IMAZ Withdrawal

Times are tough, creditors are knocking and I had to pull out of Ironman Arizona. I hated to do it, but I'm falling behind on bills so I requested to Ironman to withdraw from my Ironman Arizona race.

Joanne has been off work now for three months and times are getting tough. Sure she is getting unemployment but it doesn't cover near enough of our lifestyle. We have cut back on everything we can including food, but it's still a struggle with my visa maxed out and no extra cash, so it's a no show for me in Arizona to do my Ironman. I requested my withdrawal last night via e-mail to Ironman and hope to get my partial refund of $150.00 out of the $550.00 it cost for me to enter the event soon.

My next Ironman will have to wait another year or two when hopefully things get better and Joanne finds a decent job so we can get back on our feet and I can afford to do another Ironman race.

I did however have a good tri season with doing 3 half Ironman races as well as other races and I had a good summer of training to with my tri club friends, so all was good. Here is a list of all my races I did or planed to do this year.

2010-03-28 Around the Bay 30 km Run @4:18:49.1
2010-05-16 Ironman Florida 70.3 @7:27:51
2010-06-06 Subaru Series Milton Tri @DNS
2010-06-13 MultiSport Canada Triathlon Series, Binbrook sprint @1:53:31
2010-06-19 Niagara Ultra Half Marathon @2:42:01
2010-06-26 MultiSport Canada Triathlon Series, Welland half Iron distance @7:29:53
2010-07-10 Muncie Endurathon half Iron distance @6:50:15
2010-08-08 Barrie Sprint tri @1:16:17
2010-11-21 Ironman Arizona @Withdrew

Until next year I'll try to maintain my normal "less is more training" and hopefully do a couple of half Iron distance races in my area next year if I can afford to, if not maybe a few sprints in my area, and continue with some recreational diving for fun.


:)