July 2011

3 Days Til the Ironman

Posted by on July 21, 2011 in Training

On Monday night, my plan was to pack all of my clothes and disassemble my bike so that it could be easily packed into the bike case.  The former took far longer than I anticipated since again, I was packing for both the Ironman and my honeymoon… and the two had very little overlap in […]

5 Days Til the Ironman

Posted by on July 19, 2011 in Training

I was up late last night packing for really two trips:  one is the obvious Ironman week and the other is the honeymoon.  I couldn’t help but laugh that my suitcase is considerably bigger than Roya’s.  Plus, I have a big bike box, a heavy carry-on, and a fragile ego in tow. Re the ego, […]

7 Days And Counting

Posted by on July 17, 2011 in Training

This morning, I met up with one of my best friends, Brad, to do our first training session together in preparation for his first triathlon in August.  He’s been around my triathlon world for many years now having heard me talk about it ad nauseam, having seen me in various events, and having been witness […]

One Week til Ironman Germany

Posted by on July 16, 2011 in Training

Been a while since I’ve posted here.  It’s because of three big reasons:  1)  I started a new job on May 1st and I’ve been putting in a lot of hours to shorten a big learning curve; 2)  Wedding planning and all things related took up a lot of time, even though I had maybe […]