Retirement: Part III
You’ve heard me talk about the swim. (Two hours and 20 minutes to swim 2.4 miles.) You’ve hear me talk about the run. (A full
You’ve heard me talk about the swim. (Two hours and 20 minutes to swim 2.4 miles.) You’ve hear me talk about the run. (A full
For the last five years, I have not been able to get completely comfortable on my bike. (Did you break your bike?) In 2014, I
I finished Ironman Lake Placid 19 months ago. What do you suppose my 1st thought was? (I want to sit down?) Nope. (I really need
My best Ironman bike finish was 7 hours and 15 minutes. That’s an average pace of 15.3 miles per hour. That was back in 2014.
I sprinted the last 1/2 mile, uphill to the Iwo Jima Memorial and almost threw up on a Marine. 5:22:33 (So then you collapsed) So
“You’ve done some crazy things, but two marathons in eight days? I think you have finally lost your mind.” That was my wife’s reaction when
I struggle to control the bike as my torso was propelled forward into my handlebars. At the speed I was traveling, I was sure to
Part 1 I don’t normally chronicle a half Ironman because as difficult as they are, they are not as epic as a full Ironman…except last
We had one job: escort JJ Eizik as he attempted to bike 175 miles in under 48 hours. JJ lost his leg to cancer at
I never sleep well the night before a race. I’m too excited to sleep, yet for some reason, I slept well this time. Maybe it
This is a triathlon, but it is not an Ironman. The difference being? A triathlon is three events: swimming, biking and running. An Ironman is
If I don’t get eaten by sharks in the swim or crash on the bike, I will just have to run 8 miles. (In San