Category Races
Ironman World Championship 2015 | Race Report
By S Race: Ironman World Championship Where: Kona, HI When: October 10, 2015 Splits: Swim – 1:13 Bike – 5:36 Run – 3:26 Total – 10:25 I intended to write this race report up immediately after Kona, but once I returned home, work had other ideas. Plus, I had put off my actuarial studies in […]
Leadville 100 Run Race Report
By D Race: Leadville Trail 100 Run Where: Leadville, CO When: August 22-23, 2015 Time: 22:27:47 Garmin Data: First Half, Second Half Official Results Stats: 627 Starters, 309 Finishers Elevation Profile: Holy moly. Oh holy moly oof da. I CAN’T BELIEVE I DID IT. Not only can I not believe I did it, I CANNOT BELIEVE HOW WELL IT […]
HITS Grand Junction 2015 | Race Report
Brought to you (1 month later!) by Sam Race: HITS Grand Junction – Half Distance Where: Grand Junction, CO When: May 16, 2015 Splits: Swim – 34:58 Bike – 2:38 Run – 1:33 Total – 4:53 Course: Elevation gain (according to my Garmin) Bike – 1,398 ft Run – 646 ft Pre-Race In three words – […]
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 […]
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 – […]
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 […]
Ironman Wisconsin 2014 | Race Report
By Sam The Deets. Race: Ironman Wisconsin, IMWI, IMOO, or whatever you would like to call it Where: Madison, Wisconsin When: September 7, 2014 Splits: Swim – 1:12 Bike – 6:02 Run – 3:37 Total – 11:07 Course: Elevation gain (according to my Garmin) Bike – 4,480 ft Run – 650 ft Play by Play. […]
The North Face Endurance Challenge, Utah – 50 Mile Race Report
By Danielle The Deets. Where: Park City, Utah When: October 4, 2014 Distance: 50 Miles Elevation Gain: Unknown, my watch had 9-10k ft, I heard others had more. The course guide says over 13k. Course: Mostly single track with some dirt roads and some scree/rocky areas. Beautiful scenery. Garmin Data: http://connect.garmin.com:80/activity/embed/606508005 Play by Play. The North Face […]
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