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Month: November, 2007

Nick and Jen Frank’s Ironman Florida Race Report (8:49!)

18 November, 2007 (07:04) | Ironman, Ironman Florida, Uncategorized | No comments

       

Below is a Race report in Nick’s own words but before you read it I just wanted to say CONGRATULATIONS!  You worked your ass off and you deserved it.
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Ironman Florida Pre Race
******  OVERALL TIME: 8:49:53
OVERALL PLACE: 18th
AGE GROUP PLACE: 1st
Woke up at 3:45am to get our pre race breakfast down before 4:15am. I didn’t sleep [...]

Tim Hawkins “Saving Lives and Triathlon Training in Iraq”

11 November, 2007 (17:13) | Ironman, Uncategorized | No comments

I met Tim in Georgia at the Rock and Roll man Half Iron distance race and then again at Ironman Arizona and Florida.  Each time we would talk and always seem to have much in common both socially, our love of endurance sports and personally we were both single and or divorced and had young [...]

The art of Bonking!

1 November, 2007 (12:40) | Uncategorized | No comments

I have recently started a weekly run.  The purpose is to keep the gang together over the winter while logging a few miles.  We meet every Wednesday at 5:30am and run a 7mile loop,  any one wanting more miles can ad them on at the end.   
 
I am currently trying to build run volume in an effort to work my [...]