So I totally balled my eyes out through this entire thing. Pretty standard. Congrats to my friend Kevin who made it in the video with a finish line fist pump. I'm very jealous. No one captured my finish line fist pump and I'm pretty sure it was awesome.
http://www.ironmanusalive.com/RaceVids/imlou/RaceVid-2009-LOU-low.wmv
Thursday, September 10, 2009
Sad News
It is with great sadness that I wanted to report that my best friend Amanda's mom, Carol Feltman, passed away on Saturday after a 20 year battle with cancer. My thoughts and prayers are with Amanda and her family.
In happier news, I was notified by the Janus Charity Challenge today that the amount of money I raised in the Charity Challenge qualified me to receive an additional $750.00 from Janus for the American Cancer Society. Yippee! Thanks again for all of your donations!!
37 Ironman Louisville athletes participating in the Janus Charity Challenge raised over $321,000 for our charities. Unfortunately, I was not able to surpass Michael Pluimer a 37 year old engineer from Raymond, MN who raised $71,824.25 for Justice For All and an additional $30,008 for the Christian Reformed World Relief Committee. He received an additional $10,000 for his charities from Janus and a free entry into another Ironman. Seriously guy?! I'm very impressed. I never knew that engineers had friends. But for the record, I beat him by nearly 2 hours.
I know you are all, ahem, anxiously awaiting my race report -- I assure you that it is forthcoming.
Thursday, August 27, 2009
597 is OUT
I have been assigned bib number 597. I guess I'm pretty happy with that. It's a solid number. I have been told that the numbers were assigned by age -- youngest to oldest. So when bib number 3320 passes me things aren't exactly going as planned.
If you are really bored on Sunday and you want to track my process (or lack thereof), there is an athlete tracker available at http://ironman.com/events/ironman/louisville/?show=results
On the left hand side of the page you will see the 2008 athlete tracker. On race day a 2009 athlete tracker will pop up with a link.
Check me out in the morning and then go play 18 holes (or what the hell, play 36), clean the house, watch the entire season of Lost, go out for a nice dinner and drink a couple cold ones, then check me out again -- hopefully I will have made some progress.
#597 is OUT. Next stop Louisville.
If you are really bored on Sunday and you want to track my process (or lack thereof), there is an athlete tracker available at http://ironman.com/events/ironman/louisville/?show=results
On the left hand side of the page you will see the 2008 athlete tracker. On race day a 2009 athlete tracker will pop up with a link.
Check me out in the morning and then go play 18 holes (or what the hell, play 36), clean the house, watch the entire season of Lost, go out for a nice dinner and drink a couple cold ones, then check me out again -- hopefully I will have made some progress.
#597 is OUT. Next stop Louisville.
Monday, August 24, 2009
THANK YOU
A SUPER HUGE THANK YOU to everyone who donated to my Janus Charity Athlete efforts!! I am very happy to report that I have exceeded my goal of $2,500 for the American Cancer Society! I could not have reached this goal without each and every one of you. A special shout out to the Raad Family who donated about 1/5 of the total funds raised.
That being said, I am still more than happy to take your money! I have to report to the Janus Charity Booth at the race expo on Saturday to report my final numbers. Janus is contributing an extra cash donation to the charity of the athlete who raises the most money. From my research, there is a Janus charity athlete who has raised over $20,000 -- so if you have any extra 17K sitting around throw it my way! I hate being outdone. :-)
That being said, I am still more than happy to take your money! I have to report to the Janus Charity Booth at the race expo on Saturday to report my final numbers. Janus is contributing an extra cash donation to the charity of the athlete who raises the most money. From my research, there is a Janus charity athlete who has raised over $20,000 -- so if you have any extra 17K sitting around throw it my way! I hate being outdone. :-)
Ironman Fun Facts
Average yearly HH income for Ironman entrant: $161,000
Estimated value of bicycles in transition area: $2 million
5 men are attempting Ironman Louisville who are ages 70 - 76
Water - supplied by Louisville Water Company:
Bike Course: 42,240 bottles (24 oz) That's 14 per athlete
Run Course: 37,000 bottles (34 oz) That's 12 per athlete
Finish Line: 9,000 bottles (500ml)
Police: 625 different police shifts for the race, just in Louisville, not counting Oldham County (no wonder the IM entry fee was $550!!)
Total Volunteers: 2,600
Including:
60 for body marking
35 in kayaks on swim course
100 other swim monitors
30 assisting with gearbags
60 in changing tents
75 per bike course aid station
30 motorcycle volunteers
100 bike "catchers" in transition area
50 per aid station on run course
100 at finish line
5 vans on the bike course picking up non-finishers
Estimated value of bicycles in transition area: $2 million
5 men are attempting Ironman Louisville who are ages 70 - 76
Water - supplied by Louisville Water Company:
Bike Course: 42,240 bottles (24 oz) That's 14 per athlete
Run Course: 37,000 bottles (34 oz) That's 12 per athlete
Finish Line: 9,000 bottles (500ml)
Police: 625 different police shifts for the race, just in Louisville, not counting Oldham County (no wonder the IM entry fee was $550!!)
Total Volunteers: 2,600
Including:
60 for body marking
35 in kayaks on swim course
100 other swim monitors
30 assisting with gearbags
60 in changing tents
75 per bike course aid station
30 motorcycle volunteers
100 bike "catchers" in transition area
50 per aid station on run course
100 at finish line
5 vans on the bike course picking up non-finishers
The Delicate Science of the Taper
It's taper time! Taper and I have a love/hate relationship. Obviously I love not having to workout 30 hours a week and wake up at the crack of dawn on a daily basis, but at the same time not working out 30 hours a week and waking up at the crack of dawn is terrifying.
The idea of the taper is to reduce your workouts enough so that your body recovers and is fresh on race day. The trick of the taper is to do it early enough that your body recovers, but late enough that you don't loose the base that you've built.
I think high school cross country jaded my idea of the taper. Every year our cross country coach would taper us to peak at the regional cross country meet and every year we would peak one week early at the district meet. Every year it was devastating. At that point I basically decided tapering was a bunch of BS.
I know I need to get over my taper-phobia. Joe tapered me for both the Boston marathon and Muncie and I did well at both so there is no reason to believe my Ironman taper is not going to work. I guess all of this extra time just gives me one more thing to worry about!
The idea of the taper is to reduce your workouts enough so that your body recovers and is fresh on race day. The trick of the taper is to do it early enough that your body recovers, but late enough that you don't loose the base that you've built.
I think high school cross country jaded my idea of the taper. Every year our cross country coach would taper us to peak at the regional cross country meet and every year we would peak one week early at the district meet. Every year it was devastating. At that point I basically decided tapering was a bunch of BS.
I know I need to get over my taper-phobia. Joe tapered me for both the Boston marathon and Muncie and I did well at both so there is no reason to believe my Ironman taper is not going to work. I guess all of this extra time just gives me one more thing to worry about!
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