Monthly Archives: September 2011

The day started at 4:00am after a surprisingly GREAT night’s sleep! I was in bed by about 8:30pm and slept soundly until 4am. After some last minute packing of special needs bags and nutrition, Maggie and I met my brother … Continue reading →

Best laid plans don’t always work out, but this is my plan/hope for tomorrow. 7:00am  Swim     Try and find clear water, swim easy, control butterflies “You’re Long, You’re Lean and you are in control” Maintain steady comfortable pace, stay relaxed … Continue reading →

Yep, tomorrow at this time I should be on my second loop of the swim! Hopefully the butterflies will be gone and I will be “Long, Lean and In Control” (Thanks Tod Ondell, mantra from 2000 that has been with … Continue reading →

the final leg of the Ironman journey….. It is Thursday night and I am sitting in a hotel room in Middleton, WI. This will be Home for the next 4 days. I took about two hours this afternoon packing, adding … Continue reading →

I am testing another feature of my favorite biking safety tool for Ironman. I am going to try and embed a tracking map in this post and then if all works well, you will be able to track my slow … Continue reading →