THIS TIME LAST YEAR

Most of this year, I’ve been playing the game: THIS TIME LAST YEAR. With my races cancelled and most of my big events on the distant horizon, my favorite thing to do has been to think of all my racing victories in year’s past. So this week, the game has been: THIS TIME LAST YEAR, I was getting ready to jump into my favorite-ever swim at Ironman Cozumel! Or, THIS TIME LAST YEAR…..I was on the bike in Louisville, KY!

That time I wore a skort in an Ironman! Ironman Louisville 2019

I even extended it to: THIS TIME OF YEAR in 2012……I finished my first Ironman! It helps that InstaBook has been popping up all the pix of allllllll the past races.

That time I won third in my age group. Beach 2 Battleship 2014

I realize I can’t live in the past and I don’t expect the tri life to be what it once was (at least for a while). I don’t find I’m yearning for my time back or even grieving the loss of racing anymore (although part did happen). Looking back has been like comfort food. A Thanksgiving.

It has motivated me to count my blessings. Especially in this sport that has meant so much to me over the past dozen years.