Friday, September 8-10:00 a.m. (35 hours to go) After taking a picture… (A “telfie.”) A telfie in front of the Ironman finish line I went

Thursday, September 7, 4 p.m. (58 hours to go) I went for a swim, in my wet suit. This late in the day the air

Thursday, September 7 2 p.m. (53 hours to go) I bought a helmet with the American flag painted on it and biked back to my

Thursday, September 7, 1 p.m. (54 hours to go) I wheeled the bike travel case into the hotel hallway to start the assembly. (Small hotel

Thursday, September 8 (57 hours to go) After we dropped the “kid’s college fund” on shopping, we returned to our hotel. I had to write

Thursday, September 8 (60 hours to go) We walked to Bozen, a kosher fish restaurant one mile from the beaches of Nice, France. (Sushi?) I’m

  Wednesday, September 7 (three days to go) (Every one of your articles ends with a problem. What was the “next problem”?) We breezed through

Wednesday, September 6 (four days to go) (How did you keep track of all that you were doing?) Checklists. Lots of checklists. (Where did that

Tuesday, September 5 (Five days to go.) Then I got the anti-doping letter. (You don’t dope, do you?) Nope, so I wasn’t worried until… (Here

Friday, September 1 (nine days to go) With a week to go before the Ironman my training became 30 minutes of light cardio. (Your version

(Are we at the Ironman yet?) Nope, we are fewer than two weeks away and in The Jewish Link offices being interviewed. (You are not

12 Days To Go (August 26) In the middle of training and making packing lists for the trip … (Don’t forget your bike) I received