Ironman Lake Placid was my “A” races of the 2018 season. It was the perfect climax to my 5th IM finish as I turn 50 at the end of this year. It was also the 20th anniversary for IMLP and 40 years for Ironman as well. There was a lot of significant things that were all coming together. It would also be my last Iron-distance race.
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Jul 18
Ironman Lake Placid 2018 – Race Week Update
Recovered If anyone else may be reading this, you may know that I suffered a bit of a setback a few weeks ago when I crashed my bike going downhill at 37MPH. Well, I am happy to say that other than a few leftover scabs, all of my road rash has healed. Big thanks to …
Jul 03
A Bit of a Setback
I headed out early Sunday morning for what would the first of my last two big 5 hour rides before starting to taper for my “A” race of the season, Ironman Lake Placid 2018. Due to some questionable rainy weather on Saturday and the fact I love running in the rain, I swapped my long …
Jul 28
Ironman Lake Placid 2014-Pre-Race Saturday Update #2
Last year I pretty much did nothing exercise-wise the Saturday before Ironman Lake Placid. This year I decided I was going to take it easy on the Friday before and then do a light bike and run on Saturday. I usually feel better if I do a little something the day before a race. I …
Jul 25
Ironman Lake Placid 2014-Race Week Update #1
Well the week I have been preparing for all season is finally here. It was a quick 3-day work week and then packing up and heading to Lake Placid on Thursday morning. I did a light swim and easy hour bike on the training Tuesday and Wednesday just to keep the blood moving. Tuesday was …
Jul 23
Ironman Lake Placid 2014-Athlete Bib Numbers to Follow…
Everyone always posts their bib numbers for IMLP, but the IronTrac iOS app doesn’t let you put them in until 24 hours before the race. Since I am racing I really don’t want to be bothered with this 24 hours before race, so I going to add the people want to track here and you …
Jul 09
IMLP 2014-Week 21 Training Update-The Final Build
My final build week before Lake Placid was a fairly decent one. I took a rest day on Monday since I felt like I needed it. It was very hot and humid early in the week which upped the intensity a bit for my Tuesday night run. The weather later in the week did not …