I finally received my bike back from Miami on Friday. Fed Ex had actually came on Thursday, but I was at work so I had to work from home in order to sign for it. The whole bike shipping process turned out to be more expensive than I originally anticipated, so in order to …
Nov 11
Ironman Miami 70.3 Post-Race Review
Now that I have had a couple weeks to mull things over, it is a good time to review my first half-iron distance race as well as the entire season. The Good… First and foremost, I completed my first half-Ironman distance triathlon! That was the primary goal of the season and I was able to …
Nov 08
Ironman Miami 70.3 – Race Day–Bike
The Bike(56 miles) I shuffled my bike through the large white inflatable archway with “Bike Out” printed across the top. I headed over to the left side of the mounting area to get on my bike out of the way of others coming out. There were crowds of fans cheering on each side of the …
Nov 05
Ironman Miami 70.3 – Race Day – Pre-Race & Swim
The alarm clock started to beep at 4:06AM and I quickly made a precision slam of the snooze button for another 9 minutes. I had been in and out of consciousness all night long except for the hour before the alarm clock went off, which I slept the soundest of the whole night. I laid …
Oct 28
IM Miami 70.3-Travel Day and Check-In
Today started with the alarm clock going off at 4:06AM. I finally got up around 4:20AM after pounding the snooze a couple times. Getting out of the sheets was cold since I was up before the thermostat on the heat kicked in and the outside temp was 34 degrees F. I eventually had my coffee …
Oct 25
Garmin Fit™ App and ANT+™ Adapter Keep You Connected and On The Move – Business Wire – SunHerald.com
Garmin smartphone app and adapter…Nice! Garmin Fit™ App and ANT+™ Adapter Keep You Connected and On The Move – Business Wire – SunHerald.com.
Oct 23
Ironman Miami 70.3-The Final Taper
After just finishing my “long run” this week, I am heading into the final taper week before Ironman Miami 70.3. It feels like I have been tapering for the last month with the IM Pocono fiasco and being away for a photography workshop. I am feeling pretty fresh this week, but not quite as good …
Oct 19
Ironman Pocono Mountains 70.3…My First Half Ironman?
From October 2010 until May 2011, I focused on building a solid base of endurance which ultimately ended totaling 2x the distance of each discipline in the half-iron distance per week : Swim 2.4 miles, Bike 112, and run 26. … There would be a time trial start for the bike and they would just run down the rows in T1 telling each athlete to go every couple seconds.
Jul 04
IM Pocono 70.3 Training Week #3 – Finding My HR Zones
My coach recommended that I head down to Cadence in Manayunk and get my Lactate Threshold tested after my constantly whining about this zone 2 issue. This way I could establish what my zones really are. It was $150 for the test but I needed the piece of mind and thought it would be worth …