2010 Ironman Louisville Race Report

For the past nine years, I’ve watched the NBC coverage of Ironman Hawaii, captivated by the sheer strength and determination of the athletes making their way through the lava fields and enduring the crosswinds of Kona. I was always curious what the feeling of running down Alii Drive to the sounds of Mike Reilly’s voice echoing out over the hundreds of thousands of spectators, making the place the most sacred in our sport.

I’ve wanted to feel that for a long time…and now I’m so happy to say, I will.

This past weekend I punched the coveted ticket to Kona

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The Day After

Good morinng from Louisville, the day after Ironman. I’ll have to postpone the race report until later but I wanted to give a brief summary of my day.  Up until the 26.2 marathon, my day was going great.  I felt amazing in the water and on the bike.  Since I knew the course like the [...]

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The Day Before

If you’ve never experienced the day before Ironman, let me tell you it’s nerve racking.  No matter how many start lines you’ve reached, the anticipation of what the day holds tomorrow is very unique. TO occupy my mind this morning, I did the practice in the beautiful and CLEAN Ohio River with the rest of [...]

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2 More Sleeps

Top O’ the Morning from a beautiful day here in Loo! With only two more sleeps until game time, today is a very important time to relax and have a no stress time with getting your race day belongings together… For all you following me in Pittsburgh, I took a short video of the beginning [...]

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Countdown To Kona

18 Days and counting…  When I first started doing this sport I found this fantastic description of the Hawaii Ironman.  It’s perfect to start off the days of getting you pumped up.  Enjoy: PARADISE:  A grueling 2.4 mile swim over rolling swells in 79F water.   T1 on the bike.   Queen K Highway. Black barren lava [...]

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EM Thoughts

Greetings from a surprisingly sunny Pittsburgh, PA.  At the present time I am wrapping up my final preparations for this year’s IMFL race.  In the remaining weeks, I have scheduled my last two 20 milers, four more century rides and longer and several long swim sets that should put me on a perfect schedule for [...]

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