Well, it's a bit more,complicated than that for me Steven. I 100% agree with you...but here's the difference in this case. This race is a monumental effort mentally, physically, and financially to try and do. Yes, I would love to do "the trip itself", but if the trip was the only reason I was going, well I could have already tried it, or I could try it at a later date...and it would be at a much more relaxed pace. If I went "for the race", then yes, I'd be enjoying the trip but in a totally different way, and pushing pushing pushing ..to do my best. There for sure would be some unpleasantness associated with the physical demand of the race aspect, but testing yourself is what is all about so that's ok, to a point. I just have a hard time with entering a race that I am pretty sure I have no chance at even being competitive in, with the equipment I am able to enter with. If there were "classes" that'd change it up big-time for me. Otherwise....if I think if I was gonna make that trip...I'd want to do it much more comfortably and relaxed. I'm 98% sure I am 100% relatively certain about what I'm gonna do. :-) Sent from my Verizon 4G LTE Smartphone