Age of Man

Today is my birthday. So what does the age of a man mean. To me it is only a chronological timeframe from birth. It does not define who, what, where, how, or why I am.

What it did do is start the stopwatch to the time I will complete an Ironman distance triathlon. I have just three years to race and finish one of these events.

Several years ago, when I was out of shape, I had a long-range goal to complete this event in Hawaii. I thought it would be a good motivator to get me to train. I found out shortly thereafter that it was the world championships and the only way to race at this event is to qualify at a very high level. I cannot devote the necessary time that is required to race at that level, so the goal was reduced to finish any Ironman.

Three years and counting.