From the BlogMy Experience at Ironman Texas 2011 Wow, what can I say about it? My first Ironman distance triathlon is in books. It was a lot more difficult than I was expecting, but I am pretty sure it was due to the fact that the hills were more numerous than advertised. We got to The Woodlands on a Wednesday and when we [...] What I Have Learned About Triathlon With only a few weeks left before Ironman Texas, I decided to give a breakdown of the three disciplines (swim, bike, and run) and what I have learned about each of them. I am in no way an expert but I like to think that I have probably experienced enough in training for Texas and [...] A Tale of Two Tradewinds Tris Now this is a tale of two triathlons. Both were held at Tradewinds Park. Both were sprint triathlons (although the first had a run of 2.5 miles instead of 3.1). I did them almost a year apart and did not start training for Texas until the fall of 2010. So needless to say, I was [...] Feeling Good is Good Okay, so I haven’t been writing in this as often as I had hoped. When I was looking at the training program at the start of this, I figured that at this point the training would be long and difficult every evening. Now that we are two months away from Ironman Texas, I am a [...] So After My First Half Iron Triathlon Several weeks ago I finished my first half-iron triathlon in Miami, and needless to say, it was quite an experience. Of course, it was longg, but it really made me realize how difficult it can be. So what was my next triathlon? An olympic distance one, of course!! Several weeks ago was the Miami Man [...] |