There are only 17 days until Ironman Florida. With less than three weeks until race day the bulk of my training is done. All that’s left is a normal rest week this week and then 2 weeks of taper into the race. Its been a pretty long Read more…
This past weekend marked four weeks until Ironman Florida and like clockwork, I had my pre-ironman melt down. I was sitting in the bath tub after finishing the Great River Ride (and 80 feet per mile of climbing) and I just started sobbing in self doubt. I wasn’t worried so much Read more…
Cow friends on the first loop. I can handle biking in cool temperatures and in rain and in wind, but all three together, not so much. The goal for today was to do 3 or 4 “leafs” of the Sunderland Cloverleaf Century for a total of 75 to 100 miles. Read more…
View from the start line of the Gulf Beach Half Marathon. Another (long-ish) weekend of prep for Ironman Florida. In an attempt to get Shaun to (at least) complete his scheduled weekend training, I signed us up for a Half Marathon on Saturday and an 80 mile bike ride on Read more…
Unfortunately over the past few weeks life (well work) has gotten in the way of me doing a lot of things I want to do (like sleeping and keeping up with my blog). While life may deprive me of a little sleep, I will not allow it to deprive me Read more…
I feel like I just finished Ironman Lake Placid and yet, somehow, Ironman Florida is just nine weeks away. After a fairly laid back August training wise (albeit a crazy August work wise), I’m ready to turn the volume up in preparation for Ironman Florida. Pretty much what this means Read more…
Frosting the Cupcakes August 8th was my little brother Matty’s 18th birthday (let’s now even discuss how creepy it is that Matty is 18 and heading to college in a week). So I decided to make birthday cupcakes for a get together my parents were having. Now, as with most things in Read more…
Whenever I’ve decided to be serious about nutrition in the past, I always did a very good job on weekdays but would use my long bikes and runs on the weekend as an excuse for some pre or post training sugar and carbohydrates. Specifically I love pancakes. Not. Pancakes. These Read more…
This past weekend Shaun and I headed up to Lake Placid, New York for a training weekend, mostly so I could preview the bike and run courses and try to gain some confidence prior to race day. We had split a condo just off the bike and run course with Read more…
I’m finally in the rest week of my 5 week base block. While its good to rest now, last week was a bit of a beast training wise (just under 21 hours). My biggest day was Saturday, which included a 4 hour 27 minute trainer ride, an hour long run Read more…