I’m supposed to be blogging about my Ironman experience, but haven’t really started doing that. I guess my excuse is that I really haven’t started training for it. I’m basically just trying to “maintain” and stay fit. At any rate, here’s a (very) quick summary of what I did last week. (For the record, this [...]
75 mile ride today with North County. Heidi came with, which was nice. The route was a little hilly, but nothing crazy. There were some fast riders today, so that was nice. I’ve been following this routine the last month or so: Monday off, run, cycle, swim during the week. Big ride on Saturday. Longer [...]
Executive summary: Made it. Details: I hit my four hour target and finished in 3:51. I felt really good for the first 15 miles. Not so good from 15 to 19. And 19 to 21 was a nightmare. I’m not sure what’s worse than a nightmare, but 21 to 26 was whatever that is. Seriously, [...]
Heidi and I are running in the Carlsbad marathon tomorrow. I’m nervous as hell, but think I’ve done a fairly good job training. My two longest runs have been 19 and 21. I felt pretty horrible at the end of both of them, but I guess unless you spend a lot of time running those [...]