Category Archives: Achieving Goals

staying the course 205 to 185…losing 20 pounds

Posted on September 4, 2011 by Dad

With my weigh-in on Friday at 189, I again pondered what my weight goal should be. When I started on July 9, 8 weeks ago, I was at 205 pounds, and set an initial goal to be at 195 in 4 … Continue reading →

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2 month official weigh-in: 189…down from 205

Posted on September 3, 2011 by Dad

So here it is…weigh-in yesterday a solid 189.0 …for the first time, I’m beginning to believe that it’s actually 15 pounds gone …gone from somewhere…not sure from ‘where’ really …but gone…so good 🙂 As you can see on the graph to the right, it wasn’t a straight line down … Continue reading →

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Ironman long runs in training…max 2.5 hours

Posted on September 2, 2011 by Dad

So how long should your long run be during training for Ironman? …afterall, you are training to run a marathon at the end of a long day…this 26.2 mile ‘run’ will take most age group athlete’s 4-6 hours to complete…and … Continue reading →

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Biking in the wind…a few lessons learned

Posted on August 28, 2011 by Dad

Fun day on the bike yesterday, off the back end of Hurricane Irene…no rain left, but still windy…18MPH (29KPH) gusting to 26MPH (42KPH)…and hot…going out the door at 76F (24C), and finishing at 88F (31C)., with dripping humidity. So with a planned 4 hour ride in … Continue reading →

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Hurricane Irene…reminds me about Ironman racing

Posted on August 27, 2011 by Dad

I have a post about my running program that I was going to finish up, but find myself spending my extra time allocation watching the developments of Hurricane Irene. I flew my own plane for many years…and so weather was … Continue reading →

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Rip currents…can be nasty…or just another current

Posted on August 26, 2011 by Dad

I’ll preface todays post by saying, that I’m not talking about casual swimmers, or folks that are just wading out to splash in the water a bit and get knocked over, and caught in a rip current…they, my friends have a … Continue reading →

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How to swim in rough water

Posted on August 25, 2011 by Dad

After my first outing in the ocean on Monday, I realized that I needed to dust off, not so much my open water swimming technique, as my rough water swimming technique. Here’s good video that I found that had some great … Continue reading →

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Updates from the other end of the training spectrum…

Posted on August 22, 2011 by Daughter

Somehow I think I missed out on the analytical gene that my father so clearly embodies… can’t have too much of a good thing in one family I suppose! I am amazed at the progress my father is reporting from … Continue reading →

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and yes, I’m also biking…fast…and long

Posted on August 21, 2011 by Dad

A lot of recent focus on kicking my swimming up a notch…and yes, I’m also biking and running 🙂 Yesterday’s bike ride is a good example of my long ride with HIT (High Intensity Training) for almost half of it…typically every Saturday…I … Continue reading →

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Swimming…getting faster…cool

Posted on August 20, 2011 by Dad

Taking an almost painfully methodical approach to improving my swimming appears to be producing some results…nice Over the past month, Coach Dinah Mistilis and I set out a plan to find my particular combination of stroke rate and stroke length that … Continue reading →

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squeezing off a few pounds: 205 to 190 in 6 weeks

Posted on August 19, 2011 by Dad

I have to tell you, it’s a little weird. I don’t know if it’s because I came up with this plan for myself to drop a few pounds and it’s actually working or that I find myself in such uncharted … Continue reading →

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How many calories do you burn on your swim?

Posted on August 17, 2011 by Dad

Very interesting…this new Swimsense watch is giving me swimming information that I’d never really considered before…like I’m not burning ‘swimming’ calories when stopped between Intervals…or those ‘bonus’ 2 minute stops between Interval sets …whaaaaat?…I said first time that I saw it. … Continue reading →

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12 hour Ironman: training to get there

Posted on August 15, 2011 by Dad

BTW, recognizing that my humour is sometimes lost on others, our picture today…now repeated a few times over the last few days…is my “Photoshop’ed” 11:58:50 finish that I’m tattooing into my brain…it actually hasn’t happened…yet…it’s derived from my first Ironman … Continue reading →

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12 hour Ironman…maybe, just maybe on a brilliant day

Posted on August 14, 2011 by Dad

As a followup of my recent post about the possibility of a 12 hour Ironman https://irondaughterirondad.com/iron-dads-12-hour-ironman-goal-can-it-be-done/ here’s what I’m seeing based on my most recent training results: Swim: 1:20:00 / 1:55/100 yards This is going to be a stretch…swimming in a … Continue reading →

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Iron Dad’s 12 Hour Ironman goal…can it be done?

Posted on August 12, 2011 by Dad

On November 27, 2010, now almost 9 months ago, I wrote a post that established my goal for Ironman this year as 12 hours…well at least a ‘training goal’, to establish my goal race pace in each discipline, and therefore my training target metrics … Continue reading →

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