The long and winding road

So this is it, training has finished, and whatever I failed to do during my training process, will be taken into account next Saturday.
I am now embracing the fact that I did not follow religiously my training schedule, but I am also aware that I did expose my body to great amount of pain, sweat, thirst and strength…I am sure I will succeed at the race…
 
Although I feel like it was yesterday when I decided to compete on an Olympic Triathlon, it took so long, including:
- More than 5+times a week trainings, for more than 20 weeks
- Only one session of double training (not proud of that) and numerous evening/morning trainings (which was impossible to accomplish before the triathlon)
- Millions of blisters in my toes, caused by sweat and humidity
- More than $5000 MXP invested in a gym’s membership, in order to swim at least once a week for more than 2000 mts.
- A scary attempt of a plantar fasciitis that was effectively cured with KT tape
- 3 half marathon medals (2 with lame timings and one with an outstanding performance) and thousands of 10K races
- My absence in more than 100 parties, birthdays, cocktails, clubs, and many other social events
- Countless and priceless smiles, pictures, entries on this blog, hugs from my friends, kisses from my boyfriend, argues with my father, medals that will be stored in my heart and health rather than in my cabinets
- But most of all, it took the guts to take the decision, some months ago; that on late April, or May (did not know the date at the time) I would race in the Monterrey Olympic Triathlon.
 
It is impressive enough that after this, I did not quit, and that today, with no further training to go, I am more than ready to become an Olympic Triathlete.