to a bunch of races and it just isn't her thing.
She is 100% cool with either trip and is actually pushing NZ because it will be more of an experience for me. On the being alone bit though - at NZ I would be on a tour going to do the race. In Port Macquarie I just have a one bedroom appt so am with whoever I meet when walking around.
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Postby Missy24 » Fri Apr 30, 2010 2:26 pm
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Postby ClownBoy » Fri Apr 30, 2010 2:36 pm
She's been desensitized.Missy24 wrote:Well in that case go to NZ.... I know it may not be your wife's thing but this is a HUGE EVENT for you!
In the last 18 months I had several big milestones on weight loss that were 'Huge Events' for me. I also rode Brisbane to Noosa a few months after buying a bike - 'Huge Event' for me. I ran my first half mara last year, my first Olympic distance tri, my first marathon this year, my first half Ironman this yet - all 'Huge Events' for me.
Plus she has come\is coming to my seocnd and third Olympic distance tris, my other half marathons, etc.
Now she is like really supportive and enabling but she just calmly assumes I will do it and come home to her after. The calm assurance I cannot fail is nice.
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Postby Missy24 » Fri Apr 30, 2010 2:41 pm
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Postby ClownBoy » Fri Apr 30, 2010 2:43 pm
I will post the link to their tracking website (if they have one - IMOZ do).Missy24 wrote:If I had the coin I'd come and cheer, but I'm in the process of buying a new bike... I have no coin
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Postby Missy24 » Fri Apr 30, 2010 2:44 pm
Sounds like a good plan... so you made a decision? Go with NZ, your gonna rock it!ClownBoy wrote:I will post the link to their tracking website (if they have one - IMOZ do).Missy24 wrote:If I had the coin I'd come and cheer, but I'm in the process of buying a new bike... I have no coin
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Postby ClownBoy » Fri Apr 30, 2010 3:01 pm
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Postby tripstobaltimore » Sat May 01, 2010 12:31 pm
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Postby ClownBoy » Sat May 01, 2010 12:41 pm
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Postby Missy24 » Sat May 01, 2010 2:02 pm
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Postby ClownBoy » Sat May 01, 2010 2:08 pm
My masseuse came around after I registered ad asked if I have anything between now and then.
I said yeah, Noosa imperial in a few weeks, then GC Marathon, then Cap Coast Half Ironman, then Gold Coast Half Ironman, then Noosa Tri - then 2 weeks off then I cane it for 3 months into NZ.
I was a couch potato 18 months ago who got out of breath jogging to catch a train.
A blessed life indeed.
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