Haha, Ironmen/women make me laugh. Only they will compare themselves to olympians. I suppose they are the only sports people other than olympians that tattoo the race logo onto themselves. Oh, and I have done the ironman, and really it is just another race. While training for my last ironman i was diagnosed with a heart condition (dilated cardiomyopathy) at the age of 42, so can now do nothing more strenuous than ride an e-bike ..... and that is a permanent situation, so really if you going to fall apart just because you have to wait a few months, or maybe a year if november does not suite you, then maybe you have bigger problems.
