The Louisville Marathon/Half-Marathon is on Sunday, October 18, 2009. I will be competing in the half-marathon (13.1 miles). I’ve never done this race before, but it starts at Zorn Avenue and runs along River Road down past Waterfront Park and back. Flat course with a great view…should be fun! My training started this morning with […]

We’ll, not really gluttony…but the closest I’ll ever get to it. Once or twice a year, I will take a week and pretty much each whatever I want. The rest of the year, I’m pretty strict about my diet. This past week was one of these weeks. So what did I eat? Here’s some of […]

Good learning experience today in the Ohio. Things I learned: 1. Treading water for 5 minutes while fighting the current of the Ohio River is not easy! They had us all get in the water to “warm up” about 5 minutes before the race started. I swam out to the starting area and then began […]

It’s the Ohio River! So they’ve pushed back the start of tomorrow morning’s swim 90 minutes, so it will be around 10:15 before I’m in the water. This means I get to sleep a little longer! Spent about 15 minutes in the pool this morning working on a few drills, just to get the muscles […]

So the Tri Indy was the first triathlon I participated in where wetsuits were allowed for the swim portion. I had heard a lot about people using them in open water swims, but to me, I thought of them as just something else to slow you down in T1. After all, it’s not easy getting […]

KRAMER: Well my swimming pool problems are solved. I just found myself miles and miles of open lanes. JERRY: What is that smell? KRAMER: That’s East River. JERRY: You’re swimming in the East River? The most heavily trafficked overly contaminated waterway on the eastern seaboard? KRAMER: Technically Norfolk has more gross tonnage. JERRY: How could […]

After months of training, race day has now come and gone. While I’m not completely satisfied with my performance, I’ve put some things in perspective the last 48 hours. I competed in my first triathlon just over a year ago with very little preparation. Most of my swim during that first race was spent doing […]

Actual finish times: Swim: 00:36:58 (43rd out of 54 in my age group)T1: 00:01:44 (10th out of 54)Bike: 01:09:37 (7th out of 54)T2: 00:01:22 (16th out of 54)Run: 01:00:19 (36th out of 54) Total: 02:50:02 (30th out of 54) So my times we’re exactly on par with my goals…but regardless of how hard you train, […]

So I didn’t reach my goal for overall time. I finished with a time of 02:50:02, which is around 15 minutes slower than I had hoped. I could have probably shaved about 8-9 minutes off of this time with a better swim and run, but obviously my overall goal time was a little lofty.Even though […]

Just finished up a nice dinner in downtown Indy with Jessica, Sona and Dave. Heding to bed soon. Morning comes at 4:30 tomorrow. I visited the race site earlier and checked out the transition area and drove the bike course. Course is pretty flat, but roads are not in the best shape. Can’t wait for […]