Tri Chat: IronMan Florida Training Week 22 – An Attitude of Gratitude

Have I really been training for IronMan Florida for 22 weeks?  Is the race less than a week away? It’s crazy but true.  I am no longer in denial about the race being so close, Read More …

Tri Chat: IronMan Florida Training Week 21 – Taper Trouble

The less you do, the less you can do.  I’m in the beginning of my IronMan Florida taper.  It’s not that there is no training, but comparing to what I’ve just been through, it’s nothing.  Read More …

Tri Chat: IronMan Florida Week 20 – Run Forrest Run

Twenty seems like such a milestone number … twenty weeks of IronMan Florida training; but in reality week twenty was a blur.  It’s Sunday and I’m still not sure how I got here.  All I Read More …

Tri Chat: IronMan Florida Training Week 19 – Quality Time With A Wolf

It’s four weeks to IronMan Florida and I am ready.  It won’t be fast or pretty, I will struggle especially in the marathon, but I am ready even for that.  And though I still have Read More …

Tri Chat: IronMan Florida Training Week 18 – Taper Tantrum

Training for an IronMan is a long haul where  you push your body past the point you thought you could.  That is a lot of stress so every once in a while, well every once Read More …

Tri Chat: IronMan Florida Training Week 17 – Things That Make You Go BONK!

It had to happen at some point; I bonked on Saturday’s long bike ride.  At least, I think I did.  I felt queasy, somewhat disoriented and exasperated.  Andreas, from Ultrabikex Studio, tells me often: the good Read More …

Tri Chat: IronMan Training Week 16 – Inspired

This week I was on track with my IronMan Florida training. This was due in part because I was swept away with my Wolfpack teammates who were heading to the ITU World Triathlon Championships in London.  Don’t Read More …