Ironman #8 is in the books – and boy was it one for the books.  I ended up with a PR by about 10 minutes – 2nd in my AG, and 23rd overall.  That performance earned me my second trip to Kona.

A big congrats goes out to Matt and Adrienne Amman who both had great days and qualified along with 4 other Gear Grinders – for a …

Disgregard if you do not care or are easily intimidated.  This is mainly for my benefit for future reference and to lay out the work.  So it is not going to be written well or in an organized fashion.  It’s a brain dump.

This taper has been interesting.

Key workout #1: 2:30 Bike + 45 minute run (build to HIM) – Quite …

To kick off this series of write ups, lets talk about my original taper plan – and move on to the revised taper plan.  The original taper for Ironman this year is the result of feeling flat last yearat both IMWI and IMFL. 

Prior to both races – particularly IMWI I had some incredible workouts.  One of which was a 112 …

I’ve been nuturing this post for a while, after much delay here it is, my athletic bucket list.

• Leadville Trail 100 MTB race
• Western States Endurance Run
• Swim/Bike/Run round trip to my parents house
• Firehouse 50 (4 person team)
• Ironman New Zealand (or really faraway place)

That’s all for now.

Some of them, I’m sure …

I learned something yesterday.  A couple things actually.  One – I don’t have it figured out.  Two – you can’t expect to go fast when you make poor training choices the week of a race – particularly a HIM.  What is surprising to me – is that I thought I already knew both of those – …

This post has been brewing a few days, as I have been trying to find the words to helpfully express my recent thoughts and experiences surrounding racing without my beloved technology.

After my experience at Door County, I was comfortable with the idea of racing sans technology.  It wasn’t my preference, but it …