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ChesapeakeMan: I Can’t Fake an Ironman

Posted by on Sep 28, 2008 in Blog, Ironman, Race Reports, Triathlons | 0 comments

ChesapeakeMan: I Can’t Fake an Ironman

ChespeakeMan was an experiment with a sample size of one – me. I learned that I can’t fake an Ironman. This is good news for all the triathlon coaches out there (including me) – following a structured, periodized, Ironman-specific training program does make a difference! For me, there was a 2 hour difference between my 8:51 at the Quelle Challenge in Germany last year and my 10:55 in ChespeakeMan this year. I offer no excuses. I did what I could do on race day. My swim was decent, my bike was reasonably fast although I did lose time when I took a turn too fast on wet...

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