Client Success at Beach2Battleship Ironman
As a triathlon coach, it’s always rewarding to see my clients succeed in their goals. When I sit down and think about what my client Dan Head accomplished at Beach2Battleship on November 7th, I am truly amazed. Beach2Battleship in Wilmington, NC was Dan’s first Ironman triathlon (2.4-mile swim, 112-mile bike and 26.2-mile run), and he finished in an amazing time of 10:59. What makes Dan’s finish time so amazing is not that Beach2Battleship was his first Ironman race nor that he is 45 years old and works full-time as a consultant, but rather that Dan is a husband and father...
Read MoreReflecting Back on 25 Ironmans: #2 Great Floridian ’97
This blog entry the second of a series of articles that began with my first race, Ironman Canada and will ultimately end with my 25th Ironman-distance triathlon at ChesapeakeMan this past October. After I crossed the line at Ironman Canada, I felt a sense of euphoria that lasted a week. Like an addict, I was hooked on the Ironman-distance and craved that euphoric feeling again. I now knew that I could finish the race. I had made some mistakes, yet still narrowly missed a coveted Hawaii entry slot bya few minutes. Now, I wanted to do it faster. Hawaii was not an option for me but there...
Read MoreRace Report: V is for Vineman and for Victory!
Another Success So far, 2007 has been an outstanding year for me in triathlon. After setting 8:51 PR at the Quelle Challenge in Roth in June, I just won the Vineman Full in a time of 9:17 – a PR for me on this course. My Vineman Results: Swim 00:59:42.2 T1 00:01:33.6 Bike 04:58:29.7 T2 00:01:27.1 Run 03:16:08.0 Finish 09:17:20.6 Race Report Pre-Race I received a call from Russ Pugh, the Vineman Race Director, a few months ago. Russ asked me, “Are you planning to come back to Vineman this year?” “Absolutely,” I said. “Great, we’d like to induct...
Read MoreRace Director: The Smallwood Triathlon – Another Success!
At 1:3o PM on Saturday, September 30th, the parking lot in front of the Marina Services Building in General Smallwood State Park was empty except for my Volvo wagon. The only indication that there might have been a triathlon in the park was a long white trailer with “Set-up, Inc” stamped on the side that slowly pulled out of the parking lot. I stood next to my car surveying the scene. The race was over and the park was cleaner than when we had arrived on Friday morning. It seemed hard to believe that only a few hours earlier there were almost 500 bicycles lined up on aluminum...
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