Full race day breakdowns — from sprint triathlons to full Ironman.
Mission Accomplished. The build up towards Ironman Louisville was shorter than ideal – something that many athletes doing the Ironman 70.3 World Championship & Kona would agree with. Essentially, it was allotted me about 5 1/2 weeks after coming back from Zell Am See, Austria to build and taper. I quickly got to work after…
a perfect weekend. Last year, 3 weeks before Ironman World Championships, I was convinced to participate in Ironman Maryland…for fun. The race features a two loop swim in the Choptank River, a two loop pancake flat bike and a completely flat run, making it ideal conditions for a fast race for most athletes. At this…
It has been quite a while since the last update. There’s really no excuse for why I haven’t updated, other than the usual, “I’ve been to busy” excuse. So here I go…an attempt to condense two epic race weekends into one post. Let us start off at Challenge Quassy, a season opener for many triathletes…
What did I do last weekend? Well, let’s start off with Friday. My training partner drove for over 90 minutes so that we could do a track workout together…talk about dedication! We set ourselves up for 10 repeats of 1km (2.5 laps). Did we finish them all? Of course…having someone to train with not only motivates…
Sometimes the best way to go into a race is when your mind is free of stress. Going into the 13.1 Queens event, I had very little expectations – running mileage had been low and many scheduled workouts were pushed back due to unsafe running conditions (snow & ice). And just the day before the…
I can’t believe it’s been a year since last year’s Ironman Florida. Time really flies by when you’re busy training and racing 🙂 Hanging out and about the Ironman village is always fun, and this year, Halloween was the day before race day! We had a bit of fun 🙂 And Club La Vela had…
The long awaited IRONMAN Kona blog post…Sorry for the delay. Business school midterms and projects, along with work took priority immediately after Kona, leaving me virtually no time to write up my experiences in Hawaii. I promise that will be my only excuse in this recap of IRONMAN Kona. Our journey to Kona began on…
I forgot to publish this post before Ironman Kona. Here’s what I had to say (written on the flight on October 6): A long flight from NYC to Kona means I can finally recap how my 2014 triathlon season unfolded. Most people dream of going to the big island of Kailua-Kona…but my mission to qualify…
If I had to sum up my experiences at Ironman Lake Placid in one word, it would be PERFECTION. I drove up from to Lake Placid on Thursday morning and was probably the first few hundred of athletes to check in. The town and Main Street had yet to be saturated with triathletes and their families….