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Ironman
Florida Half Ironman, part one!
Well I finished my Half Ironman race in Orlando, FL last weekend. It was pretty cool. It made me want to race a lot more, though. My friend Julie and I left Atlanta Saturday morning, May 16th 2009 at around 7AM. We needed to be in Orlando to check my bike in and pick up [...]
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Florida Half Ironman part 2, the race!
As per usual on race day, I woke up about once an hour and checked the clock. I guess I probably slept in these in between times but it didn’t feel like it. Finally it was almost time to get up, so I got up and got started getting ready. Soon after, our wakeup call [...]
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Down Time
I have felt so run down since my race and it’s been a month. I’m not sure what hte deal is but I have been utterly without energy since it went down and it’s starting to bother me. I think it’s my eating plan. So I’m going to try going back to what I was [...]
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Summer
So, as should be obvious, I haven’t felt like doing a damned thing since I finished my Half ironman. I didnt feel like running, swimming, or biking at all. I fought through it and did my workouts anyway, but it was a struggle every step of the way. I have never felt so totally adverse [...]
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Ironman send off
One week till race day. I ate dinner last night with my triathlon buddies, and as per usual I was reminded of how much more seriously they take their racing than I do. I am sort of like the racing version of a diesel truck. I’m strong, but heavy (and slow). And I smell funny. [...]
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Ironman Louisville 2009: Getting there
It had to be raining. Not just a dribble or a mist, but full-on downpour, and my bike would be up on the roof rack getting pounded with rain for the entire 8-hour drive to Louisville. Not only that, I was 15 minutes late and time was tight to get up there before the 5pm [...]
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Ironman Louisville 2009: the swim
The day of the race started very, very early, around 4:30AM. I usually sort of guess when I need to be ready to do things like wake up and then figure out the details later on. This greatly annoyed some girlfriendy members of my expedition. They wanted much more firm details on when we’d be [...]
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Ironman Louisville 2009: The bike.
The start of the bike leg found me riding down a chute with people cheering and yelling on either side. It is a pretty amazing feeling. Add to that the plethora of volunteers constantly asking you what you need, getting your bike for you, or taking it away after you’re done, and it really feels [...]
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Ironman Louisville 2009: the run
Shoes on, shorts on, obnoxiously yellow Preachtree Tri Club visor on, I ran out of transition. I had been in motion for eight and a half hours at this point and I was ready to put this thing to bed. I also knew I’d be seeing my crew twice or more on the run and [...]
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3000 meter April