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Note: I wrote this Sept 3rd 2010 but was a slacker and didn’t make it public until April 4th 2011. I guess I wanted to build suspense or something 😉 And yes, I know it is long. Short version: I swam, biked, and ran, pretty far, and had a pretty good day at it. This…
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There is a pretty amazing lady, Cherie Gruenfeld, that I know through tris. She has done tons and tons of races over the years (including Kona every year except 2 injured ones since 1992!). She might be 63, but yesterday she finished IMAZ in 12:51, breaking the course record for her age group by about…
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“Billy Edwards, who finished 13th, preferred to go shoeless during the 112-mile cycling portion” (From the Courier-Journal in Louisville on Aug 27th, the day after IM Louisville)
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Ten months ago I signed up both Mike and myself for Ironman Louisville (aka IMKY). Starting soon after I began my training with Mike’s guidance – getting in more, and more quality, training than ever before. A week ago it was time, and we travelled out to Kentucky for the big day. Vineman 70.3 had…
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Having the job of packing tonight makes IMKY seem really really real. I’ve gotten a number of wishes for good luck both for me and Mike — thanks all 🙂 For those of you who want to track us, I’m #604, he’s #527. Some thoughts going into this race, about what I’ve done differently than…
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And I don’t mean the thoughts and plans and goals kind of dreams. I mean the kind that have me get in super workouts while I sleep, letting me wake up feeling I should be done with exercise for the day. This time it was the same race I’ve dreamed about before. Along a canal…
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Totals for the year to date: swimming: 115000 yds, 41:59:17 (avg pace 2:11/100yds — including resting between sets) biking: 1625.95 mi, 109:16:56 (avg pace ~15.1 mph) running: 329.33 mi, 53:59:12 (avg pace ~9:50) A few others as well (mtb, yoga, weights, core, etc) and my total workout time this year is 217 hours, 18 minutes!…
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On the bike front, still waiting on a few pieces so there really hasn’t been much progress since Valentine’s day. Hopefully the final piece will arrive later this week and I’ll have cranks that are attached! 🙂 Tough ride for me this weekend. But it got hard before the ride ever started: with 2 FULL…
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Shopping at Target yesterday (some for work clothes, some for halloween ones, some for workout ones) I found the perfect tshirt for IM KY. The 4 words which really spoke to me: Stronger – Every workout will be geared to making me stronger and building my body while not injuring it. Passion – Training for…
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IM KY here we come. Mike and I are registered. I got to make up some of his registration answers for him. His reason for doing IM Louisville (as they call it)? Because of a girl. It should be a fun one… who else is in? 🙂