“They knew they were making history, and it was the greatest adventure of their lives.” That statement is from the opening of the Ken Burns

I walked with my wife from the hotel to the town hall. The sky was gray, overcast, warning us that our brazenness for walking outside

With the race over, it was back to the hotel for me and my bike. I stood there in my hotel room staring at the

Mile 140.6: The Finish Line “It’s David Roher, all the way from the USA. Looks like Tony Stark … Here he is. You are an

Mile 22: I was at the turnaround for the fourth and final time. I was at the farthest end of the racecourse. Like the Apollo

8:22:50 p.m. (+ 14:22:04 since race start) Mile 18: I was now on the fourth loop. I reached the “horrible hill” and tried to power

Mile 12: I had been running for two hours and 31 minutes. My half marathon record at an Ironman was two hours, 45 minutes in

  6:07:57 p.m. (+12:05:10 since race start) Mile 7: 11:20 pace. OK, I’ve got my groove and I’ve got a plan. (A plan? When did

4:40 p.m. (+10:37:17 since race start) The marathon portion of this race was a 26.2-mile run that started by leading me towards the finish line

I came flying into the corral where people in front of me were dismounting. It was like a crash landing on an aircraft carrier with

2:15:46 p.m. (+8:13:00 since race start) I was at mile 82. I had two hours 15 minutes to cross the last 30 miles of the

Now I pushed my speed up to 35 mph as I went downhill. My logic was, 4 mph on the climb and 35 mph on