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Race Day: Up at 4:15am and out to the kitchen to meet the other future Ironman finishers for some food and early morning stories. I had the usual pre-race breakfast: banana, a clif bar, and a mini bagel… about 350 calories. I also made sure to take in some water. For some reason I didn’t feel as nervous as I thought I would. And this was true for the few weeks leading up to the ...

First post your race report on this forum.

Really, if you're reading this and you haven't posted it yet. Go post it! :D

This is a great opportunity and way to be in a drawing for a $25 gift certificate to your favorite online triathlon store! I posted my race report there with a link back to my main race report on this forum and I ...

After suffering severe hypothermia last year and the first DNF of my life, I learned a lot about myself and how badly I wanted to cross that line in Madison. I also learned two very important things: 1) Be prepared for any weather condition: hot or cold and 2) expect the unexpected.

I want to thank so many people for putting getting back in the right state of mind to train hard within weeks after ...

This is the report from my race this last weekend’s race consisting of a 1.2 mile swim, 56 mile bike, and a 13.1 mile run.



So here is a short race report from my weekend at Steelhead 70.3.



Pre-race – We opted to get lodging at the last minute, which unfortunately is a big no no for these big events. We ended staying at a dive hotel off the high adjacent to a truck stop. ...

The alarm goes off at 4:30 and it’s time for Jared to get up. I lay there for a while until Jared goes into the kitchen to eat his breakfast. I start to drift off to sleep again, but can’t shake the feeling that Jared might not wake me up when he leaves since he has to be down there and ready to go much earlier than I do. It is so quiet in the ...

Ok, so here we go...

It's amazing for me to think that after looking forward to Ironman Lake Placid for so long that it is actually over (and by almost a week). In the weeks leading up to the race all of the DI members were convinced that we would have a rainy day in LP. The weather forecasts all called for rain each day we would be there. But besides the rain during the ...

My first 140.6 was quite an event. I made lots of mistake and learned even more from this great experience called IRONMAN. Prior to the race I was asked often, are you nervous? or are you ready? If I was honest I told you, never nervous but sad. Sad, because I knew as an athlete I would complete the event but it wouldn’t be my best. As a competitor I wanted to set my goals ...

... We last saw Asher typing a nervous pre-race email highlighting in exhausting detail the events leading up to Saturday night.

Sunday July 26 2009
I woke up at the brisk hour of 4 a.m. to start my day. Ate a bagel, took some vitamins and started gathering gear for the drive into town. We found a great parking spot close to the transition area and then damn! I forgot my nutrition bottles for the ...

- The story starts on Tuesday evening as I'm packing the night before my Wed a.m. departure. I thought I had everything thought out and all contingencies covered. Except for one. My power went out the second i started packing. That meant that all of my packing was done by candlelight. Very romantic. At least for the first thirty minutes. Then it was *grumble* *curse* *growl*. I forgot a few items since I didn't 'see' ...

I just completed my first Ironman in Lake Placid, NY. Here's my race report:

Before the race
I was extremely nervous and anxious to get going before the race. I was at our Detroit Iron Triathlon tent before the race with the other Detroit Iron teammates trying to visualize my race before putting on my wetsuit. I wasn't paying attention and all of a sudden everyone had their wetsuits on and they were going to ...