Taking life up a notch…
Well life on the Ironjack quest just got a whole lot more interesting.
Firstly, I entered the Tauranga Half Ironman this morning. Gulp.
I was lucky to get in actually - it sold out in just 66 minutes! A new record for any event in New Zealand. There are 1200 competitors so that’s a massive effort! Congratulations to Sport BOP actually - the website didn’t event crash. So I’m feeling pretty lucky right now to be entered in this event. I’m also petrified.
My brother’n'law Ben also got in so it’s going to be a true family affair.
Secondly, I’ve got a real job. That is a real five days a week (and probably plus some actually), eight hours a day (and again, probably some more) job. For the past year I have run my own PR consultancy here in Rotorua. Business has been really good actually - considering we’re meant to be in a recession. But this very exciting job opportunity came up, and for a whole raft of different reasons, we decided to go for it. I will still do some of my consultancy work on the side, mainly just the writing side of things.
So suddenly I find myself with two jobs, two kids and an Ironman to train for. And a Half Ironman which is only exactly 185 days away.
Right, on my bike.