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Ironman Coeur d’Alene - The Run

I left the transition area with an empty bladder and got hit by the sunscreen ladies. They covered my face and arms in sunscreen and I started out.

The run is my favorite part, in case you didn’t know. In triathlons I need at least a half Ironman so that I can level the […]

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Ironman Coeur d’Alene - The Bike

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I emerged from the water battered and bloody, got my wetsuit off and ran to grab my transition bag and headed towards the tent. As I was headed towards the tent I saw a stack of plywood outside the tent door and I just sat down on that and proceeded to get ready. […]

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Ironman Coeur d’Alene - The Swim

The morning started bright and early as we got up around 4am. I showered and downed some pop tarts and started drinking some PowerAde. I donned a sweatshirt and swimming trunks and grabbed my gear bag. Shelley had let Christopher sleep as long as possible, but even so there was grumbling. […]

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I survived

Well I survived and we made it home safely. Overall things went mostly according to plan and how Mr. T predicted them. However the pain was mainly on Tuesday as during the race I felt really good the whole way through. The worst part was during the swim my wetsuit chafed the […]

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Prediction? Pain.

Sportscaster: What’s your prediction for Frank’s Ironman?
Clubber Lang : My prediction? Pain.
And there you have it Mr. T’s prediction for this Sunday. I can’t say that I disagree with him too much either. I know I am going into this thing way under-trained in the swim and the bike. But I don’t […]

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