My first DNS

I've only DNFed (did not finish) one race, the Eilat Triathlon two
years ago, when I crashed my bike. Today, I had my first DNS (did not
start). I signed up for the Caesarea Triathlon because... Well, I
don't really know why. It's a big race and lots of people were doing
it and I thought it might be fun.

Yesterday, I discovered that I had no way to get there, apart from
taking my own car. I don't mind driving, but I hate driving home from
races when I'm tired and this race is almost two hours away. I'm also
in the middle of a big translation job and I'm exhausted from the
first week of school. And my shin isn't completely healed yet,
although it's a lot better than it was. Then I heard that the sea was
very rough and they were thinking of making it a duathlon. A duathlon
would have meant another 2.5 km of running and also running further
than I have been in training.

In short, there were so many reasons not to do this race and I
couldn't find too many to do it, so I decided to ditch it. Instead of
getting up at 3 a.m., I got up at 6:30 and went out for a 60 km ride
with friends. Then I went to the pool and swam 1200 meters. That's
more than I would have done in a sprint triathlon and at least as
enjoyable, if not more.

DNFing kind of sucks, but this DNS thing wasn't bad at all...