Posted on
Good thing I like the smell of chlorine and find it calming and nice… ’cause there is not much like a 4000yd swim as the sun comes up! At the start the sky was dark and the pool a glowing turquiose. Each lap the pool glowed less, its light was a bit less glaring, and…
Posted on
This weekend I moved. Only 2 miles away from the old place but still lots of work! But moving items to the new place is done, cleaning the old place is done, and unpacking is in progress. I also went for my first ride post-Vineman! Woo! 19 miles with some loops around Bonelli. No HRM…
Posted on
The Vineman pics Lisa took for me are now posted! Check them out! And here is one of my favorites, as the thing I remember most about each Ironman I’ve done is the support, cheers, and love of the family and friends who took that day’s journey with me: Mom, Ryan (big bro), Ethan (nephew),…
Posted on
I just went to pick up my bike. They weren’t answering the phone, so I figured since there was a good chance it would be done I’d just swing by. I turned into the parking lot, and saw familiar cars in front of the shop. But the shop looked closed… the bar gates were drawn,…
Posted on
For those of you that read your friends page from top to bottom (and thus backwards in time order) I did post each section of my race separately… here they all are: pre-Vineman start, swim, T1 bike & T2 run & finish (aka because an Ironman isn’t hard enough) Times summary: Swim (2.4 miles): 1:24:25.9…
Posted on
It felt good to be running… really good. I was comfortable, heart rate was doing well, and I was moving fluid. I passed a number of people, just keeping a smooth and easy pace averaging about 10:30 min/mile. There were 3 loops, and at the finish of the first I was feeling like I was…
Continue reading Vineman marathon and finish (aka because an Ironman isn’t painful enough)
Posted on
Right as I got to the mount line I saw my dad and Wendy walking up, and I yelled hi to them, climbed on the bike, and took off up the hill. I passed a few people just by having the bike in an easy gear and riding up instead of trying to jog it…
Posted on
We arrived at the race site, pulled the bikes off the car. I pulled the tireless wheel off the back of my bike and got this disc out of the car. Yet it wouldn’t go on my bike! It didn’t appear to be hitting anything, and it had been on before, but neither Lisa nor…
Posted on
It has been commented that I am a slacker, and was lazy this last week. After all, since Wednesday all I did was drive, eat, sleep, and a single workout. Yet here is the story of that single workout (in the next few posts) and you can be the judge. Short version of all of…
Posted on
The alarm has gone off. Our transition bags are packed, and our run shoes dropped off. It’s just before 4… time for breakfast and the drive to the start. It should be great weather for the day. My family is heading down to watch, and Holly is already prepared for a wetsuit handoff after the…