Totals 10/17/10-10/23/10

Well I got a year older this week, and ran a marathon and a 15k cross-country race to celebrate the occasion. Overall, I feel decent, finally starting to feel recovered overall from the ironman, other than this lingering sinus problem. I'm also excited to report that I am back in the pool! Well at least once...I narrowly averted disaster with my swim jammers ripping, so I had to pick up a new pair before I could go again.

Swim - 1,700 yards
Bike - 6.94 mi
Run - 35.95 mi
Strength/Core - 2 hr 30 min
Yardwork - 1 hr
Walking - 2 hr 30 min

Training total:

Swim - 280,237 yards
Bike - 20 hr 25 min trainer, 3418.56 mi
Run - 798.25 mi
Strength/Core - 75 hr 25 min
Snow Shoveling - 1 hr 30 min (hey it's gotta count for something...)
Yardwork - 53 hr 55 min
Disaster Cleanup - 30 hrs
Walking - 53 hr 35 min

Totals 10/10/10-10/16/10

Kind of doing a mini-taper for the Des Moines marathon this week, plus I had some shin issues the one time I did run, so I just took it very easy this week. I did get in a couple of fun mountain bike rides though! The tattoo is finally healed so I'm pretty pumped to get back in the pool next week.

Swim – 0 yds
Bike – 25.04 mi
Run – 5.84 mi
Strength/Core – 3 hr
Yardwork – 45 min
Walking – 1 hr

Training total:

Swim - 278,537 yards
Bike - 20 hr 25 min trainer, 3411.62 mi
Run - 762.3 mi
Strength/Core - 72 hr 55 min
Snow Shoveling - 1 hr 30 min (hey it's gotta count for something...)
Yardwork - 52 hr 55 min
Disaster Cleanup - 30 hrs
Walking - 51 hr 5 min

Totals 10/3/10-10/9/10

This was the first week after the ironman that I actually did some focused training. The GF is doing the Des Moines marathon on 10/17/10, so I signed up to do it on a whim. I think it will be a have fun kind of race, if I break 4 hours I'll be very surprised. My shins and quads have been bothering me and I'm not in the greatest shape right now so it might be a painful day. The tattoo is finally healing up so I'm hoping to be able to swim again soon...

Swim – 0 yds
Bike – 45.25 mi
Run – 24.33 mi
Strength/Core – 2 hr
Yardwork – 1 hr
Walking – 1 hr 30 min

Training total:

Swim - 278,537 yards
Bike - 20 hr 25 min trainer, 3386.58 mi
Run - 756.46 mi
Strength/Core - 69 hr 55 min
Snow Shoveling - 1 hr 30 min (hey it's gotta count for something...)
Yardwork - 52 hr 10 min
Disaster Cleanup - 30 hrs
Walking - 50 hr 5 min

My Ironman ink!

Got my Ironman ink while I was on a work trip to Detroit with my buddy Tom, who did the race with me. We both got the same tattoo at Eternal Art Tattoos in Livonia, MI. Doug, the artist, has done tattoos on LA Ink and was pretty awesome.

Totals 9/5/10-10/2/10

Haven't updated this for a while but I think I'll continue to, I think it would be interesting to get a year-end total (minus January).

9/5/10-9/11/10

Swim – 6000 yds
Bike – 36.09 mi
Run – 3.1 mi
Strength/Core – 1 hr
Yardwork – 0 hr
Walking – 4 hr

9/12/10-9/18/10

Swim – 6112 yds
Bike – 134.66 mi
Run – 26.2 mi
Strength/Core – 1 hr
Yardwork – 1 hr
Walking – 2 hr

9/19/10-9/25/10

Swim – 3200 yds
Bike – 0 mi
Run – 6.48 mi
Strength/Core – 2 hr
Yardwork – 45 min
Walking – 1 hr

9/26/10-10/2/10

Swim – 0 yds
Bike – 1 hr trainer
Run – 24.61 mi
Strength/Core – 30 min
Yardwork – 1 hr
Walking – 2 hr 30 min


Training total:

Swim - 278,537 yards
Bike - 20 hr 25 min trainer, 3341.33 mi
Run - 732.13 mi
Strength/Core - 67 hr 55 min
Snow Shoveling - 1 hr 30 min (hey it's gotta count for something...)
Yardwork - 51 hr 10 min
Disaster Cleanup - 30 hrs
Walking - 48 hr 35 min

Well I finished it!

So I haven't updated this in a while, but I did finish my Ironman, in 12:54. I was on pace to finish in 11:30 or so, but at mile 15 of the run I became extremely dizzy and my heartrate increased rapidly, due to dehydration. I had to walk about 7 miles to get hydrated and feel ok to run again. It was a disappointing finish, but I'll be back next year at Ironman Wisconsin! Check out my thoughts on the day here...

http://www.beginnertriathlete.com/discussion/forums/thread-view.asp?tid=227030