I hadn’t been down to the pond in almost a week, so when George sent out an email to see who was in for this morning it sounded good to me. He had also mentioned that the water temp was 70 yesterday. That’s pretty warm, so I decided it was a no wetsuit morning. The…
CRW Fall Century
This past weekend I did the Charles River Wheelmen Fall Century ride. This is the second year in a row that I have done it. My friend Julie joined me this year for the ride. We have perfect weather, although it was a little bit chilly to start the day. This is one tough century…
Race Report – Call To Honor
Today was the Call To Honor triathlon in Boxford. This is the 3rd year of the event that honors the memory of a local resident and State Trooper who died in the line of duty. His family comes and races as relay teams and presents the medals to all the winners. They are a very…
Another 5K
I did another short run this morning when I got to the Y. My IT Band didn’t bother me at all for the first half of the run, but around mile 2 I could start to feel it. The pain never got as bad as it did on Tuesday. When I got back to the…
New Swim Paddles
I bought a couple pairs of swim paddles last week. I’d never really used them before but my swim stroke seems to be kind of sloppy and I feel like my hand is sometimes slipping through the water and wasting effort. Here is a link to the Paddles that I bought http://www.swimoutlet.com/product_p/2129.htm?color=11590. I actually bought…
Vacations are over
The vacations are over and it is time to get back to work, school (for the kids) and training. Over the last week we have been through 7 states and the District of Columbia. We went to the White House, saw the Washington Monument, went to the National Zoo and also stopped to see the…
The week in review
This week has been a pretty tame week for training. Monday I headed to the gym and did some lifting. Mostly legs, as I want to increase my leg strength for biking. After lifting I went out for a short slow jog and it was definitely short and slow. Tuesday and Thursday I was out…
Just about a month ago….
It’s hard to believe that a month has already passed since Ironman Lake Placid. I’m sure for those people signed up for next year they are probably thinking, “Only 11 months until Ironman!”. For the past year this blog has been where I posted all my training and thoughts on training for and completing my first…
Ironman Lake Placid 2011 Race Report
The beginning of the last day of the journey started at 4:19am for me. I had set my alarm for 4:20 and my father walks in to tell me it is 4:19. Thanks Dad, I could have used that extra minute of sleep, I would have been so much faster!!! I got up and had…
The countdown continues….
Wednesday morning we finally headed up to Lake Placid to get this thing started. The 5+ hour drive with 2 kids in the car was not too bad. Although within the first hour of the trip my daughter commented, “This vacation isn’t as fun as I thought it was going to be!”. She did have…