My Road to Ironman 2025

      The 2025 race season is officially underway!  Lots of training and events between now and November, and it started off very well!  2025 Garmin Olathe Half Marathon in the Land of Oz.  It's a mouthful of a name and the full race recap is coming ahead.  Getting to this week's stats, it was a recovery week.  Last one until my two taper weeks right before Eagleman.  The next four weeks are going to get CRAZY!!! Weekly Stats : Swim (3x) 3.18 miles (5,600 yards) 1:53:11 Bike (3x) 64.28 miles 3:45:07 Run (2x) 18.70 miles 2:59:05 Strength (1x) 18:01 Yoga (3x) 1:13:06 WEEK TOTALS: 12 workout sessions 86.16 miles 10:08:30 Training Notes :        Race week #1 in the books!  This was a recovery week to give my body a little rest.  I slapped a half marathon into it and although I ran harder and longer for the race than the plan called for, it fit right into the schedule perfectly.  I have 4 more race-specific train...

         One week closer to Eagleman and Florida.  Long days. Short nights.  Early wake up times.  Is it worth it every day?  You bet!  Yet each day I have to recommit to the journey.  Each night I have to know what's important for the next day and make each workout or session a priority and in a way, say "I do".  Same goes for my family. This was Julie's and my anniversary week, and it looked different than in years' past.  But it reminded me that everyday I have to make a choice and say "I do".  Again and again and again With us, with God, and with Ironman training.        Starting  it off with the weekly stats.... Weekly Stats : Swim (3x) 4.39 miles (7,725 yards) 2:39:02 Bike (4x) 94.85 miles 6:15:49 Run (4x) 19.09 miles 3:20:04 Strength (1x) 17:01 Yoga (3x) 1:12:01 TOTALS: 15 workout sessions 118.31 miles 13:43:57 (*Longest so far in this training*) Training Notes :    After...

          One foot in front of the other.  That has to be my mantra as I hit the full marathon after a 2.4 mile swim and 112 mile bike ride.  And that has to be my mantra every day.  As I start off with this week's statistics, I completed week 1 of my 7-week race specific training where I'll be starting to ramp up the training until June.... Weekly Stats : Weight: 177.1 +.1 lbs from last week Swim (3x) 3.78 miles (6,650 yards) 2:25:05 Bike (3x) 89.80 miles 5:30:09 Run (3x) 20.06 miles 3:29:06 Strength (1x) 37:01  Yoga (4x) 1:33:59 TOTALS: 14 workout sessions 113.64 miles 13:25:19 Training Notes :      This was the first week of the second phase of my training for Ironman 70.3 Eagleman.  Jumped up around 4+ hours in training, and it will continue to ramp up until two weeks before the race, then I'll have a couple of taper weeks to rest my body.  This will start some workouts with more tempo pacing, some more speed...