I finally went to work today. I still felt weak but not as bad as the last three days. I worked, went home and did the following: Went on a 25km bike ride Swam 1800 metres at the pool for 35 minutes Hit the gym Prepped 6 protein shakes I’m recovered and ready to start […]
Part 1 – The Day Before the Race My last blog post was just some of the things on my mind before the race. I had so many emotions going through me. I was super stressed for this race and my mind was having its own race. “Did I train enough?” was constantly on my […]
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DAY 95 – The Last Day Before my Ironman
After being hit by a car and seeing how short life is, I decided to step it up by going harder at school( to graduate faster), better myself overall (always), look at a possible career change, and do more things I’ve always wanted to do and actually do it. I’ve always wanted to do triathlons […]
PREPARATION BEFORE THE RACE I was incredibly scared of this race. It was a 1.5km swim and I was dreading it. After doing the Grimsby sprint triathlon and almost having a panic attack from the inexperience of open water swimming, I decided to see what I could do to counter the fear of open water […]
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Day 66 – IRONMAN Training (34 km run)
We have had heat warnings all week. It’s gets up to 40 Degrees Celsius in southern Ontario. My Ironman is getting closer so I decided to see if I could do 42km in this insanely hot weather. I lasted 34km before running out of liquid. I just needed 8 more km and it would have […]