17 Days To Go (August 21) Our hotel room had a side door that opened to a porch that was a clearing in the woods.

20 Days To Go (August 18) We headed off to the car rental agent. (We? It was you pushing the oversized bike-bag with Ed and

21 Days To Go (August 17) I packed up the bike, got into Randy Jerome’s transport van, and checked in at Newark Airport. But this

23 Days To Go (August 15) I needed to relax and focus on what I was doing, not on what I was worried about as

25 Days To Go (August 13) With three and a half weeks until the Ironman World Championships, I had the second benchmark approaching fast. (Benchmark?)

30 Days to go (August 8) With four weeks to the Ironman World Championships, I had two benchmarks to see if I was ready. (What

39 Days to go (August 2) So, on Sunday, I kicked it up to 15 miles of running and reported zero problems. (You ran 15

45 Days to go (July 27) Now that I had solved four pressing issues related to the race, it was time to address the new

45 Days to go (July 27) I registered for Ironman World Championships Nice and now I had to solve four pressing issues: Could I reach

47 days to go: July 25 I registered for Ironman World Championships Nice and now I had to solve four pressing issues: Could I reach

Now that I had accepted the spot at Ironman World Championships Nice, I had to overcome three obstacles. The first one was a 13 mile