I’m pretty pumped about how the race went this weekend!  Not only am I happy with my race, but – even better – 3 of my 4 guys nailed their performances!  

I have not watched an ironman in a long time.  Mikaela, Chrissie, and I had so much fun!  

What better place to start than the beginning?  The swim went well.  

Gooooood Morning!!  I just finished up my pre-race breakfast, and just wanted to say thank you to a few people before I head out for the day:  

We spent last weekend racing and training up in South Berwick, Maine.  I raced the Pumpkinman Sprint on Saturday, and Tim the Half Iron on Sunday.    

This past weekend we headed up to New Hampshire for quite the weekend of racing and training.  It started with Timberman Sprint on Saturday morning.  

IMLP photo-wrap-up:  

My stream of consciousness this past Sunday:  

Scooby Doo! The Mystery Begins video Another weekend in a another new place with another 70.3! I feel like we were just packing for New Orleans yesterday! Nope, it’s been 4 weeks since then, and we just returned from St. Croix. It was an awesome weekend in an interesting place, with good friends, great weather, and an awesome race. Here’s the story:  

PRE-RACE

Our first flight was scheduled to take off at 11:30 on Friday morning. We left the runway at 12:45. Our connection was scheduled to take off at 3:50. It left Miami at 3:52. We deplaned in Miami at 3:55. Alrighty, time to get comfy at Miami International! Next flight to New Orleans wasn’t until 10:45. So Chrissie, Jesse, and I set up camp in a nice little corner of MIA, and had a good ol’ time people watching. When 10:15 (advertised boarding time) rolled around and there was no plane attached to the gate, we kissed good-bye to the anticipated 12:30 bedtime. At 10:45 the airline attendant announced that there was a delay… Duh! We finally made our way to New Orleans and crawled into bed around 1:30am.