Monthly Archives: November 2010

Ridgewood Turkey Trot!!

If you’re the sort that doesn’t like to be cooped up inside all day on Thanksgiving Day, check out your local Turkey Trot next time.  In Raleigh, the annual Turkey Trot starts at Ridgewood shopping center, and weaves back in … Continue reading

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Ironman Arizona 2011

It’s now been 2 weeks since we completed IMFL.  It took 2-3 days for the soreness to go away, but not too bad.  I haven’t done anything that I would call a workout (Coaches orders).  I’ve gone to the pool … Continue reading

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Ironman Florida Race Day

We woke up on race morning at 4 a.m. to get in some calories and get headed over to the starting area.  One thing we did not anticipate well was that it was freezing outside.  It was 40 degrees outside … Continue reading

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Ironman Florida Pre-Race

Ironman week is a spectacle. Picture 2800 hard core, Type-A athletes that have been training 12-20hrs a week for the last year, all in the same place for a long weekend.  In addition, everyone has been tapering for the past … Continue reading

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Ironman Week

Thanks for stopping by.  For those of you who are here for the first time, this is basically a personal journey of trying to complete Ironman Florida.  Since signing up last November there have been 17,562 visitors….Whoa!…I had no idea … Continue reading

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