My Road to Ironman 2025

    Ironman Chattanooga week! Made a short (read: LONG) weekend to southern Tennessee to watch Chad do his thing and cross that finish line. Great dad-son trip as Rylan came with me and we were able to do some work on the volunteering side of the race. Had an absolute blast with our shifts and got a much-needed shot in the arm for my final weeks of motivation as I head into Florida.  Weekly Stats :  Swim (2x) 2.13 miles (3,750 yards) 1:14:04 Bike (2x) 34.50 miles 2:04:56 Run (2x) 13.24 miles 2:14:01 Yoga (1x) 31:00 TOTALS: 7 Activities  49.87 miles 6:04:02 Training Notes :           Since I made the trip to Chattanooga this weekend, I didn’t have my long bike ride. That will pick back up after this week’s training plan. I have a 5-1/2 hour and 6-hour ride left for my long bike sessions, and a couple more long runs on the schedule. I had a couple of good swims this week, but nothing out of the ordinary. On Tuesday, I swam wi...

  Still got a long road ahead to Florida, but it's getting shorter.  And faster....      Sick days, rest days, and long days were on tap this week.  A few days of really doing nothing as I tried to let my body rest and get well, but then still got in my long run and bike rides.  And to be truthful, there was a little bit of guilt mixed in too. But I knew that I needed to get "unsick" so I can get ready for my last 4 weeks of big training.  I feel better now, but the beginning of the week, not so much.  In the big picture, it was very little workouts for the week, but I'm OK.  And here we go.  14 weeks down, 6 to go.   Weekly Stats : Swim (1x) .63 miles (1,100 yards) 21:26 Bike (1x) 96.91 miles 5:05:14 Run (2x) 16.81 miles 3:00:02 Yoga (2x) 56:01 TOTALS: 6 Activities 114.34 miles 9:22:43 Training Notes :     Considering I haven't been sick in almost a year that I can remember (at least since I started my 70.3 trai...

      I'd say the hardest part of this Ironman training at this point is sitting down each week and writing this blog. I love it just like I love the other parts, but I'm not a writer by nature. If I hadn't made a commitment to blogging this whole journey, I'd be out! Just kidding.  Maybe.  I do only have 7 weeks left though.  It truly is easier to do the training each day than sit at the table each week for a couple of hours. Just not my thing!  But I have peace heading into the last 7 weeks of training.  It's been a pretty heavy week--both in my training with respect to the time and distances, and in our world.  Peace.  Just trying to take a breath. Weekly Stats : Swim (3x) 3.69 miles (6,500 yards) 2:08:54 Bike (1x) 85.77 miles 4:31:52 Run (3x) 21.78 miles 3:46:06 Yoga (3x) 1:17:05 Other (5x) 256 floors climbed (9/11 Stairclimb) 2:15:33 TOTALS: 15 Activities 111.24 miles 13:59:30 Training Notes :     My weeks are gathering sp...

        Weekly training blog, sorry for the late edition! Wedding weekend for James and Jen, and Labor Day laboring.  Finished up week one of my big mileage training block. I've been averaging around 10 hours of workout activities a week for the last 2-1/2 months and this is where I'm going to ramp it up.  I definitely felt the extra few hours, especially on the long bike ride on Saturday.  And several times this past week, I just didn't want to do the workout, but did it anyway because I know that it will get me where I want to be in 9 weeks.  Here we go... Weekly Stats : Swim (3x) 3.42 miles (6,025 yards) 2:00:31 Bike (3x) 104.69 miles 6:07:12 Run (3x) 21.69 miles 3:35:04 Yoga (3x) 1:26:31 TOTALS: 12 Activities 129.81 miles 13:09:18 Training Notes :          Early mornings, long time in the bike saddle, and just being plain tired put a stamp on this week. Longest swim in while at 3,000 yards on Wednesday.  This...