Ironman Number 2…VINEMAN!!! Elke Peirtsegaele July 30, 2016 Race Morning 4:30 am wake up time. Race morning ritual: Pee. Eat. Nervous shits The norm. By 5:00 am, we were on the road headed for Johnson’s Beach on the Russian River in Guerneville where the swim start and T1 were located. As we drove out of…
I felt a momentary transfer of energy! It happened when Andy Potts touched my toes rounding his second passing of the turn buoy on his way to winning the 34th running of Ironman Canada (2nd oldest IM only to Kona). His swim split was 47 mins; mine was 2 hours with a 1hr 17 min…
I raced the Wildflower Olympic distance triathlon this past weekend. I skipped this race the past two years because of the water level in Lake San Antonio and the revised funky race format – swim, run, bike, run. I signed up early this year, convinced that El Nino would deliver abundant rainfall and the event…
“Wow, you are in the Red Zone” exclaimed 15 year-old Puerto Rican Carolina as she was marking 70 on my left calf at the start of the 6th Annual IM 70.3 on this Island Paradise. We started the 1.2 mile swim course in Condado Lagoon, the same natural harbor discovered by Christopher Columbus on his second…
Many family members and friends have asked for a race report and after a few days of replaying my race in Arizona over and over in my head, I’ve realized that the race itself isn’t what makes for a great story, it’s the journey itself…and what an epic journey I’ve embarked! It was one I…