Category Training

Ironman Boulder 2015 | Training Update I

March 3, 2015 · by · in Goals, Ironman, Ironman Boulder, Training, Triathlon · 5 Comments

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

February 24, 2015 · by · in Goals, Running, Training, Triathlon · 6 Comments

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 […]

Carlsbad Half Marathon 2015 | Race Report

February 1, 2015 · by · in Goals, Half Marathon, Race Report, Races, Running, Training, Travels · 5 Comments

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 […]

Ironman Boulder | The Plan

January 20, 2015 · by · in Goals, Ironman, Ironman Boulder, Running, Training, Triathlon · 16 Comments

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

January 4, 2015 · by · in Goals, Half Marathon, Ironman, Ironman Boulder, Races, Running, Trail, Training, Triathlon, Uncategorized · 6 Comments

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

December 21, 2014 · by · in Half Marathon, Ironman Boulder, Running, Training, Uncategorized · 4 Comments

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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