Click HERE to listen.
Join in for the biggest ZenTri episode of the year - The IronBaby self-supported Ironman! I take you along for the ride as I swim 2.4 miles at a local pool, bike 112 miles around my town, and then finish it off with 26.2 miles of running around my neighborhood.
That' s right, a self-supported Ironman! It' s an amazing experience and I encourage you to try it yourself. This is my third and each is better than the last.
Not only was the race free, we raised over $1200 for charity. And there was lots of carnage along the way. I had to get out of the way for guys training to be Navy SEALs, a hellacious front came through on the bike, I wrecked, flatted, and so much more.
Kai biking with me on the run.
I cap off the show with some other great audio. Not only did I record some night trail running in a lightning storm, I also captured the sounds of backpacking through the national forest with my son and dad.
Here' s a link to the official page and race course times. Enjoy the show and let' s see you out there with me next year!
SHOWNOTES:
- Prepping all the gear.
- Course is measured, but using GPS as backup just in case.
- Driving to swim with Emily.
- There should be a Mom App on the iPhone.
- Roxy is angry with us.
- Emily threatens to shove me into a mailbox. She is so sweet!
- Race review with werewolves and Kai.
- Night trail running with friends.
- Backpacking with three generations of studs in the Sam Houston National Forest.
- Grading your races by "Happiness Index".
Chalk marks in driveway to count the 8+ loops of running.
Swam next to the Texas A&M women' s swim team.
Roxy joining in on the run.
Just a quick tally of the times for the Ironbaby.
I keep two versions of the time. One is the official time and
includes all the carnage and time delays. The other is without those
issues and better reflects what I' m capable of - a true measure of my
own fitness. It' s good to know the second one so I can target it in a
normal race.
2.4 mile swim - 1 hour. 1:32 / 100 meter pace.
Transition from pool to bike - 25 minutes. (Had to drive to house). In a normal Ironman, this would be 10 minutes or less.
112 mile bike - 6:30, including a bike wreck and changing a flat. Time actually moving was 6:12, an 18 mph avg.
Transition from bike to run - 10 minutes.
26.2 mile run - 4:55, an 11:16 min/mile pace.
So, the official time goes down as 13:15. A massive PR over my last
Ironbaby of 15 hours. And if I was to compare my fitness now to
Ironman Wisconsin in 2007, I went 12:42 compared to 12:59 back then.
Nice improvement! 12:42 = 13:15 minus an extra 15 minutes of
transition time and 18 minutes of bike wreckage and flat repairing out
on the road.
I don' t want to get into a whole bunch of "what if' s" and
"well.....". You get what you get on race day and you really can' t
compare two races or even the same race on different days. Weather and
lots of other conditions makes every race a singularity. Ironman
Wisconsin was hillier, but this Ironbaby was like biking in a
hurricane. And the previous Ironbaby felt like I was doing a race in
Antarctica.
What I do know is I finished this race feeling absolutely amazing,
unlike ever before. It' s a real tribute to how some key changes in my
diet and training has made an incredible difference.
I' ll write up a race report soon with the real dirt!
Click HERE to listen.
Join in for the biggest ZenTri episode of the year - The IronBaby self-supported Ironman! I take you along for the ride as I swim 2.4 miles at a local pool, bike 112 miles around my town, and then finish it off with 26.2 miles of running around my neighborhood.
That' s right, a self-supported Ironman! It' s an amazing experience and I encourage you to try it yourself. This is my third and each is better than the last.
Not only was the race free, we raised over $1200 for charity. And there was lots of carnage along the way. I had to get out of the way for guys training to be Navy SEALs, a hellacious front came through on the bike, I wrecked, flatted, and so much more.
I cap off the show with some other great audio. Not only did I record some night trail running in a lightning storm, I also captured the sounds of backpacking through the national forest with my son and dad.
Here' s a link to the official page and race course times. Enjoy the show and let' s see you out there with me next year!
SHOWNOTES:
Chalk marks in driveway to count the 8+ loops of running.
Swam next to the Texas A&M women' s swim team.
Roxy joining in on the run.
Just a quick tally of the times for the Ironbaby. I keep two versions of the time. One is the official time and includes all the carnage and time delays. The other is without those issues and better reflects what I' m capable of - a true measure of my own fitness. It' s good to know the second one so I can target it in a normal race.
2.4 mile swim - 1 hour. 1:32 / 100 meter pace.
Transition from pool to bike - 25 minutes. (Had to drive to house). In a normal Ironman, this would be 10 minutes or less.
112 mile bike - 6:30, including a bike wreck and changing a flat. Time actually moving was 6:12, an 18 mph avg.
Transition from bike to run - 10 minutes.
26.2 mile run - 4:55, an 11:16 min/mile pace.
So, the official time goes down as 13:15. A massive PR over my last Ironbaby of 15 hours. And if I was to compare my fitness now to Ironman Wisconsin in 2007, I went 12:42 compared to 12:59 back then. Nice improvement! 12:42 = 13:15 minus an extra 15 minutes of transition time and 18 minutes of bike wreckage and flat repairing out on the road.
I don' t want to get into a whole bunch of "what if' s" and "well.....". You get what you get on race day and you really can' t compare two races or even the same race on different days. Weather and lots of other conditions makes every race a singularity. Ironman Wisconsin was hillier, but this Ironbaby was like biking in a hurricane. And the previous Ironbaby felt like I was doing a race in Antarctica.
What I do know is I finished this race feeling absolutely amazing, unlike ever before. It' s a real tribute to how some key changes in my diet and training has made an incredible difference.
I' ll write up a race report soon with the real dirt!