Ironman - 45 days

I ran the Ottawa Marathon on May 31st, went to Paris on June 1st, and then started training at our beautiful Ranch in Lake Placid on June 4th. On June 12th, I went for my first long bike ride...It was gruelling. Insane hard.

I left the house at 11am. I did one loop in 3 hours, and as I started loop 2, I got a flat tire. I was drained, wet, cold. I waited 50 minutes for some help. I finally got some, and got a ride to the bike shop to buy more supplies. I wasted an hour and took off again.
I biked alone - and had way too much time to think. At times, when my body was fine, my mind would get discouraged. When my mind was ok, my body would start to ache. I was on the road until 7pm. I got two more flat tires after the first one - all on the back tire, which is a bitch to remove.
The second flat was the hardest - I tried to repair it on my own, and struggled. A good samaritan biked by 30 minutes later and helped. By this point i was discouraged, I stilll had half of the second loop to go, and its the toughest part. The third flat tire on the back wheel made me cry. I stopped on the side of the road, gave up, and waited. A girl named Lynn biked by about 40 minutes later. We tried to fix it together, and as we did, noticed that there was a huge staple in the tire which was causing the flats. I took it out, and got we managed to fix the bike. It took a long time though.. But just running into her made me happier - I stopped feeling alone and my good mood came back.
I still had 17 miles to go - The total for the day was 150kms. About 5 miles from home, I see three bulky men by the side of the road near a truck. I was so exhausted by that point that I thought to myself that if they tried to attack me, i had not an ounce of energy to fight back. But no, it was my three roommates, coming to see if I was ok.... I ended up taking them up on their offer for a ride back, and stopped my bike day at 138kms - short of my goal. I wanted to finish, but it was already 7pm and I had been gone now for more than 8 hours. I felt guilty for being away from the kids, and guilty for being late. The guys really congratulated me on my attitude, they said I looked really good out there. I got back to the ranch feeling ok, despite not finishing.

So that`s it - my day in a nutshell - A hard day physically on the bike, and mentally as well - which continued even after the bike.
I played catch with Morgen outside after dinner for a bit, and now everyone in the house has gone to bed - I will too.
I am sad though, I really don`t think I have the mental stamina to do an IM just yet.