My Road to Ironman 2025

  Congratulations to Matthew & Macey Curtis!     A few days later than usual, but here is the weekly blog ....      Wow!  That was a week!  Travelled 1,300 miles from Kansas to Delaware, dude time at the beach, rehearsal dinner (we were in charge of that), wedding, and training!  Had to work around all the plans to get my first taper week training in and I can say I did OK with it.  The wedding was great, and such a great day to celebrate Matthew and Macey as they begin their lives together.  So happy for them, but it's nice to be able to breathe some right now.  Here are the weekly stats before I get into the 70.3 Eagleman race preview and predictions…. Weekly Stats : Swim (2x) 2.16 miles (3,804 yards) 1:16:19 Bike (3x) 80.51 miles 4:27:40 Run (3x) 13.68 miles 2:18:05 Yoga (2x) 56:12 TOTALS: 10 workout sessions 96.35 miles 8:58:16  Training Notes :      This was a tough week to get my training ...

       Love this photo of me at last week's Kansas City Triathlon.  Covered up my face some with the hang loose gesture, but as fast as I was cruising right there, it turned out awesome.   Taper week is upon me! Two weeks of tapering, actually.  That was the last of my long weeks for this training block and when I finish up with Eagleman I'll start up on my full Ironman training!  Spoiler alert before the end of the blog today, I will probably have a late blog posting next week since Matthew's wedding is on Sunday afternoon.  I plan on a race preview along with a short recap of the week.  Starting off with my weekly training stats.... Weekly Stats : Swim (3x) 3.84 miles (6,6761 yards) 2:07:49 Bike (4x) 125.32 miles 7:09:49 Run (3x) 24.18 miles 4:03:03 Yoga (3x) 1:17:04 T OTALS: 13 workout sessions 153.34 miles 14:37:45 Training Notes :           Final long week. And I'm tired.  Lots going on in the...

     Just kidding. But I had a great day at the Kansas City Olympic Triathlon.  Spoiler alert--it was a PR kind of day! By A LOT! More to follow (this will be a full recap so bear with me!), but here's the weekly stats. Weekly Stats : Swim (4x): 4.5 miles (7,920 yards) 2:30:53 Bike (4x): 76.67 miles 4:16:44 Run (3x): 13.11 miles 2:06:26 Yoga (5x) 1:59:10 TOTALS: 17 workout sessions 94.47 miles 10:59:09 Race Recap :   What a beautiful morning at Longview Lake. All week the forecast was for storms in the morning and I was worried that I'd have my second straight triathlon cancelled due to weather. But the storms kept getting pushed back and it was calm winds (for a bit), sunny, 60 degrees and warm water. Couldn't get better than that.         Wake up call was at 4:40AM for a 5:30 departure. Got to the race venue just after 6:05, and after a PB&J sandwich and a bottle of water,...

      Week 13 is in the books.  Minus one workout.  But with some good showings on the others.  I heard someone talk about being a participant versus a spectator this week. That really resonated with me as I thought about getting out there and doing the scheduled workout each day as I inch closer to my goals.  Here are my weekly stats to start!   Weekly Stats : Swim (3x) 4.12 miles (7,250 yards) 2:19:57 Bike (2x) 88.36 miles 5:00:01 Run (4x) 26.91 miles 4:43:56 Strength (1x) 20:03 Yoga (4x) 1:36:16 TOTALS: 14 workout sessions 119.39 miles 14:00:13 Training Notes :               So week 13 is in the books.  I have 2 weeks left until I hit my taper for Eagleman.  I did skip my very first main workout (swim, bike, or run) in all of the 13 weeks I've been on my official plan.  There was some guilt at first, but then I knew fully that I needed to take the day off to get some rest just du...