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  • Road to Kona 2017 – My first full distance @ Ironman World Championships

    Foreword Summer 2016 I decided to set up new goals. I believe in visualization big time. So I set up a vision board, where I had 70.3 WC slot and picture of Chattanooga city pinned. But one once said that you should “Dream Big”, so I pinned another picture to…

  • IRONMAN Italy Emilia-Romagna 2017

    The Build Up After Dubai 70.3 in January this year I was looking for another challenge. I had done one Ironman (UK) in 2015 and had sworn after that I would never do another. But I just couldn’t get excited about another 70.3 and realized I wanted to see what…

  • Ironman Maastricht 2017

    Ironman Maastricht was my second attempt over the full IM distance. I took part in Challenge Roth last year and came in at 12:43. The primary focus of my training this year was to try and get close to or, ideally, break the 12hour milestone over the distance. My training…

  • Alaskaman Extreme Triathlon

    It has been 26 years since I last visited Alaska.  In 1991, I climbed Mount Denali, formerly known as Mount McKinley, which at an elevation of 20,310′ or 6,190m, is the highest peak in North America and the third most isolated mountain on earth. Now, older and supposedly wiser, I…

  • Ironman 70.3 Muskoka

    So Ironman 70.3 Muskoka… they say all good things come in pairs so if you want to do the most beautiful yet difficult race this one’s for you.   Why Muskoka?  Well the main reason for the trip was to actually go fulfill a promise to pester a friend of…

  • The battle within Challenge Roth – 2017

    Oh here we go…down the rabbit hole.  We arrived in Roth a few days early to settle in to the environment and do a rekkie…I was surprised that there were very few people about, like ghost town quiet. After setting into the hotel, we visited the swim start, the canal…

  • Ironman Austria Kârnten 2017

    Race Week: Arriving in Klagenfurt 4 days before race-day provided ample time to stock up on as much merchandise as possible; I mean everybody needs an Ironman doormat right? It also provided the perfect opportunity to swim in the salubrious looking Lake Wörthesee, explore part of the mountainous cycle course…

  • Ironman Texas 2017

    Where to start? Ironman Texas would be my 9th triathlon and first full distance race. Past reports have detailed my buildup as well as the actual race. For this one I am just going to focus on the race. My buildup had nothing more in it than logging the miles.…

  • IM Florida

    I signed up for IM Florida on December 5, 2015, exactly 11 months before race day. It was a month after Rocketman, my first half-Iron distance race. I always swore I’d never a) do an Ironman, and b) do an Ironman while living in Iraq and having to train primarily…

  • Dataman goes overload

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