My Road to Ironman 2025

  It's been a bit hot here in Kansas!      Welcome to summer in the midwest! It was a hot one on the first day of summer 10 days ago and it hasn't let up.  This next couple of months of training will be a bit tougher because of the heat and humidity, but I'll get it done.  Florida can be hot too (although it has been in the 40's for race day a few years ago!).  Week 2 out of 20 in the books heading to Ironman Florida..... Weekly Stats : Swim (3x) 2.13 miles (3,756 yards) 1:22:35 Bike (4x) 73.20 miles 4:00:06 Run (3x) 15.34 HOT miles 2:38:02 Strength (2x) 39:27 Yoga (3x) 1:07:04 Other (1x) 1:03:08 (Paddleboard) TOTALS: 16 workouts 92.51 miles 10:50:22 Training Notes :      Week 2 is done!  Getting back into the rhythm of everyday workouts, but with the added not-exactly-routine days.  With summertime in full effect, my daily routines seem to be out of whack.  Later nights, not having to be up at 4:20 (yet) to get a long bik...

  Brandywine Falls, Cuyahoga Valley NP     Week 1 of 20 heading to Ironman Florida!  Had a good recovery week where I was able to ride the wave of a good finish time at 70.3 Eagleman, do some hiking with Julie at Cuyahoga Valley National Park, and just take a mental and physical break from 17 solid weeks of training. But now it's game-on again.  This time for something that I've never done to date...IRONMAN.  Here we go!!   Weekly Stats : Swim (3x) 2.9 miles (5,100 yards) 1:42:38 Bike (3x) 57.46 miles 3:08:52 Run (3x) 13.94 miles 2:20:02 Strength (2x) 41:59 Yoga (5x) 2:20:02 TOTALS 16 workout sessions 74.3 miles 10:03:28   Training Notes :         I'm back at it! After a very successful 70.3 Eagleman, I had last week "off", where I didn't have any formal training plan.  I did get in a swim, bike, and run, along with a paddle board sunset cruise.  No yoga or strength for the last two weeks with the week ...

            Well, here it is.  The full 70.3 Eagleman race recap. Such a great race, a great venue, and a great finishing time for me!  On the last blog I put out what I said were some scary numbers, and I saw those numbers and pushed past them to finish stronger than what I thought I could.  To start this week's blog, I'm posting the total stats from the last 17 weeks (Feb 10-June 8).  Then hang on, I think I have everything, and I mean everything, covered in the recap!  It's a long read, fair warning!!  But if you want the short version, here are my final times for the 2025 Qatar Airways IRONMAN 70.3 Eagleman: Swim-35:47 T1-5:21 Bike-2:41:00 T2-4:37 Run-2:04:58 Final-5:31:40 70.3 Eagleman Total Training Stats : Race Weight:  173 lbs Swim (45x) 54.87 miles (96,631 yards) 33 hours, 26 min, 10 sec Bike (51x) 1,176.5 miles 72 hours, 22 min, 41 sec Run (48x) 281.4 miles 49 hours, 8 min, 17 sec Strength (16x) 6 hours, 40 ...