In late June I signed up for an Ironman-distance Triathlon Training Plan through TriDot.com. I specifically signed up for Tridot’s “free for feedback” program to guide my training in preparation for my first full ‘Iron distance’ triathlon, the 2013 Beach2Battleship triathlon in Wilmington, North Carolina. Although I am happy I signed up for the plan, […]
I’ve got training on my mind- only 31 days to go until the Beach2Battleship race. My crowdrise fundraising for the race has been pretty meager- I just haven’t gotten comfortable asking for money (for charity). Whether or not things pick up there, I am happy I put together the page. Last week was my ‘peak week’ […]
North Carolina is about 500 miles end-to-end, “Murphy to Manteo.” Sunday I rode about 1/5 of that, from Cary to Thomasville. The 101 mile ride lasted a bit longer than six hours, and covered portions of six counties in the heart of the North Carolina Piedmont: Wake, Chatham, Orange, Alamance, Guilford, and finally Randolph. [iframe […]
This October I am racing in a 140.6 Ironman-distance triathlon in Wilmington, the Beach 2 Battleship Triathlon. Racing (and finishing) a full distance race has been a goal of mine for many years, and that dream is finally within my grasp. At the same I prepare for this dream, I want to accomplish another: giving back […]
Monday I jogged my 567th mile this year, a few days shy of the end of June. 567 miles (technically 567.00195 miles) jogged over the course of six months is equivalent to running a 5k every day since January 1. At the start of the year I pegged my 2013 running goal to run 1,000 […]
Earlier in June I raced in the inaugural Ironman 70.3 Raleigh. The race was a late addition to my schedule- I was only officially registered for the race less than three weeks away. Here’s my recap. I missed the initial race registration in the fall of 2012; after registration opened the half-iron race sold out […]
I missed the registration for the inaugural Ironman 70.3 Raleigh on June 2nd. Well, the normal registration. When registration opened last fall, Katie was still looking for a job, and the $250 race entry fee seemed like an unnecessary expense. Fast forward several months: Katie is gainfully employed, but the race sold out relatively quickly. Enter Inside-Out Sports. […]
A big motivation behind registering for the Tobacco Road Marathon was to push myself to build my running fitness ahead of this October’s Beach2Battleship (B2B) Iron-Distance Triathlon. Based on my training & results, I feel like that goal is accomplished. But the late October B2B is still 29 weeks out- or more than six months. […]
The last mile of the race, my approach to the finish line, and the next 10 minutes rank pretty high on the euphoric scale. In so many ways I have my wife, family, and friends to thank for the support on the road to reaching my goal of finishing my first marathon under four hours. […]
My first marathon is a week away. I have been anxiously awaiting Sunday’s forecast to show up in the 10 day weather forecast for quite some time now. I was going to go into the whole “you can’t cram for a marathon” shpeal. I was even going to work in A.I. on training, or “practice.” Since […]