Six weeks after finishing Ironman Cozumel and I’m 85% recovered. Then again, recovery might be taking longer then normal because I ate massive amounts of chocolate and drank loads of wine during the holidays. Nothing better then balancing six months… Read More »Review: Electro-Bites
Moved into another training week with my nephew, Joel, asking if training included running trails. Nope. I’m pretty structured. Stick with the plan and only run on the road. Then I thought, hey, let’s mix it up. Be adventurous. Get… Read More »Be Adventurous
Through trial and error I learned a tough lesson. Ironman requires a healthy balance act with nutrition. Just because I burn thousands of calories during training weeks or 8,000 – 10,000 on race day, doesn’t mean I can eat junk.… Read More »Healthy Balance Act
Beyond conquering the course and embracing the journey, Ironman offers an opportunity to have a tight body. Bring it on!!! To measure success I am tracking weight, inches, and training hours. Here are the results. Week 1 – 9 Training… Read More »Measure Success
There are five disciplines to Ironman: swim, bike, run, transitions, and nutrition. Of the five my biggest challenge is finding the right nutritional balance, for that makes or breaks the day. At the bottom of this post is a resource… Read More »Ironman Nutrition
Having an angel vs devil moment between a pear and a chocolate donut. Logic tells me the donut is no good, but my mind is trying to justify eating the beautiful chocolate mouth-full-of-joy because I just swam 50 laps. Then… Read More »Day 12 – Angel vs. Devil