At the time of this writing, it has been about 48 hours since I crossed the finish line and became an Ironman. My legs are ridiculously sore and my right knee hurts pretty bad, but it was an amazing day! Special thanks to Rackspace Hosting for providing the flexibility to train and some awesome gear [...]
It was a great day! I finished and I beat my goal time! More to come in a later post!
After much worry and stress about the pains on my right knee and calf, today I have full confidence that things will be ok! I’ve been icing, taking epsom salt baths, stretching and going easy on the intense workouts – even had my lower back and hips realigned by a chiropractor. By Saturday I think [...]
I was recently given the opportunity to write up a short post on my journey to Ironman Texas for Ryding2Health magazine – and it was just published!
I can see the finish line now. Only a couple more weeks followed by 140.6 miles and I’ll have finished the biggest event I’ve ever trained for. My training log says I’ve covered over 2200 miles of swimming, biking and running since January. I have learned a ton about myself, about the sport of triathlon [...]