I am ironman yet again!

So I am an ironman yet again. This year was a tad bit slower due to the fact that I haven't trained much this year from May onwards but I still managed not to have to wear a glowstick! I finished with a time about 14 hours and 6 minutes. I had a long swim about 1 1/2 hours to do 3.8 km. It was brutal. I felt as if I was in a mosh pit and not in a swim. Lots of people came out with black eyes but not me I just had a slower swim time. My bike was awesome this year. I felt good anyway even though my time might not reflect it. Tail wind the first 20km or so and then headwinds the rest of the way. They were brutal and unrelentless. Smaller triathletes might not have had a fun time with the winds but I'm a bigger guy and I just pushed through it. It took me close to 7 hrs so my is slower than last year but the winds weren't a factor on the bike last year. I got up to 61km/h going down one hill. To me that is scary fast. To others it's alright. My marathon was a little slow this year because I started walking around the 15 mile mark of the race. I saw Colleen and Nate at the 21 km mark and they bosted my energy I ran up the hills as if I had fresh legs and then I hit the flat section and my brain said that's good enough and I started walking. I managed to try to do 5min run/walk and because of the aid stations (which were great by the way) I had a hard time maintaining this pace. Once I was on the final stretch I walked down southshore drive but then I saw my wife again and my son and that gave me motivation to finish running not walking. I was told that I wasn't done yet by one on the spectators as I kissed Colleen and to get going so I did. While Colleen and Nate went to get the stroller I was finishing my second Ironman Canada. It felt good to cross the line and I was happy to be done. I knew the protocol at the end of the race and I was quickly handed over to Colleen once I called her to find out where she was. It was a colder day for the race and afterwards I was glad for my warm clothes as I was shivering after the warm massage. I have a lot of respect for this race no matter how many times I do it. It's a tough course no matter what the conditions are like. I was fortunate to have two good days. There wasn't a fire, a sprinkle of rain but nothing to worry about and no snow. So at the end of the day the competitors are exhusted and so are the spectators. Thanks to everyone who helped me complete Ironman once again and to the Volunteers! Oh and especially to Colleen and Nate who spent the day supporting me.