Category: Ironman

a whole other kind of IM AZ race report

There is a pretty amazing lady, Cherie Gruenfeld, that I know through tris. She has done tons and tons of races over the years (including Kona every year except 2 injured ones since 1992!). She might be 63, but yesterday she finished IMAZ in 12:51, breaking the course record for her age group by about…

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Ironman Louisville (IM KY) 2007 – PR!!

Ten months ago I signed up both Mike and myself for Ironman Louisville (aka IMKY). Starting soon after I began my training with Mikeรขโ‚ฌโ„ขs guidance รขโ‚ฌโ€œ getting in more, and more quality, training than ever before. A week ago it was time, and we travelled out to Kentucky for the big day. Vineman 70.3 had…

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so *that’s* what I’ve been up to

Totals for the year to date: swimming: 115000 yds, 41:59:17 (avg pace 2:11/100yds — including resting between sets) biking: 1625.95 mi, 109:16:56 (avg pace ~15.1 mph) running: 329.33 mi, 53:59:12 (avg pace ~9:50) A few others as well (mtb, yoga, weights, core, etc) and my total workout time this year is 217 hours, 18 minutes!…

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rides past and race hopes

On the bike front, still waiting on a few pieces so there really hasn’t been much progress since Valentine’s day. Hopefully the final piece will arrive later this week and I’ll have cranks that are attached! ๐Ÿ™‚ Tough ride for me this weekend. But it got hard before the ride ever started: with 2 FULL…

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