ironman thanks

this is a cross-post from my Ironman blog.

i want to thank everyone from Sifu Tsou's class (including Sifu Tsou himself) for including me in your thoughts and support while i was at Ironman Arizona.

it was a tough race, with tough conditions, and much harder than anyone would have liked (even the pros were saying it was among the worst conditions they'd ever seen). this one took a lot more out of me than last year. it's taking me a little longer to recover this time, and so you'll have to forgive me if i seem a little distant for the next week or so.

you can read my race report at:
http://jonathaninthedistance.blogspot.com/2007/04/race-day-imaz-2007.html

just so you know, i write a race report for each race. they are always long--much longer than other entries. this is because there is a lot to think about before, during, and after an Ironman. there always is. and each Ironman has its own lessons.

Sifu is included in the report. as so too are threads of Buddhist and Taoist thought, which tend to be used a lot by many competitors at Ironman, since they seem to help deal with suffering.

all the world is suffering. but the issue is how we deal with it. and to deal with it we begin with ourselves.