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Gigathlon 2019

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Flughafenlauf 2019

The Flughafenlauf is a nice race where you ran around the airport. (as the German name indicates). In preparation for Gigathlon, this would be another test to see where I’m at fitness-wise. However to...

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Red Bull World Run 2019

Amy and I had signed up for the Red Bull World Run a while ago. It sounded like a fun new experience. For those not familiar with the RedBull World Run. You start running on course and 30 min after...

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Gigathlon 2018

I never wrote about it on this blog, but Amy and I are taking a break from Ironman racing. At least for me racing wasn’t fun anymore. So we were looking for some fun endurance race to rekindle the fun....

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Ironman 70.3 World Championship – Mooloolable, Australia

The preparation for this race was anything but ideal. I mentioned it before that I tried to get the fun back into sport and one aspect to that was not to log countless hours. Right when I wanted to...

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Battlefrog 2016

Race Report way late … but better late than never Since I wanted to get the fun back in racing I figured I might try something new. Since Military I enjoyed obstacle races and excelled at them. I...

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Boston Marathon 2016

Lead up to the race I had a great 10k time and decent running volume almost as much as I did for Ironman training minus the biking and swimming. I knew that I wasn’t in top shape and I still carried an...

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Races in 2016

5k – Valentine’s Day Dash – Love’em or Leave’em First race of 2016. My fitness wasn’t that great yet, but good enough to race a 5k. Compared to previous years I am 10-15lbs heavier, which I knew would...

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[Guest Post: Amy] Ironman Arizona 2015

In January of 2015, I had been reading a blog about picking a focus word for the year. It sounded completely silly… except for after I was done reading the article, I kept thinking about it. The word...

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Ironman Arizona 2015

Ironman Arizona was a quick turn around from the last race, with only 5 weeks in between. After Ironman Louisville I was excited for Arizona, all I wanted was my best race and a new PR. I was ready to...

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Ironman Louisville 2015

Finally getting around to finishing up my race report. My Garmin device managed to corrupt yet another file and Garmin support being completely useless. However, there is a tool out there which can fix...

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Bonnie Lake Triathlon 2015

After every training block at the end of the recovery week I’m supposed to do a triathlon. But this time I wasn’t so sure if I should. This season I struggled a little with the confidence in my fitness...

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Ironman 70.3 Lake Stevens 2015

I didn’t have a great race at the Seafair triathlon. This was probably my last triathlon before my next Ironman and I wanted to see if I could push myself and build some confidence. Furthermore, I...

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Seafair Triathlon 2015

Leading up to the race I learned that there was also an elite wave. Upon inquiring at the check-in I learned there are no formal requirements and after some talking I decided to switch to elite. While...

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[Guest Post: Amy] Phoenix Marathon 2015

Note: The time since the race and posting it is half split between Amy writing it and me posting it Back in December, Guido signed up for the Phoenix Marathon. At the time, i definitely thought he was...

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Mt. Rainer Duathlon 2015

I did the Mt. Rainer Duathlon in 2013 and had a great race. Back then it was also the National Duathlon championship. Since the only person in my age group which was faster also was the overall winner...

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Phoenix Marathon 2015

If you just curious about the race report jump down to Race Report. Otherwise, on your own risk read a little background about my motivational issues and struggle first. It has been a while since my...

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[Guest Post: Amy] Ironman Mt. Tremblant 2014

In the taper weeks leading up to Ironman Mont Tremblant, I was definitely still worried about it, and wondering if I had done enough training. Can you ever really do enough training for an Ironman? I...

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Ironman Mt. Tremblant 2014

If you read my previous blog post from Ironman Whistler you know that I got sick during my overload training and never quite recovered. Furthermore, I got sick again just before race day which in turn...

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Ironman Whistler 2014 (My first DNF)

Way too long post for a DNF In short I got sick during the lead up. I still started the race but had a dry throat and a cough and gave up half way into the bike. Read on for all the details…. The lead...

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