Ironman

On November 7, 2010 in Henderson, Nevada, near Las Vegas, I am going to try to complete my fifth Ironman distance triathlon. The race is called Silverman. It is sort of a strange name, but as I understand it, the organization that owns the trademark “Ironman” does not allow for other races to call themselves Ironman without permission and I suppose a few dollars.

Anyways, I have friends who have done the race and they tell me it is a very hard course but a relaxed environment as far as Ironman distance races go. That suits me fine. My goal will be to finish before the cutoff time of 16 hours 59 minutes and 59 seconds. My weak sport is biking so I will be working hard to be able to do the 112 miles in an average speed of 14mph. There is 12,000 feet of climbing so for the upcoming training, I will be climbing. I look forward to the next 7 months of training and getting the finisher t-shirt and medal. Actually, I understand it is a survivor t-shirt and medal. Humm… Check out this video of the race.

Ironman is a mental game and I am good at mental games.

Here is my weekly schedule give or take:
Monday
- Swim
- Pilates
Tuesday
- Hard bike ride in AM
- Short hard run right afterward
- Hard bike ride in PM
Wednesday
- Swim
- Pilates
- Hard bike ride
Thursday
- Track workout with sprints
Friday
- Swim
- Pilates
Saturday
- Long bike ride
- Short hard run right afterward
Sunday
- Long easy run

See you out there and remember train safe!