Category Ironman Boulder

Ironman Boulder 2015 | Race Report | Part 1

By S Race: Ironman Boulder Where: Boulder, CO When: August 2, 2015 Splits: Swim – 1:17 Bike – 4:57 Run – 3:19 Total – 9:44 I started writing this race report and soon realized I had way too many thoughts for one post. As such, in a first for our blog, this will be a two […]

Ironman Boulder 2015 | Training Update II |Ups and Downs

By Sam Baseball is ninety percent mental and the other half is physical. -Yogi Berra This is my second Ironman Boulder training update. If you would like to catch up on my first update, or my initial Ironman Boulder training plan, feel free. Ironman Boulder | The Plan Ironman Boulder | Training Update I Otherwise, on we go! 17 weeks […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 – […]

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 […]