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S#!^ Happens

Posted on October 19, 2012 by Dad

This post began as a ‘Life gets in the way’ post, but really…when it’s all said and done …S#!^ Happens is more appropriate 🙂 …if you don’t ‘get’ our picture today right away, click on it for a bigger version…being a recent first-time grandfather … Continue reading →

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I’m baaaaack :)

Posted on April 1, 2012 by Dad

April 1…the first day in 4 months that I actually put on a Heart Rate monitor for a run workout…interval speed session at the local track…nice IronDaughter is working for the London Olympics these days, enjoying England, and is planning … Continue reading →

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Post Ironman: getting fat and rusty

Posted on December 14, 2011 by Dad

So here we are, coming up to 6 weeks after Ironman Florida, heading into the Christmas season with over 2 weeks of travel beginning this Friday, with commensurate eating, drinking, and partying…fun 🙂 …not sure what I weigh these days…but … Continue reading →

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Ironman Florida Race Report 2011: Part 3: the run

Posted on November 25, 2011 by Dad

…if you haven’t read the first 2 posts in this series you may want to start there…click on the links below, or just scroll down this Home page: Part 1: Swim now seemed long ago https://irondaughterirondad.com/ironman-florida-race-report-2011-part-1-the-swim/ Part 2: Solid bike … Continue reading →

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Ironman Florida Race Report 2011: Part 2: the bike

Posted on November 25, 2011 by Dad

Always sooo happy to be out of the water and on the bike 🙂 If you haven’t read the swim details, you may want to start there: https://irondaughterirondad.com/ironman-florida-race-report-2011-part-1-the-swim/ Rolling out of transition, I was in good shape…the swim went well…the transition … Continue reading →

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Ironman Florida Race Report 2011: Part 1: the swim

Posted on November 24, 2011 by Dad

I had a great race 🙂 12:33:54…new PR by 24 minutes, at age 57, in my 5th Ironman…what’s not to like 🙂 https://irondaughterirondad.com/ironman-5-123354-new-pr-by-24-minutes/ I’m going to break out my race report into a number of sections to keep them into palatable reading … Continue reading →

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Happy 1st Anniversary for irondaughterirondad.com :)

Posted on November 13, 2011 by Dad

On November 10, 2010, I added our first post to this blog: https://irondaughterirondad.com/hello-world/ …and with my 5th Ironman completed, I find myself circling back to those posts last November, as I adjusted my focus away from training, and onto the relentless … Continue reading →

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Happy Birthday IronDaughter!

Posted on November 9, 2011 by Dad

Today is IronDaughter’s birthday 🙂 Happy Birthday Sweetie! Love you tons, Proud Pops

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Training and recovery after Ironman

Posted on November 9, 2011 by Dad

Soooo…what to do now 🙂 The Endurance Nation folks have a good summary that represents much of what I’ve read http://www.trifuel.com/training/triathlon-training/your-ironman-is-over-what-about-life-as-you-know-it I’ll be shifting to a BIG focus on nutrition and calories, since my exercise calorie burn will be gone for … Continue reading →

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Ironman #5: 12:33:54…new PR by 24 minutes :)

Posted on November 6, 2011 by Dad

Ironman #5 is in the books…12:33:54 🙂 New PR (Personal Record), improving on my 12:57:44 from 3 years ago. …my race execution was tight, the numbers turned out in my goal range in each of the ‘disciplines’…nice I’ll write a … Continue reading →

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Race day morning!

Posted on November 5, 2011 by Dad

It’s 4am…first thing that we both did on getting up was go out to the balcony to look at the surf…still too dark to see anything…except the gentle swells onto the beach…they always _sound_ loud 🙂 …I’m still hopeful that … Continue reading →

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Last training workout…done…Ironman next!

Posted on November 3, 2011 by Dad

It’s fitting that my last training workout would be a sunrise swim with IronDaughter at 7am this morning 🙂 So that’s it…the training completed…all in…done Next up is Ironman on Saturday morning 🙂 The weather still looks great at this … Continue reading →

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Ironman Florida forecast links

Posted on November 2, 2011 by Dad

Right now, conditions for race day look great…here are a few links for easy reference over the next few days …I’ll update them to more detail as it becomes available…still a few days out of course…so _could_ change as we get … Continue reading →

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time going fast

Posted on November 1, 2011 by Dad

Well here it is Tuesday already, time rolling by quickly, as the schedule is going to start to get busy tomorrow (Wednesday) with registration, Iron Daughter picking up her bike that was transported down, a 45 min bike / 20 … Continue reading →

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another beautiful day in paradise

Posted on October 31, 2011 by Dad

This morning, the conditions are virtually the same as yesterday…clear skies, calm Gulf waters, bit of a wind, and a little warmer…54F coming up to 8am…nice. The forecast for race day, and the days around it still look great…high 70’sF … Continue reading →

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