Just not feeling it
Oct 19, 200919 days from now I’ll be in Panama City Beach, FL and hopefully about 8 miles into the bike of IMFL. (It’s 8:15am as I write this). I don’t know what to expect for the race right now. On the one hand, I have been fanatically watching the water temperature and am thrilled to see it come down to 74F, from the 84F it was …
Read MoreCan still swim pretty fast
Oct 12, 2009Mary and I went up to Stevens Poin this past weekend for the biennial Alumni swimming meet.
Read MoreJ-Hawk Late Bird 2009
Oct 1, 2009I had decided to do this race a couple of weeks before IMWI. I thought doing it would be fun, would force me to do a threshold workout, and make sure I had an intermediate target between IMWI and IMFL. Long story short, it was a success on all counts! My wave was projected to start at 10:55 AM, so Mary, my parents and …
Read MoreThe Final Five
Sep 30, 2009Yes, today’s title is a total rip off of Battlestar Galactica. Yes, I know that it’s really 5 and a 1/2 weeks until IMFL. So what is new in the last week and a half? Nothing worth mentioning, unless you consider winning a race and be diagnosed with an avulsion fracture in your foot. First the race. I did …
Read MorePost Mortem: Ironman Wisconsin 2009
Sep 21, 2009It’s been a little over a week since Ironman Wisconsin. First off, thanks to everyone for the postive thoughts and encouragement – it means a lot. One of the things that I truly feel is beneficial in life is to look back on exceedingly positive events and exceedingly negative events and analyze them as objectively as …
Read MoreQuite a day
Sep 15, 2009Not quite sure what to say about IMWI at this point. I’m working on my full fledged race report, but the summary is – Swim: Started out and felt great, got into a good draft. Was easy and felt great (as compared to feeling exhausted and sloppy in the water on Saturday). About 1200m into the swim (half way on the …
Read MoreTaking what is yours
Sep 9, 2009Only a few days remain until IMWI – at this point nothing more to be done other than stay rested, safe, and doing a few snappy efforts to stay fresh. Oh and execute the plan. My plan is best summed up by: No matter how hard and smart you’ve trained, know the guy who is planning on taking your spot trained just as …
Read MoreThe Ember
Sep 3, 2009The next item in my list of things that helps you get through the incursion of reality in your Ironman race day (or any race day for that matter), is what I call the Ember (as of last night 8-)). In my head the ember is that thing down deep inside you, something that you can’t really describe to others, and may even …
Read MoreOh Boy Folks
Aug 31, 2009Just under two weeks until Madison. That last two weeks of training has been tough, challenging and most of all – exhausting. A couple of posts ago I talked about my plan for the final two weeks. It had some high points, some low points, but I got through and am ready to rest and heal before the race. I don’t want to …
Read MoreFueling
Aug 31, 200910 hours is a long time to go without sitting down and enjoying a good meal – it’s even longer when you are propelling your body. Fueling has a huge impact on your ability to soldier on after you hit a rough patch. Not only does it provide fuel for your muscles, it provides fuel for your brain. I find that my …
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