Hello all, This August, I finished my first Ironman (IMKY) in 12:59:54; now I'm hooked. Sure, maybe it sounds crazy, but I've decided I'd like to work towards qualifying for Kona before I turn 30 (5 yrs). Given that this is my long term goal, I was wondering what shorter-term objectives I should set for myself this year, especially with respect to race selection.

 

A tribute to Seth – Whom I want to be like when I grow up : ) Saturday – Pacific Crest HIM Goals A. 5:15-5:30 finishing time (this is before I found out the bike course stayed at 58 miles vs the 56 mile change the website had listed) – failure – Finished in 5:44:19 B. Achieve course PR – mission accomplished – sub 9 min+ **Pain is weakness leaving the body** *Smile, it does a body good*

8/2 is the patriot half lyte with the silly distances of 1300m swim, 41 bike and 7.6 run but it works in best with family obligations i have in august. i worked the sprint back in the day and remember it as a pond swim, technical and hilly bike and rolling hill out and back 5k. anyone done this or doing it this year? what I'm up to: http://www.athletefocus.com/forum/sport/triathlon

Florida Half Ironman is done! 160 pounds lost = 1 Half Ironman completed!

Hi All, I'm in the early stages of training for my first Ironman (IM Louisville in Aug 30 2009) and had a question about planning early season races.

Hey everyone ... My friend is a race director in Florida and is offering a special deal of half off today only. It is a HALF IRONMAN distance race.... all the race all the pain for a 50% discount. Not bad. LOL good luck. here is the link this is for the website and you register at active http://www.tntraces.com/ not sure if the link works: Chris ``It's not as if I'm going to sit around and be a fat slob,'' Lance Armstrong 2005

Revolution3 has announced a new Half Iron distance triathlon event in Middlebury, Connecticut that is designed to take the sport of triathlon to the next level. Triathlon: Half-Rev Triathlon When: Sunday, June 7, 2009 Where: Quassy Amusement Park, Middlebury, Connecticut, USA Divisions: Professionals, Age Group Website: www.rev3tri.com TRImapper.com - visual triathlon finder TRIJUICE.com - triathlon news and resource site

70.3! Completed my first half-iron distance race yesterday at the Pigman Triathlon in Palo, Iowa. All in all it was a good race for me. See the video at newsconference.blogspot.com (8/17/08). Race Report: Hard days hard, easy days easy.