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IMWI training - feeling prepared, confident and ready

The work is done. Thank you body! My 9th Ironman journey is coming to an end and in two weeks, on September 7th, 2014 I get the privilege to take my body on another 140.6 mile journey to reach the Ironman Wisconsin finish line. My dad will get a front row seat from above and I will be sharing the race course (my 2nd time racing IMWI) with my best friend, coach, training partner and hubby.  I often hear athletes talk about feeling undertrained. That's a very difficult word for an athlete to have in his/her vocabulary because it is often used in the context of not being physically prepared.  When I think about my last 4 Ironman journies, I have intentionally and unintentionally taken different routes to prepare my body and mind for race day.  In the past 15 months, I have crossed 3 Ironman finish lines and have felt unprepared for 2 of them.  But amazingly, the two that I felt unprepared for, I did amazingly well. I qualified for 2013 IM World Champi...