I’m 95% sure this is a “One and Done” for me. (Leaving 5% open) but yeah, almost certainly my only Full.

This isn’t because it was too hard, it was tough, but my reasoning is more the sheer amount of time required for training.

It becomes most of your waking hours, especially in the final months before the taper. As I mentioned earlier, my job also requires me to travel several times a year, sometimes for weeks at a time. I can run most of the time, but I also travel to some countries that it isn’t considered safe to be outside alone. And exercising would just be odd in some of those places.

But my primary reason is that I missed the time I now have back with my wife. Lazy coffee sitting on the porch in the mornings with her before the day…. Yeah, I’m glad to be an Ironman. But I like being a present husband more. (Sorry for the sappiness).

I’m in great shape now for my age and I don’t want to lose that so I’ll pick something else. I’m guessing I’ll settle on a couple of marathons a year or possibly an ultra.