Category Archives: Racing

S#!^ Happens

Posted on October 19, 2012 by Dad

This post began as a ‘Life gets in the way’ post, but really…when it’s all said and done …S#!^ Happens is more appropriate 🙂 …if you don’t ‘get’ our picture today right away, click on it for a bigger version…being a recent first-time grandfather … Continue reading →

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Ironman Florida Race Report 2011: Part 3: the run

Posted on November 25, 2011 by Dad

…if you haven’t read the first 2 posts in this series you may want to start there…click on the links below, or just scroll down this Home page: Part 1: Swim now seemed long ago http://www.irondaughterirondad.com/ironman-florida-race-report-2011-part-1-the-swim/ Part 2: Solid bike … Continue reading →

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Ironman Florida Race Report 2011: Part 2: the bike

Posted on November 25, 2011 by Dad

Always sooo happy to be out of the water and on the bike 🙂 If you haven’t read the swim details, you may want to start there: http://www.irondaughterirondad.com/ironman-florida-race-report-2011-part-1-the-swim/ Rolling out of transition, I was in good shape…the swim went well…the transition … Continue reading →

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Ironman Florida Race Report 2011: Part 1: the swim

Posted on November 24, 2011 by Dad

I had a great race 🙂 12:33:54…new PR by 24 minutes, at age 57, in my 5th Ironman…what’s not to like 🙂 http://www.irondaughterirondad.com/ironman-5-123354-new-pr-by-24-minutes/ I’m going to break out my race report into a number of sections to keep them into palatable reading … Continue reading →

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Ironman #5: 12:33:54…new PR by 24 minutes :)

Posted on November 6, 2011 by Dad

Ironman #5 is in the books…12:33:54 🙂 New PR (Personal Record), improving on my 12:57:44 from 3 years ago. …my race execution was tight, the numbers turned out in my goal range in each of the ‘disciplines’…nice I’ll write a … Continue reading →

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Race day morning!

Posted on November 5, 2011 by Dad

It’s 4am…first thing that we both did on getting up was go out to the balcony to look at the surf…still too dark to see anything…except the gentle swells onto the beach…they always _sound_ loud 🙂 …I’m still hopeful that … Continue reading →

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Track Your Athlete(s) …final pre-race notes

Posted on November 4, 2011 by Daughter

For anyone interested in tracking our progress online during the race tomorrow, you can visit IronmanLive at http://ironmanlive.com/updates.php?type=U&race=florida&year=2011. There’s a search bar on the top right that allows you to enter a race bib number, or a last name. Other tracking options: … Continue reading →

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Last training workout…done…Ironman next!

Posted on November 3, 2011 by Dad

It’s fitting that my last training workout would be a sunrise swim with IronDaughter at 7am this morning 🙂 So that’s it…the training completed…all in…done Next up is Ironman on Saturday morning 🙂 The weather still looks great at this … Continue reading →

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Ironman Florida forecast links

Posted on November 2, 2011 by Dad

Right now, conditions for race day look great…here are a few links for easy reference over the next few days …I’ll update them to more detail as it becomes available…still a few days out of course…so _could_ change as we get … Continue reading →

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time going fast

Posted on November 1, 2011 by Dad

Well here it is Tuesday already, time rolling by quickly, as the schedule is going to start to get busy tomorrow (Wednesday) with registration, Iron Daughter picking up her bike that was transported down, a 45 min bike / 20 … Continue reading →

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beautiful day at Panama City Beach!

Posted on October 30, 2011 by Dad

What a beautiful Sunday morning at the Ironman Florida race venue! Looking up the beach towards the Ironman swim course, we see flat seas, a bit of wind on the flag, 49F so a bit of chill in the air, … Continue reading →

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One week to go…off to Florida!

Posted on October 29, 2011 by Dad

That 10 hour drive always seems _really_ looooong…the best part about driving though, is that I can just throw piles of my ‘stuff’ into plastic bins, load it into the SUV, and drive down the road…with 4 times more than … Continue reading →

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Breaking news…Cervelo to replace frame…new bike tomorrow!

Posted on October 25, 2011 by Dad

Now that my friends is what I call snappy customer service! 🙂 In speaking with John at Cool Breeze Cyclery, he confirmed that he’ll have my new Cervelo P2 ready tomorrow (Wednesday) night. A _very_ impressive response time from Monday discovery of … Continue reading →

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Bike intact.. Confidence – not so sure!

Posted on October 25, 2011 by Daughter

Well as Irondad has proved today – sport is always a bit of a gamble. I’m sure we can come up with a million different examples of the Gods of Luck having a field day  – and no matter how … Continue reading →

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I no longer have a bike to ride for Ironman Florida

Posted on October 24, 2011 by Dad

In an interesting twist of fate, my local bike shop told me today that there is a crack in the frame of my trusty Cervelo P2C…no longer safe to ride …that would probably mean that it’s not been safe to … Continue reading →

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