Despite the fact that I missed my goal of finishing under 6 hours, I had a really great day today. But the bike was actually 58.5 miles instead of the 56 mile standard for a Ironman 70.3 race and I finished 2 minutes and 55 seconds past 6 hours, I will consider that goal reached. …
Category: Race Reports
Aug 12
Race Report: Steelman Olympic 2012
The day begun as a typical race morning with the alarm beeping away at 3:50AM. I slept well until about 1AM and then it was up every hour checking the clock. I stuffed down some chia seed toaster waffles with maple syrup and a cup of coffee. Then after a quick morning constitutional, I racked …
Jun 11
Independence Sprint Triathlon 2012
I wasted no time kicking off the 2012 Season with the Independence Sprint Triathlon in the first official training week. It was actually smaller than the typical sprint distance with a .25 mile swim, 10 mile bike, and a 2 mile run. It was a free race for me since Piranha cancelled the bike leg …
Nov 11
Ironman Miami 70.3 Post-Race Review
Now that I have had a couple weeks to mull things over, it is a good time to review my first half-iron distance race as well as the entire season. The Good… First and foremost, I completed my first half-Ironman distance triathlon! That was the primary goal of the season and I was able to …
Nov 08
Ironman Miami 70.3 – Race Day–Bike
The Bike(56 miles) I shuffled my bike through the large white inflatable archway with “Bike Out” printed across the top. I headed over to the left side of the mounting area to get on my bike out of the way of others coming out. There were crowds of fans cheering on each side of the …
Nov 05
Ironman Miami 70.3 – Race Day – Pre-Race & Swim
The alarm clock started to beep at 4:06AM and I quickly made a precision slam of the snooze button for another 9 minutes. I had been in and out of consciousness all night long except for the hour before the alarm clock went off, which I slept the soundest of the whole night. I laid …
Oct 19
Ironman Pocono Mountains 70.3…My First Half Ironman?
From October 2010 until May 2011, I focused on building a solid base of endurance which ultimately ended totaling 2x the distance of each discipline in the half-iron distance per week : Swim 2.4 miles, Bike 112, and run 26. … There would be a time trial start for the bike and they would just run down the rows in T1 telling each athlete to go every couple seconds.
Aug 22
Steelman 2010 Triathlon Race Report
http://www.facebook.com/widgets/like.php?href=http://brianschwind.net/wpblog/?p=128 It’s hard to believe I have embarked on my third triathlon already in the last year. The Steelman was one I had steered away from last year due to a longer than usual swim. The Steelman Sprint consists of a 860yd(0.5 mile) swim, a 15 mi. bike and a 5k(3mi) run. This year it …
Jun 11
Lessons Learned From My Second Triathlon…
http://www.facebook.com/widgets/like.php?href=http://brianschwind.net/wpblog/?p=110 This past Sunday(June 6 2010) I completed my 2nd sprint triathlon. The event was the Belleplain Triathlon hosted by D&Q Events. I had compteted in the Duathlon two years ago and my wife had had also competed in it two years before that. It is very well run and the course is great. Very …