IMLP 2014 Bike Course Preview-Cascade To Keene Descent – YouTube.
Category: Race Reports
Jul 04
IMLP Bike Course 2014 Video Preview-Ski Jumps to Cascade
Here is some video I shot on a recent ride on NY RT 73’s new paving from the Ski Jump to Cascade Trailhead. This is the first part of the Ironman Lake Placid bike course and WAS one of the worst sections of the course.
Jun 15
Round The Valley 2014 Century Ride Recap
I decided I needed to see some new territory on my long bike ride this week. This along with Longswamp Township decided to cover their entire road system in oil & chips, confirmed that I needed to get out of dodge. I searched around the internet for some century rides and came up with the Round …
Jun 03
Race Report: 2014 Black Bear Half Iron Triathlon
I chose the Black Bear triathlon this season since had a half-iron distance and it was close to home. I like to do a half-iron distance in the beginning of June to test out my fitness in preparation for Ironman Lake Placid which is at the end of July. This year I was trying to …
May 16
Race Report: Pittsburgh Half Marathon 2014
If you read my previous post on our trip report to Pittsburgh, you know that my wife talked me into running this race with her so that she could coerce me to go to Pittsburgh for a long weekend. You also know that my wife could not run the race due to knee issues, so …
Apr 19
Race Report-San Francisco Rock ‘n’ Roll Half Marathon 2014
I immediately got online and started searching for endurance-related races after receiving word that I would be attending the Microsoft Build Developers Conference in San Francisco. Low and behold, the San Francisco Rock ‘n’ Roll Half Marathon was running the Sunday immediately following the conference on April 6th. The best part was, it was running …
Nov 19
Cooper-Norcross Run The Bridge 10k-A Birthday 10k PR!
I had never run a 10k in my entire life until this year when I ran the Celtic Classic 10k in Bethlehem, PA this September. Since it was my first 10k it was obviously a PR, but I also came in 3rd place in my age group. I had then run another one in October …
Sep 20
The Ironman Hangover
Wow…seems like ages since I actually posted anything on here. The first few weeks after completing Ironman Lake Placid were a bit of a roller-coaster of thoughts and emotions. I had made several attempts to write about, but I was still in the midst of the ups-and-downs and could not really absorb what was going …
Jul 31
Ironman Lake Placid 2013-The Full Race Report
Pre-Race I knew it was going to be a good day when “Iron Man” by Black Sabbath starting blasting through my earbuds as I enter the speed skating oval/transition area on race morning. Was it coincidence? I think not. I have over 2000 songs on my iPhone and I had shuffle-played them all while driving …
Jun 25
Race Reports Featured On TheBruisedBanana.com
A bit of shameless self-promotion here, but some of my past race reports( Ironman 70.3 Pocono, Rev3 Quassy, Steelman Olympic) have recently been featured on the TheBruisedBanana.com . The site provides numerous race reports from different triathletes & eventually other endurance athletes broken down by US region. Great resource for a little pre-race research on …