I’ve posted my IMWI Race Report.
Recovery is going well. Tonight on the spur of the moment I decided to sign up for a half marathon on September 21st – so that means I have to start doing some running and stuff again tomorrow :/
Read MoreHad a PR today at Ironman Wisconsin. Went 9:46:01. 32 seconds faster then IMAZ last spring. What’s impressive is that Wisconsin has a much tougher course IMO.
52/5:26/3:19 + 7 minutes or so for Transition.
I finished 30th overall and 5th in my age group. The preliminary slot breakdown is only 4 slots, but it could …
Read MoreWell it’s been 5 years that I’ve been involved in this crazy sport. Back when I started I never would have imagined I would be where I’m at.
I think I have a long ways to improve, and a lot to learn about myself and the sport.
Last year I posted a summary of the results from the Pleasant Prairie Triathlon over the …
Read More- The goal for the weekend was to go sub 2 hours. I knew the bike course was going to be a little short because of a slight course change, so the goal was really – go fast enough that it would be sub 2 hours if the course was a legit 40k bike. After the experiment at Racine to go sans watch + HRM, I decided to use the …
Read More - A new Race Report is up! I had the Pleasant Prairie Triathlon this past weekend. I am really happy with the result. It is a great boost in confidence and motivation builder for the last couple of weeks leading up to IMWI.
Read More - Last week I started to have a lot aniexty building about Ironman Wisconsin. With only a few weeks to go until the race – I felt my fitness was not where I had hoped to be, and that I had not done enough long rides, runs, etc. to even be able to finish the race in a "respectable" time – i.e. run the whole …
Read More My race report for the Spirit of Racine is up!
I’ve got to go back and post some for earlier races this year!
Read MoreI’ve learned a lot of things thus far in life. I can only imagine the knoweldge I’ll have gained over the next 20+ years of life – some of the high points:
- Slow and Steady does win the race – when you consider a race to be a goal or objective over several years
- It’s easier to do the work and let "it" come …
Read MoreMatt and I are in Stevens Point for a long training weekend and we found out there is a Sprint triathlon tomorrow.
We are going to do it. It will be awesome.
Then we’ll go ride 4 hours afterwards.
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