No excuses but factors

For me in my world there are no excuses but there are contributing factors. Musselman was my second Half Ironman race. Coming into Musselman my long ride was 60, which was longer than my prep before the Vineman Half Ironman, so I felt good about that and the bike ride was awesome, ask Dana :)
Swim, well I had swam a mile as my longest prior to Musselman and I was happy with my swim race day. The run, well....here is the factor. Prior to Musselman the longest run or only run in the past month was 1.5. This was due to my foot. So I knew I would some how have to fake the run for Musselman. So there is no excuse because somehow I covered the 13.1 miles before the cut off. There are many things that can get you to the finish line: your heart, courage,inner strength, loved ones waiting at the finish or Team Z. Coming around the last corner, seeing the sea of green still there cheering, Kiwi and Marie made all the miles well worth the pain in my foot. So number two is in the books. Next challenge is Ironman, that cannot be faked, so for the next 60 days I will do all that I can to get READY!!
Ironman has been a three year journey...I look forward to seeing how it ends.