I think I am fully recovered from Steelhead. I went out for 6 miles today and felt awesome. I felt like I was running on air. I started off at a good clip, but figured my legs would tire out quickly and slow me down; that never happened though. I was under 8 min/miles for …
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Aug 04
Lessons Learned
After having a few days to reflect back on Steelhead, I have come up with some areas in which I need to improve. These are strictly triathlon related, so no comments from the peanut gallery please – I know that I am deficient in other areas as well . #1 Core Workouts I need to …
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Aug 03
Race Report: Steelhead Half Ironman
We are finally back home and unpacked from a long weekend. Now I have a chance to think back and do a full race report for Steelhead. Sit back and enjoy! Pre Race Day On Friday, I headed down to Benton Harbor for the race expo and packet pick up because there was no race …
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Aug 01
70.3
It is official. I am now a half Ironman! My unofficial time is 6 hours and 8 minutes. I feel great and am happy with my time. My personal goal was 6 hours and 15 minutes so I beat that. My only disappointment is that I was on target for a sub 6, but the …
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Aug 01
Ready to Go
We made it to Benton Harbor without incident except having to turn back to get my water bottles. We parked about a mile away and I biked to the transition area to get setup. Very well organized so far. After setting up, we headed back to the car for a pb&j and banana before heading …
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