Month: June 2009

Race + 1 day: Stiff legs, up and down stairs very difficult. Lots of nutritional recovery aids, protein powder, Glutamine, BCAAs, Emergen-C. Stretching, TP Massage rollering, foam rollering, lacrosse ball[…]

The swim start: Cycling away: Running, looking OK and then not looking so OK with the rain evident on the ground: Finally hitting the finish line in 12:42:01!:

Here we are, driving back to Spokane International Airport 2 days after Ironman: It was sunny and in the 70s, a beautiful day. Such a contrast to the week before[…]

Some thoughts on the race itself, CDA, and my preparation: Race comments: 1. Overall I thought CDA was a well run race. Logistics were very good and everything moved pretty[…]

Some of my comrades in arms, racing yesterday also: Dan with the regional head of Pita Pit: Dan on the bike in stop action glory: Dan leading the pack: Dan[…]

The day after is usually one that is filled with stiff muscles and a wasted body. I felt more stressed than usual, crediting that to the extra cold temps and[…]

After my usual preparation of equipment and also eating, we gathered up our stuff and went out to the transition area. It was already pretty crowded by 530a when we[…]

I’m up and prepared all my bottles and stuff to bring to the race in the morning. As the sun rose (skies were light at 430a, sunrise at 445a), they[…]

All my bags are checked in, my bike racked for the big day tomorrow. I’m just hanging out at my place, kicking back and conserving energy:

At the Museum of North Idaho I bought a post card which had a humongous potato in it. At that moment, I remembered that Idaho was famous for Idaho potatoes![…]