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Showing posts with label Ironman. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Ironman. Show all posts
Tuesday, August 24, 2021

Seven Years Ago Today: Ironman Finish Six Minutes Before Midnight

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  My wife and I crossed the start line at 7:20 a.m. I crossed the finish line  at 11:54 p.m. after 16 hours and 34 minutes of swimming, ridi...
Saturday, August 24, 2019

Ironman 5th Anniversary

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Today is five years since the longest exercise day in my life. On August 24, 2014, my wife and I started the Ironman event in Louisvill...
Wednesday, December 23, 2015

Year End Wrap Up: Exercise Turns Civilian, Reading Tops Riding

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For the first time since I started riding a bicycle again in 1987, the total number of book pages I read exceeded the number of miles I rod...
Monday, August 24, 2015

Today Marks My IRONMAN Annivarsary

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One Year Ago, One Tired Dude One year ago today I was in the middle of the most tiring day of my life, the 2014 Kentucky Ironman .  A...
Tuesday, September 23, 2014

What's Next Neil??

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"What's next Neil?" My riding buddy Chris Peris asked me that question yesterday.  I have been hearing it a lot since ...
Wednesday, September 17, 2014

Tough Mudder vs. Ironman, Part 3

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Six Minutes to Midnight I crossed the finish line.  Many times after bicycle races I felt good enough that I thought:   'I didn't...
Monday, September 1, 2014

NOT a Bucket List!

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I understand.  You could get the idea I am acting on a Bucket List.  Somewhere in my iPhone is a list of life ambitions that I methodicall...
Friday, August 29, 2014

Beginning a Friendship at the End of the Ironman Triathlon

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My story of finishing the Ironman Triathlon in Louisville, Kentucky, on Sunday, August 24, will begin with the end--or near the end.  At mil...
Monday, June 2, 2014

Tough Mudder vs. Ironman, Part 2

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Both times I did the Tough Mudder, this was the obstacle that showed me Tough Mudder is a team sport.  At each event I ran as hard as I co...
Monday, March 24, 2014

Tough Mudder vs. Ironman Triathlon

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Three weeks ago, I climbed out of the Lancaster YMCA pool and sat in the hot tub:  In 2 hours and 8 minutes I swam 4,250 yards.  In te...
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Monday, July 1, 2013

Finished Tough Mudder--Report Overdue

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My apologies for being off line for so long.  I ran the Pennsylvania Tough Mudder on Sunday June 2 in the last wave of starters.  One of...
Sunday, October 21, 2012

Ironman August 2015

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Two weeks ago my wife announced she was going to do the Ironman in Kentucky in 2015 .  She swam on her college team, she ran a half marat...
Wednesday, May 5, 2010

Tough Mudder Pictures

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the event photographer posted some pictures form the event on line.  They found several mud-covered shots of me.  I am looking through their...
Sunday, May 2, 2010

Tough Mudder---I Finished!!!

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The most important news about Tough Mudder is that I finished.  It was a grueling event and laid out in a way that made it especially diffic...
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Friday, April 30, 2010

Weighty Comments

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Today on the training ride one of my friends rode behind me on one of the climbs toward Highville and asked "So how much weight do you ...