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Fueling for an Ironman takes a lot of calories; you can expect to burn through nearly 10,000 during the race. That equates to almost 5 days worth of energy for the average healthy diet. While there is no hope of actually storing up that energy in the form of food or supplements (your body can only absorb about [...] We all have an emotional pre-race routine in the weeks leading up to a big event. Some of us naturally ooze with confidence based on delicately crafted training plans and preparation, or maybe we are simply optimistic for a positive outcome. Others are filled with apprehension over missed workouts, a nagging injury that might show [...] Woke at 3:30 and ate two bagels and had most of a bottle of Infinit. Went back to bed until about 5:00 and then headed down to the race course. Walked through transition to drop off my special needs bags, put bottles on my bike and make one last equipment check before walking [...] My 7:20 wave got moved up to 7:10 shortly before the race started as the weather report indicated a strong line of thunderstorms were due to move in to the area. They wanted to get everyone out of the water before the storms rolled in. The clouds on the west side of the reservoir that [...] It has been awhile since I was in the washing machine that is the open water swim start of a triathlon.? With all of the scientific planning for training, nutrition, aerodynamics … the chaos of hundreds of pairs of arms and legs flailing away can be quite a jolt to the uninitiated.? There were 10 [...] What a fun race! I was blown away by how many people showed up to run. Unlike anything Ive been part of before. The smaller 5K, 10K races I have done around town dont draw nearly the same number of entrants or fans. Almost the entire 13 miles of the course had people lined up [...] The prologue to the 2008 training season is now over with the completion of the Papa Johns 10 Miler and therefore the completion of the Louisville Triple Crown of running.? There is still the Kentucky Derby Festival Marathon at the end of April, but by that point Ironman training will be in full swing.? Ill [...] My goal was to break 45 minutes which would be about 4 minutes faster than I ran it in 2007.? Using the McMillan Running Calculator? I plugged in my time from the 5K I ran two weeks earlier to see what pace it would suggest for me to run the 10K.? Lo and behold out [...] I came into this race with an understanding of how this distance would be different from the Sprint and Olympic distance triathlons before it, but no real practical knowledge … i.e. experience. I had a well drawn out battle plan, but it was now time to execute. Scouting the course, dealing with some last minute [...] |
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