Category: race
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It’s National Coffee Day!!!
Coffe and Ironman come together
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OMG I couldn’t believe this until I read to the end!
I’m sorry about the title but I love the way most FB posts get you to read an article by implying there is something earth shatteringly good in the text or video link. Alas I’m not sure if the below fits that category but I do hope you will read on…! The last few months…
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Get out of your head – Plus IronMan Miami 70.3 Race report :)
Miami 70.3 Ironman, how my head almost stopped me from competing thus never publishing this race report!
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Ironman Racine 70.3 Race report
It was dark, somewhere in the distance an owl hooted. The warm breeze associated with the Cayman climate at this hour was none existent. My eyes were still heavy with sleep having gone through an all day bike mending marathon session the day before. Something that is becoming all too familiar when traveling with…
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Endurance events and childbirth is the same, here is why!
Seriously what makes a man or woman wake up one day and go “Yes” an ironman is for me! It doesn’t have to be an Ironman event it could be a marathon, half marathon, Sparta anything really… Also why is the biggest age group that takes part in this 30-40 years of age? Well I…
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99% of people who start a marathon finish it and here is why…
I read an article today about an interesting chap called Jesse Itzler who owns one of the world’s largest private Jet companies. A self made man and an obvious grafter with his own cool story. However he talks about a navy seal that he met that taught him the 40% rule. In its simplicity when…
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Things you can learn at a finish Line
You just have to believe! No I don’t mean in the biblical sense, I mean you just have to believe in yourself and believe that you can! Yeah, yeah, yeah why are you telling me this I’ve heard this all before… well you perhaps have but I bet you haven’t done this… I would like…
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The Chicago Marathon 2015 – Part 2 of the 640 Challenge – An introspective
It was dark, somewhere in the darkness an owl hooted, ok it was not an owl but the alarm clock in our hotel room going off at 5am! Actually 5am is probably a lay in compared to the 4am training runs, but sh!t the day was finally here! We had survived training injury free (Well…
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Breaking your cherry…..(marathon style)
All the worries of that first time event, some answers and a plea for help!
Anything Over Ice 