Thursday, August 7, 2008

Bob-o's going back to Taupo....




Well upon running ye olde number cruncher, looking around at cheap airfare, desperate emails to Catherine, realizing that this year's winter training won't set me back as much as last year ( ie I have all my winter training crap.) When September roles around my entry into Ironman New Zealand will be confirmed and depending on what Ken Glah and the staff at EST can get me for airfare and a ground package,I'll either be rolling via United and Air New Zealand or racking up a bazillion AA advantage miles via American and Quantas. Catherine and the staff at the Times have offered me home stays so worst case I'll be couch surfing through Taupo, so the only things I need to focus on are my race entry and airfare, which if I'm booking with Ken I have until February to pay off other wise it will be the big hurt all at once to American...Ken is looking like my best option at this point and he and his staff run a good show.

Enter the "you're committing financial and scholastic suicide !" comments. Having sat and taken this year and all the crap that happened in. my race schedule will be limited next season 2 Ironmans, the Patriot, and maybe a couple of locals. As for the Scholastic suicide comments I'm looking at take either winter session courses or summer session classes through the community college system so I can get 9 credits for the price of 3 at Central, also I'm planning on Spring semester 09 to be 2 intro classes I need for my minor and core, my thesis, which will have to do with the British Empire anyway, and one BS history course for my major, after that I just have to rack up 6 more credits to graduate, realistically not so hard to pull off...although in 3 months when I'm complaining about living on espresso mixed with red bull, please remind me of this post and point and laugh hysterically.


Enter the " Kiwi's and Aussies are F**king Animals in this sport, so why are you going to risk life and limb competing up against them." Rant.
Well it's quite simple after last year's ass whooping and me whooping some ass...I now know the course and what I'm up against. The hills are no worse than my average Litchfield County training ride. My run is improving somewhat, and the course plays to my strengths, a mildly rolling run, a forgiving rolling and fairly fast bike course and a lake swim with a wonderful current back into the finish. Also god forbid I go down, I know the medical system in New Zealand is a tad bit better than Malaysia, that and I know the local language, some of the culture, except I can't for the life of me figure out cricket, rugby though, I get it, American Football with out the math and the pads. Also I have my own press corps down there I mean it can't get better than that.


So that's it in the house of Bob-o excuse me while I go collect my cans and bottles..and try to find a good cheap shrink....

R.D.

5 comments:

rocketpants said...

At least a decision has been made and sometimes that is just a good thing to focus on.

Cricket...yea I never got that one...it can be played for FIVE days and in the end it is feasible that it is STILL a Tie. Come on...sort it out folks. Rugby..well that is just hardcore insanity.

Runner Leana said...

Your going back to NZ - sweet! I won't give you the "you are committing financial and scholastic suicide" comment. You've done it before, so you know how to deal with things this time around. Good luck training!

Mr. Satan A. Chilles said...

Yeah, you know what's up financially with the NZ trip. I would hate all that winter training, but you know what's up with that, too.

Speed Racer said...

You're nuts.

iron-boyer said...

You are what speed racer said...(nuts)^2.
Are you doing NZ instead of AZ or in addition to AZ?