Jun 23
My love-hate relationship with recovery weeks continues. I always look so forward to them, but then feel like crap most of the week. It is nice to have some extra time to do things I have been putting off though. I finished the week with almost 12 hours of training. While that probably still seems …
May 31
Week 15 wrapped up with the end of 3 weeks of building volume. This last week topped out at around 16 hours, with a 4:20 bike ride on Saturday and a 2:40 run on Sunday. Due to my late start on Saturday and dinner plans that evening I wasn’t able to get a brick workout …
Mar 28
Wow! Time flies when you are having fun!! I am just finishing up my 2nd Base training period(not including the recovery week) already with 18 weeks to go until Ironman Lake Placid. Training has been going pretty well despite Winter kicking and screaming. I am still spending a lot of time on the trainer compared …
Sep 20
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 …
Aug 16
FinisherPix did videos for each triathlete in the race. Pretty amazing how they got me in each transition area. Actually they probably got everyone too.
Aug 05
Ironman Lake Placid Race photos from FinisherPix.com
Jul 31
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 …
Jul 31
Saturday morning I had to be in town by 9AM to register for Ironman Lake Placid 2014. Yes, I am signing up again before even having done it. This is partly an insurance plan if things happen to go awry tomorrow. I have encountered this before with Ironman Pocono Mountains 70.3, my first half-Ironman distance, …
Jul 31
After a good nights sleep, we had a good breakfast and headed into town to the athlete check-in for the race. The Athlete check-in was held in the new Lake Placid Conference Center at the Olympic Ice Rink complex. It was a pretty smooth operation and I walked right up the steps and was greeted …
Jul 27
If anyone is curious and would like to track me in real time(almost), below is info on where to get that info… My Bib number is: 234 If you have an iPhone or other iOS device, check out the IronTrac app($0.99) in the iTunes App Store. On the Ironman Live page here. Or on the …
