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

7:41 a.m. (+1:38:13 since race start) The 112-mile bike course looked like a maple leaf. We began the ride at the bottom of the stem

2.5 hours until Ironman United Kingdom (3:15 a.m.) The race was scheduled for July 2, 2023, in Bolton England. (Where is that?) Where is England?

2 Days Until Ironman United Kingdom With my bike roadworthy again, but my bike computer completely dead, I had no choice but to buy a

2 Days Until Ironman United Kingdom I woke up in my third hotel in four days. Now think about that for a minute. We had