By now everyone has seen the Wall Street Journal post about the guy who doesn’t understand running and thinks all runners are just a bunch of bragasauras rexes. Personally, I think Chad has some great points. And something to add.. he thinks runners are annoying, he has NO idea. Wait Read more…
It’s time for the rest of the story. The short version is that things did not go as planned. The longer version begins with the bike below.. For the dirty details, I’ll continue on with the bike.I jumped on the bike and got going. I felt pretty crappy after the Read more…
Time for the swim! This year they lined everyone up under signs based on predicted swim time as part of the swimsmart initiative. I lined up next to the 1:00- 1:10 sign (visible above) with John and Rich. I told Rich my plan was to follow his feet, but after Read more…
This post is all about the days leading up to IRONMAN Florida 2013, with some thoughts and recommendations for anyone considering Florida 2014. Getting ready for IRONMAN #8 was great. The days leading up the race were fun. I often felt myself wishing I was partaking in the spectating instead of Read more…
It’s actually tough for me to write about Florida. Although I thought going into Florida that I didn’t care much about the outcome, it turns out I did care very much and was consequently pretty bummed after the race.
I will get to my race report and what happened on the day eventually, but first I wanted to focus on the positive aspects of the weekend.
1. So many ATC athletes out in full force, both spectating and racing. I will post a picture of the tent people in costumes if I can get one. It was truly priceless. The picture on the bottom is of most of the ATC athletes who raced IM Florida training in Alabama a few weeks ago.
We definitely had the best Augusta trip this year! When we first started triathlon we went to Augusta and had a wonderful time in 2009, and I surprised myself with a performance beyond what I expected. That definitely hadn’t happened since. The year after, I did a relay. The year Read more…