Tag: ironman
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eating spaghetti with chopsticks
The sun has drifted below the horizon but that angle allows it to glint pink off jagged cloud bottoms high above me. Harmonies of Korean music accompany the ever-changing sunset as I wolf down my spaghetti with the only utensils the pension has provided chopsticks and a spoon. My friends are out hiking and […]
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Ironman Korea
The roped-off area between the cones was filling with lean bodies wedged into wetsuits. Predominantly black Asian heads where increasingly covered with white bathing caps. I searched the spectators for my friends, suspecting Id hear Carries shouts as soon as she arrived. Finally I saw them walking stiffly down a grass-lined trail to the beach […]
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Busses, bikes, and beautiful boring roads
Somewhere during the 51minutes of swimming, I transitioned from fearing paddling for nearly 2 whole miles to just enjoying it – the coolness of the water, the relaxing feeling of buoyancy, the calming rhythm of my stroke, stroke, breathe, stroke, stroke, breathe. The Kiwi who ended up winning the race overall had commented just before the race began that, “the swim is just there to be enjoyed…”
Cleverly Disguised 