Aug 03
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
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
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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Jul 21
Still doing a bit of catch up from my lack of posting last week. Last week, I bought some new clothes for training and racing. I wanted to find some new clothes for racing that would work for Steelhead. I wanted to get them before Tri Del Sol so that I could try them out. …
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Jul 19
We were out of town last night when I posted my race report from Tri Del Sol, so I wasn’t able to upload any pictures with the post. So, here is a sampling of the pictures from the race. There are some great pictures of my swim and transitions, but due to a camera malfunction, …
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