Mitch and Nancy’s daughter Megan is 10. She has a new-found love for the sport of triathlon. She has joined Durapulse, the only Phoenix-based group that trains kids. From all accounts, she loves it and is doing her very first triathlon on September 29. I’m certain that I will go watch her and cheer her […]
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Helle Frederiksen of Denmark | Jon Bird of Canada
My back is finally back to normal. Whew. That was a long recovery! I swam 3,000 meters at Lifetime Fitness and barely felt a pinch in my back. I could concentrate on my stroke, was taking flip turns with zero pain and even did a few drills. It feels good to get back into the […]
A bird’s life
I dropped my mother off at the airport this morning (she left to go back home to India), hence I couldn’t ride early today. It is still HOT in Phoenix, hence riding outdoors in the afternoon is out-of-the-question. I got on my bike trainer for a couple of hours at around 5PM for a relatively […]
Hosting a pro for the Lifetime Tempe Triathlon
On September 22, I am signed up to do the Lifetime Tempe Triathlon (Olympic distance). Each day over the past week has shown slight improvement in my back and it is getting close to 100%. Unless there is a setback in the next ten days, I’ll do the event. Lifetime emailed me to see if […]
Erin Densham – London Olympics 2012 Women’s Triathlon Bronze Medalist
The morning started with an easy 7+ mile run with a bunch of folks. For the first time Eric, Brooke and Eddy showed up. Kristi came too. I ran with Maddy. She is coming back from a nasty bug and was still feeling it. I hope that by next week, she is back to 100%; […]
Carnage at San Juan Ironman 70.3 | Race Report
I finished. I finished in under 6 hours. I finished in the top half of not just my age group (30th of 87), but overall (435th of 1,409). I am happy; really really sore, but happy. I made mistakes; I recovered; I was warned for drafting; I had to walk up a few hills during […]
Sunrise, bike, run and coincidences | San Juan Ironman 70.3 2013
Tomorrow, I will race my first Ironman 70.3 event in San Juan, Puerto Rico. The race plan is not that complicated. Swim at an easy pace, bike at an easy pace, run at an easy pace. Drink plenty of fluids and take in plenty of calories. Don’t bonk. The timing plan comes out to total […]
2 days to go for the San Juan 70.3
Thank god I got some sleep last night. Of the almost 11 hours I was in bed, I slept hard for at least 8. I feel rested and refreshed. Once you step outside the hotel room, the spirit of Ironman is alive and well. Most people are speaking Spanish, but you hear some European and […]
Here we go…Number 258
The race participant list was published today. My number is 258. I like to have the number 7 as one of my numbers on my bib (G is the 7th alphabet), but I am not superstitious. There are a total of 1,450 participants with a pretty strong pro field of 70+ athletes. My age group […]
The First Step | Signing Up for Ironman Arizona
I took the first step today. I signed up for Ironman Arizona. The line was 500-deep when I got there at 5:30AM this chilly morning; after waiting in line for a few hours and talking to some cool peeps from Colorado and even Alabama, I’m in. I have a confirmation number and everything! As I […]