A forewarning: this is going to be a LONG read, primarily intended for my posterity. It will encapsulate my journey to New Zealand, covering the planning, training, pre-race "vacation," and, of course, the obligatory race report. The build up PLANNIN...
Race Report Success! That's the key takeaway from this race. The rest of this will be a somewhat long description about how I got to the finish line. I reread my report from my first 70.3 in 2022 and figured I might as well just follow the same forma...
Pre-Race How Did We Get Here? I was recently told that less than 0.01% of people have completed an Ironman. This begs the question...what possibly made me want to do this? It started shortly after I completed April's 70.3 race in Oceanside, Californ...
Jess and I drove down on Friday and met Shawn at Zuma Beach where we proceeded to do our registration. Shawn and I did a quick ride around the run course to give Shawn an idea of what to expect on race day with a few additional miles up the coast bef...