Alcatraz is three days away!

Posted by gg on April 29, 2010 in Training

I’ve been terribly remiss in maintaining this blog.  Lots of reasons out there:  a new (and fabulous) girlfriend, a heavy dose of training, an expansion of territory under my direction at work, and issues with my building (I’m president of the condo association).  None are worth going into here; who really wants to hear about [...]

Ironman Hawaii

Posted by gg on April 15, 2010 in Training

Well, I just checked the Ironman.com website to see if I got into the Ironman World Championships held in Kona, Hawaii and the news is… (drumroll)…  that I didn’t get in.  I had a feeling that I actually would get in this year, but it’s okay that I didn’t.  What that means is that I’m [...]

Alcatraz is 19 days away!

Posted by gg on April 13, 2010 in Training

I have to admit; I’m feeling way underprepared.  I mean, my bike is strong, my run is fairly strong, but the swim isn’t and the course difficult has me feeling a little concerned. I haven’t written here as often as I would have liked or intended, and it’s particularly disconcerting to me given my previous [...]

Getting back to Normal

Posted by gg on March 26, 2010 in Training

If I didn’t post so infrequently, they’d be considerably shorter.  No one has really complained about the length; frankly, I’d surprised if anyone actually read the full posts.  Makes me wonder if this is just an on-line diary but then again, what is a blog supposed to be anyway? All that aside, I feel good [...]

What a Ridiculous Weekend

Posted by gg on March 23, 2010 in Training

I was convinced going into this weekend that it would be one of my hardest.  Well, maybe not as hard as Ironman Lake Placid was; truly everything since then, within triathlon and generally in life, has paled in comparison.  I just knew that I’d be putting a major burden on my legs with two races [...]