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DECEMBER 2014
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MARC SOSNOWSKI &
MELISSA MERKLINGER
Age Group: M/F 45-49
Date: November 16, 2014
Location:Tempe Town, AZ
A race/love story from a first timer and the
better half of a training couple.
“I’m a volume guy, you know.” Gulp. I began
feeling slightly nauseous. I was sitting next to
my boyfriend, Marc, and our running/tri coach
was describing his Ironman training philosophy to us. “What, exactly, is ‘volume?’” I
thought. In my opinion, ALL triathlon training was voluminous, but I had never trained
for a full 140.6. What did I know?
Let’s backtrack a bit. Marc and I had volunteered for Ironman Arizona in 2012. We
were relative newbies having just started in Ready to race, IM AZ!
the sport earlier that year. We decided to skip
the Monday sign-ups and drive home due to volunteering. and
work obligations. But on the ride home, still here we are now
basking in the IMAZ finish line adrenaline, we in a hip, casual
convinced ourselves that maybe we COULD do restaurant in Encinitas, sitit. Well, it never happened; the race sold out in ting across from our experienced coach, Jim
15 seconds or so and we were done. At least for O’Hara, who is trying to explain that we’re in
that year. All during 2013, we planned to vol- for something “voluminous.” This made me a
unteer again at IMAZ to secure a 2014 slot. We little (ok, a LOT) nervous. I’m a single mom, I
made our way back to Arizona in 2013 and whined to myself; I have three young kids, a
signed up the morning after full time job and I’m LAZY in the mornings. In