20 April 2008
…..its amazing how much motivation there is in writing a
Posted by iamlast under: Uncategorized.
check to ironman north america for $475.00. I don’t like wasting money. so the adventure began. The next day i started an ironman diary on the computer. my goals were simple. Do at least one thing every day to get me closer to being an ironman finisher.
This we need to get out front. I am a big guy. 6′2′ 300 lbs when i wrote the check. pretty active at work. i am a electrician by trade, and still work for a living. no desk work. Climb ladders, dig trenches, jackhammer concrete, bend twist, push and pull. I am a big, fat, working guy. and once i wrote the check there were questions about my sanity.
April in California is great for almost anything. I was riding my bike to work and back. my truck got lonely. Then i added walking in. I’ve been a good swimmer ever since i was a kid. Every year i did the labor day pier swim, 1 mile. My training was go to the pool 4 or 5 times to remember how to breathe. Exhale before your face comes out of the water so you can inhale while your face is in the air. Gotta get that right. How fast do i swim. The fast swimmers in the rough water swim finish in 20 minutes. The slow ones finish in 60 minutes. My times are always around 40 minutes. Yes thats right. I am a half fast swimmer !! We won’t speak of running right now. . I kept to the plan for about a few months. swimming more, riding farther after work, farther on the weekends. Went to B&L bike and had Dan do the bike fit thing. New aerobars, wider handlebars, new seat until i found one i liked. The bike fit better. it’s still a 9 year old aluminum road bike. I like the thing. i probably will buy a new bike this year.
remember i told of a diary. the computer crashed and it was gone. all gone. Everything gets fuzzy until about 20 weeks before IMCAL. I bought into online training from MultiSports.com. A whole training schedule laid out. I could ask questions, and I had a few. Short of paying for a Personal Coach it is the best. I followed the plan the best i could. I’m not good at following directions. Had a few problems running. but ready or not raceday was upon us.
My race goals. swim 1:40 Bike 8:00 Run finish before midnight
3 Comments so far...
Brad Hefta-Gaub Says:
Sounds like you have a pretty good plan.
Swimming a 1:40 split sounds pretty good to me… When I did my first Ironman my goal was 1:45… I did it in 1:37 and was pretty darn excited!
Keep it coming!
Oh, when’s your race?
Karl McCracken Says:
Wow! Right now I’m pretty motivated having just handed over £40 (about $80) for a race in 11 weeks time . . . . I think if I’d paid over $400 I’d be bordering on demented about it.
What happened to the 2001 race though - we need more writing from you!
kweidner4196 Says:
Wow, you are amazing!!. To pay for the big race with minimal training. That’ll get ya motivated for sure. Good luck and when is your race?
