By D From Bangkok, we took a sleeper train south down to Chumphon. From there we took a bus to the pier and a ferry out to the island of Koh Tao. Koh Tao belongs to a set of three islands in the Gulf of Thailand that are very popular tourist destinations. There is Koh […]
By S Ok. Bangkok. As we mentioned in our ‘announcement’ post, we did practically zero planning prior to arriving in Bangkok. We had a hostel booked. That’s it. We weren’t sure where we were staying (yeah, we had a hostel, but we had no idea where it was) or what types of things we wanted […]
By S We are a little under one week into our trip and are still going back and forth on how we want to do this whole blogging thing. One city per post? One week per post? One month per post? The options are endless! (dividing by two and whatnot…) While we decide, I have prepared […]
By D We made it! We’re here! We spent yesterday exploring Bangkok, but we will get more into that later. It is currently 3:30am, and we are wide awake due to jetlag. Perfect time to get a little bit of blogging done, right? Before we left on the trip, we received many questions of what […]
By D After much planning, much saving, and much secret keeping, we can finally let the cat out of the bag! (That’s a terrible saying. Who is keeping a cat in a bag?). Sam and I will be leaving in less than a month for a six month adventure in southeast Asia. We have finally […]
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 […]
By D After Sam and I both completed our goal races for the year (Boulder IM for him, LT100 for me), we decided we deserved a vacation. We have had our eye on Iceland for a few years now, ever since we went to London for the 2012 Olympics and had a layover in Iceland. […]
By S I’m doing a race tomorrow. The Ironman World Championships. It is this little race in Kona, Hawai’i. You might have heard of it. If not, I’ll answer a common question – Are you going to win it? Hahahahahaha. Funny. But no. No I’m not. Not even close. These are the best long-distance triathletes […]
By D Aloha! I am writing this post from sunny Hawai’i. Samwell is participating in the Kona Ironman THIS WEEKEND, and I’m along for the ride! I won’t steal his thunder and tell you how amazing it is here.. we’ll save that for another post! So, as I mentioned, the Leadville 100 happened. The race finished […]
By S Part 2! Finally! Ironman Boulder | The Plan Ironman Boulder | Training Update I Ironman Boulder | Training Update II | Ups and Downs Ironman Boulder | Race Report | Part 1 As I mentioned in race report Part 1, this is the ‘miscellaneous’ portion of the race report. Topics are as follows: Goals Nutrition Training with […]
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