My journey to Ironman Florida started at mile 13 on the run of Ironman Lake Placid.  I had to make a hard decision about whether to continue in the race...

There is more to triathlon than Ironman but when you decide to take the plunge into long course triathlon there are many factors out of your control in both training and racing. How you deal with them is what separates finishers from dreamers. Michael has many great words on his experience dealing with the ups and downs of training and racing his first Ironman.