Ramblings of an amatuer endurance athlete...
Ironman – CHECK! With my new training year starting a little early my 2011 season comes to an end. It has been a great year with some more goals knocked off the bucket list. The year started like normal with the Chilly 1/2 marathon and a PR for me albeit still a slow run at [...]
Finally got the photos from Lake Placid sorted and here they are! Early morning in the transition zone The pro swim start….. ….followed by the age group swim start! Pure madness and mayhem! This photo was taken from the area I started in but I can’t find myself in all the arms and splashing. And [...]
My 2011 Ironman Lake Placid Finish – Hear those famous words for yourself! 2011 Ironman Lake Placid Swim Start – Looking at this video I can’t believe it. Honestly it looks a lot worse than it was but damn that was madness! 2011 Ironman Lake Placid Incredible Finisher – This guy was cramped and puking [...]
Well a few days have passed since Ironman Lake Placid and I thought it would be good to revisit my goals for the race. To recap they were: Dream Goal Top 30% of Age Group Top 30% of Overall Run full marathon (minus aid stations) Finish strong To clarify finish strong I meant not crawling [...]
26.2 Miles / 42.2 Kilometers 4 hours 58 minutes 5 seconds 11:22 per Mile / 7:03 per Kilometer 971 Feet / 296 Meters of climbing 204/289 in Male 35-39 Age Group The run. Oh the run. Up until the start of the run I had never run more than 30KM and only did that once. [...]
Note: It’s taking some time to get the pictures, I’ll update and post the full size pics when I get them! 112 Miles / 180 Kilometers 6 hours 4 minutes 51 seconds 18.4 MPH / 29.6 KM/Hr Average Speed 5380FT / 1640M of climbing 140/289 in Male 35-39 Age Group The infamous Lake Placid bike [...]
2.4 Miles / 3.8 Kilometers 1 hour 8 minutes 56 seconds 1 minute 48 seconds per 100 Meters 96/289 in Male 35-39 Age Group 4:02 AM and I am wide awake. I got a solid 3 hours of sleep and when I opened my eyes the alarm clock said 3:12. I tried to get a [...]
Tomorrow is the big day. Everything is checked in. I put on my swim gear to make sure I have everything then bagged it so it is ready for the morning. I put on all my bike gear then put it in the bike transition bag and did the same thing with my run gear. [...]
Friday is all about two things, relax and eat. I met up with JJ Neely from NRG PT Coaching and the Kelso Open Water Swimming group in the morning. He was giving his athletes a prep talk and invited me to come down. It was great to get some last minute tips and get a [...]
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