his years trip to Kona would be my second but the first time that I knew I would be going a year out, giving me ample time to train for it.
Last year I qualified for Kona 2008, at Ironman CDA. I had been trying to get there for a few years but [...]
I am 9 days out from Kona and I feel great. That is I am very alert and motivated. The reason I mention this is…usually I am trying to stay awake during my taper.
My typical training regimen is to progressively build both volume and intensity to with in three weeks of my race [...]
I love traveling to Ironman races and watching. There is no other atmosphere like it. The energy is electric, that and 3000 fit bodies really motivates me to train. It’s like being at a fitness cult!
I recently traveled to Ironman Louisville to watch training partners and clients compete. I went [...]
I spent the Labor Day weekend holding a self-imposed training camp on myself and Nick Frank. The plan was to ride 100 miles a day and run off the bike at least once. We would ride a course that Nick and I have developed over the last year; we cheery picked all the [...]
I usually like to wait a while before dissecting my races. It seems that the further away I get the less bias and better prospective I have. Immediately following each race I’m too emotional and find it too easy to focus on the pain and not the cause.
I went to Kona to race [...]
Holy crap!!!! I think it must be easier to get to China. I left Charlotte Tuesday late afternoon, flew 4.5 hours to San Fran got a room(10hr lay over), and then flew another 6 hours to Kona. By the time I arrived I had lost 6 hours, missed several meals and spent way [...]