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| IRONMAN WISCONSIN - 2007 |
| Stats for 07' 185,000 Yds 2650 Miles 600 Miles |
Follow along with the 8 athletes progress Click Here.
Jan 19th, 2007 - Welcome to my Ironman page. Ouch....I already hurt. Here you can stop in to see how I'm doing in my
quest to complete my first IRONMAN in Madison WI, Sept 9th, 2007. January is here and I am in full swing of training. Well
sort of. I don't have the new BMC bike yet but I expect it any day now. I already feel the pressure to get out there and perform.
It's going to be a crazy year of balancing Ironman training, a new home, planning a wedding & finding a new job. Check
back to see my mileage improve and pictures along the way. Here are the first pics of 2007. My trip to Boulder Colorado to
see the new BMC bike, meet two members of Team RaceAthlete, meet Mike Ricci of D3 & get a lactate threshold test done.
CLICK HERE FOR PICS.
quest to complete my first IRONMAN in Madison WI, Sept 9th, 2007. January is here and I am in full swing of training. Well
sort of. I don't have the new BMC bike yet but I expect it any day now. I already feel the pressure to get out there and perform.
It's going to be a crazy year of balancing Ironman training, a new home, planning a wedding & finding a new job. Check
back to see my mileage improve and pictures along the way. Here are the first pics of 2007. My trip to Boulder Colorado to
see the new BMC bike, meet two members of Team RaceAthlete, meet Mike Ricci of D3 & get a lactate threshold test done.
CLICK HERE FOR PICS.
March 15th, 2007 - New update coming soon.
Promise. Been very very busy.....hey I'm in Ironman
training...what did you expect?! Click over there---> to
guess the time that I will finish my first ever IRONMAN in.
Promise. Been very very busy.....hey I'm in Ironman
training...what did you expect?! Click over there---> to
guess the time that I will finish my first ever IRONMAN in.
| GUESS OUR FINISH TIMES at IRONMAN WISCONSIN CLICK HERE |
March 22th, 2007 - Another run at 6am. 7 Miles. Legs started to get sore. Worried a little I am not training hard
enough or putting in enough miles. Kelley's Birthday. Call-In line established at the Jetpackshow. Call in and tell me
anything. I'll play it in my next podcast at Itunes. (727-ALL-LEAN) Going to start adding photos to this page soon. Also I
am now commited to going to WIldflower this May. A tough 70.3 race.
enough or putting in enough miles. Kelley's Birthday. Call-In line established at the Jetpackshow. Call in and tell me
anything. I'll play it in my next podcast at Itunes. (727-ALL-LEAN) Going to start adding photos to this page soon. Also I
am now commited to going to WIldflower this May. A tough 70.3 race.
June 2nd, 2007 - Having a tough time finding the motivation to keep up with this journal about going to IRONMAN. Keep telling myself I'll "get to it tomorrow" but
I never do. Lot's of things have happened since my last entry. Jon Blais passed away, Team Race Athlete went to WildFlower together and Kelley competed in her
very 1st triathlon. Maybe you could help me with some motivation to write more. Time is flying by. Some new news posted in the Latest News Section.
I never do. Lot's of things have happened since my last entry. Jon Blais passed away, Team Race Athlete went to WildFlower together and Kelley competed in her
very 1st triathlon. Maybe you could help me with some motivation to write more. Time is flying by. Some new news posted in the Latest News Section.
17 HOURS
Sept 2nd. 2007 - I've spent the last 9 months moving my body towards the goal of becoming an Ironman. Yet for some unknown
reason my fingers have remained frozen and silent ever since I started my training. Maybe this was the way it was supposed to be.
Somehow it feels like a let down to myself and to the people that have been following myself and the 8 age groupers from
RaceAthlete.com. According to my training logs I have spent 380 hours training and covered 3,380 miles over the past 8 months. Now
we're down to the last 17. The most important 17?
So on 9/9/2007 I'm alloted 17 hours to show somebody I have the right to call myself an Ironman. Seems that people embarking on
this sort of adventure already consider themselves an Ironman. Where the race day becomes only a formality. So why is this
impending day wearing on me so? Guess that's part of the journey and I'll find out soon enough. Maybe not.
Kelley and I watched the 2000 Ironman tonight. They asked a few athletes on screen why they did it. Then Kelley asked me why I did it. I
knew that was coming. I thought she always knew and for a minute I thought I knew to. I started to answer and then realized there were
two distinct reasons I was going to subject myself to this. The first, I've become proud in the fact I like to finish what I started. That
seems to jive with Ironman founder John Collins way of thinking.
"Ironman has always been about finishing what you started. About being able to do what you set out to do. Maybe not as fast as the
person in front of you. But certainly faster then the person that never started." - John Collins.
The second reason goes back to 2004. Going through something like cancer for me was a totally unique experience. Scary has hell.
Would be to any sane person. To be stared down by your own mortality at the age of 33 was defining. The process of letting the doctors
make you sicker then you already where was a physical and mental test that pushed you to your limits. You try to prepare for it, you feel
like crap at times & you do your best to get it over with. When you come out the other side and can say you beat cancer, nothing can
match it. The feeling fades slightly but never goes away. It's always there. I used to think nothing could match it.
Well almost nothing. So I have come to realize that though it might sound a little twisted, triathlons (specifically long distance
triathlons) offer me that same experience. To relive the time in my life that I experienced greatness. I get to do it all again without
actually being diagnosed with cancer. Trying to get myself through an Ironman is similar to me trying to get through cancer. I'll feel
anxious to start the race, I'll feel good during the race, things will go wrong, I'll feel like crap, moments will come and go where I am
mentally in the race and moments I have to disconnect just to make it up a hill or deal with a cramp, there will be moments I'll want to
quit. When I get to the finish line I smile when my brain figures out it's over. I won....again.
Sept 2nd. 2007 - I've spent the last 9 months moving my body towards the goal of becoming an Ironman. Yet for some unknown
reason my fingers have remained frozen and silent ever since I started my training. Maybe this was the way it was supposed to be.
Somehow it feels like a let down to myself and to the people that have been following myself and the 8 age groupers from
RaceAthlete.com. According to my training logs I have spent 380 hours training and covered 3,380 miles over the past 8 months. Now
we're down to the last 17. The most important 17?
So on 9/9/2007 I'm alloted 17 hours to show somebody I have the right to call myself an Ironman. Seems that people embarking on
this sort of adventure already consider themselves an Ironman. Where the race day becomes only a formality. So why is this
impending day wearing on me so? Guess that's part of the journey and I'll find out soon enough. Maybe not.
Kelley and I watched the 2000 Ironman tonight. They asked a few athletes on screen why they did it. Then Kelley asked me why I did it. I
knew that was coming. I thought she always knew and for a minute I thought I knew to. I started to answer and then realized there were
two distinct reasons I was going to subject myself to this. The first, I've become proud in the fact I like to finish what I started. That
seems to jive with Ironman founder John Collins way of thinking.
"Ironman has always been about finishing what you started. About being able to do what you set out to do. Maybe not as fast as the
person in front of you. But certainly faster then the person that never started." - John Collins.
The second reason goes back to 2004. Going through something like cancer for me was a totally unique experience. Scary has hell.
Would be to any sane person. To be stared down by your own mortality at the age of 33 was defining. The process of letting the doctors
make you sicker then you already where was a physical and mental test that pushed you to your limits. You try to prepare for it, you feel
like crap at times & you do your best to get it over with. When you come out the other side and can say you beat cancer, nothing can
match it. The feeling fades slightly but never goes away. It's always there. I used to think nothing could match it.
Well almost nothing. So I have come to realize that though it might sound a little twisted, triathlons (specifically long distance
triathlons) offer me that same experience. To relive the time in my life that I experienced greatness. I get to do it all again without
actually being diagnosed with cancer. Trying to get myself through an Ironman is similar to me trying to get through cancer. I'll feel
anxious to start the race, I'll feel good during the race, things will go wrong, I'll feel like crap, moments will come and go where I am
mentally in the race and moments I have to disconnect just to make it up a hill or deal with a cramp, there will be moments I'll want to
quit. When I get to the finish line I smile when my brain figures out it's over. I won....again.
| Track Live in Real Time During the Race WWW.IRONMANLIVE.COM BIB #904 SEPT 9, 2007 MADISON WI |
