5 mi. A 6 week layoff due to IM training and other scheduling clashes means I was back to the track workout today. I thought I was there early, but shortly after arriving we started the 1 mile warmup. I spoke to Paul, Dave G, Gary and Seth about the Switzerland adventure. Without pictures, there's … Continue reading Back to Track
17 miles. At John's request, we ran 17 miles on a day when most of my friends rode 50 miles. John was inspired by Joe Ponton's "40 miles on his 40th birthday" story. I'd imagine most of my friends would think that this was my idea - geting John to try endurance running. Nope! All … Continue reading 17!
2.4 mi swim/112 mi bike/26 mi run. For every oval sticker on the back of a car, for every red logo tattoo on the back of a calf muscle, there's a story. These are things I recall from yesterday, only 12 hours from my finish. Instead of crafting the thoughts into a chronological listing - … Continue reading Ironman Switzerland 2013
8 mi. Having missed last week's hill run in exchange for a flatland timed run, I showed up on time and found Teresa pulling in same as me. She gave me a pin to relay to Jessica, and we waited for Joe and Teresa's other swim buddy to start warmups. They did one lap, Joe … Continue reading Chatting in the breeze
80mi bike/one hour (6mi) run - Thwarted from a typical early start because I dropped John off to be taken to run camp at FSU, I was leaving Loggerhead park alone at 7am. I rode to The tiki hut solo, then redesigned the route from 60 to 80 miles feeling that would be good for … Continue reading Confidence builds
12 mi. Yesterday's hundred miler was good - this is a run on tired legs follow up. Lanae and I started at Loggerhead Park and ran tot he INlet, back south to the Juno Beach police station and returned to the park. We started at a pedestrian 7am, no worries on the heat. We ran … Continue reading A dozen as follow up
100 mi ride, 3 mi run. Lanae and I started at 4am from Dunkin Donuts parking lot. Thats' early, but I was ready with charged lights and food and drink powder stored. I thought we were doing the ride on Sunday, so leading up to Satirday morning I had three spin days Weds, Thu & … Continue reading Last 100 miler pre race
7.5 miles I was second to arrive this morning, Paul's Jeep pulled in right before me. Teresa found us after the first lap of the parking lot - so I went with her to run the hill. She starts quick, knowing she wants to get to the pool for a segment of the master's swim … Continue reading Some race here?
62 mi ride, 5 mi run. Another week of getting to the bunker before 5am, this time no buckets of rain from the sky. I had a notion of making the nutrition element of the workout the main focus. What would I eat and drink that could emulate how I should feel in a month. … Continue reading The bricks that work
23 miles I came with the intent of running 18-20 miles, not burning up too much of my day. Lanae had plans to cover 24 miles, then go to work. She would be a part if not all of my run. We began almost missing each other at the TRS store. I sent a text … Continue reading H2Only
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