November 7, 2011 Mike E. Ironman, Marathon, Trail Running, Training, Triathlon

#53: 278 days until Ironman Red-emption!

I started getting my head together and planning out (high-level) the next phase of training moving toward Ironman US Championships in NYC next August. Never too early to start planning right? Well, when it comes to Ironman, because of the limited choices and the growing popularity of the sport, this holds true. In a sense, I’ve been planning this out (loosely) since May 8th (the day after St. Geo), but now it’s getting time to get serious.Phase-1 was to get […]

October 24, 2011 Mike E. fuel, Ironman, Marathon, Marshall Ulrich, Running, Training

#51: I’ve committed (no, not “been committed”)

Last week I totally blew it. I realized on Monday that the “thing I was forgetting to do” (don’t you hate that feeling?) turned out to be my weekly blog. Oops. So I’m going to condense 2 weeks into one here. Soo much going on….so much to cover…..3 down, 1 scheduled, 46 to go…..OK, this could take a while. Will these guys be at the finish line? I sure hope so. I finally did it, I registered for my next […]

October 2, 2011 Mike E. Fitness, Ironman, Running, Training, Triathlon

#49: Did you say something? No, I did.

THE BASICS This week was another step in the right direction…… After a short-burst-brick (13 ride + 2 run) on Sunday I was able to follow up with a tough/hilly 17.5 mile run on a muggy Monday, Tuesday RECOVERY day a sloshy 8 mile “headlamp tempo” run on the trail on Wed evening, a trip to the ER with #2 kid as we got through her 3rd (in 7 years of life) mishap resulting in sutures (this time 7 and […]

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