Author Archives: thelongerthebetter
Ironman Boulder 2015 | Training Update I
By Sam 8 weeks done. 22 left. Here are some numbers. By Week: By Activity: Some takeaways: From a time perspective I’m about 3 hours behind where I was at this point last year. Almost all of that is because I’m spending much less time in the water. Reason #1 – Danielle is swimming at the […]
Trying to be a Triathlete
By Danielle To be married to someone that does Ironman triathlons (and fairly quickly at that!), it is somewhat embarrassing to admit that I am terrified of swimming and I am terrified of biking. Sam has been badgering me for months to do a triathlon. Mostly because he knows what a downer I can be […]
Love Affair with Leadville
By Danielle What’s the Leadville 100 (or LT100)? Leadville is a little town in the mountains of Colorado. The town (well, really it’s Lifetime, but that’s a technicality) hosts a whole series of races including various trail running distances and some mountain bike races. But before the race series was owned by Lifetime, before there […]
Carlsbad Half Marathon 2015 | Race Report
By Sam The Deets Race: Carlsbad Half-Marathon Where: Carlsbad, California When: January 18, 2015 Time: 1:22:07 Course: 332 feet elevation gain Data: Garmin Data Play by play Pre-race I checked in on Saturday and it couldn’t have been easier. The expo was decent. Danielle and I both bought a new pair of compression socks. As I may have […]
The Wizarding World of Harry Potter
By D New here? Sign up to receive an e-mail whenever we post something new! ——————————->>> It’s not exactly a secret that Samwell and I are obsessed with Harry Potter. As in, watch-all-the-movies-multiple-times-a-year, use-Harry-Potter-speak-in-every-day-language, both-re-reading-the-whole-series-this-year, want-to-get-Harry-Potter-themed-tattoos (that’s really just Danielle), name-our-dog-Severus obsessed with Harry Potter. And we also want this blog to be a collection […]
Ironman Boulder | The Plan
By Samwell Ironman Boulder is my goal race this year. I did Carlsbad Half Marathon last weekend (race report coming soon), and I am doing two other Ironman 70.3 races in late spring/early summer. But in the end, everything is geared towards the starting line on August 2. Previous Training Program: Last year, for Ironman Wisconsin, I […]
Walt Disney World Dopey Challenge
By Danielle. The Deets What: Walt Disney World Dopey Challenge Where: Lake Buena Vista, FL When: January 8 – 11, 2015 Distance: 48.6 miles (5k on Thursday, 10k on Friday, half-marathon on Saturday, full marathon on Sunday) Results: Race Time Pace Pictures Taken 5K 34:57 11:16 5 10K 1:02:41 10:07 4 Half-Marathon 2:15:23 10:20 11 Marathon 4:28:43 10:15 […]
2015 Plans
By Sam & Danielle. In our household we don’t typically do New Year’s resolutions, we are more of a “resolution-as-you-go” couple. So while we don’t have resolutions for 2015, we have some pretty big plans. In case it isn’t obvious, ‘D’ denotes Danielle’s activities, and ‘S’ denotes Sam’s activities. Races In, roughly, chronological order: D – […]
From Zero to 50 Miles
By Danielle The following is a typical conversation I have when I tell someone I have run a 50 mile race. Person: You ran 50 miles? At one time?! IN ONE DAY?! Me: Yeah.. it really isn’t as hard as it sounds. Person: That’s crazy. I could NEVER do that. It really ISN’T as hard or […]
Off Season Training: Speedy Half-Marathon
By Sam IMWI was in September. Ironman Boulder training starts in January. This leaves 3 solid months for my “off-season”. SO WHAT TO DO WITH ALL OF MY TIME?! Well, first and foremost – I re-read all 7 Harry Potter books. Because that’s how I roll. Number two, I signed up for a January half-marathon […]
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