A look back

(Jeff and I coming down the finish chute)

Wow....it HAS been sometime since I last got on here. Just got back from IM Louisville and finally had a breakthrough performance. It has been a long time coming which got me thinking all the way back to my first Ironman and the progression it has taken for me to arrive here. So here are a few quick statistics:

(53:35 swim time)

- 9 Iron distance races (2 non-m dot races) spanning over 8 years
- 2 DNF's (Great Floridian and IM St. George)
- 8 IM's to break 4 hours on the marathon
- 8 IM's to break 10 hours in the race
- Still haven't qualified for Kona

(4th AG'er off the bike overall)

Here is a quick breakdown of all my races.

Year///// Race/////////// Swim///////// Bike//////// Run///////Total
2011///// IM Louisville ///0:53:35 ///////5:01:40 //////3:47:10///9:48:56
2011///// IM St. George// 0:57:25//////// 5:28:30//////DNF//////DNF
2010/////IM Cozumel////0:52:51//////// 4:57:34//////4:20:10///10:17:34
2007/////IM Canada/////0:57:43//////// 5:24:51//////4:14:28////10:43:25
2006/////Great Floridian////////////////////////////////////////DNF
2005/////IM Brazil //////1:07:39///////// --- //////////--- ///////11:29:53
2004/////Duke Blue Devil/0:59:30/////// ??///////////??////////10:46:00
2004/////IM Wisconsin// 1:01:48//////// 5:44:38/////5:34:44/// 12:29:53
2003/////IM Brazil //////1:15:59///////// 6:01:36/////4:10:15////11:27:48

It's been an interesting, unique, fun and ever changing journey. In 2008, I began working after school and never thought I would make it back to triathlon as a competative age grouper, much less be less than 10 minutes from qualifying for Kona. I'm still not there, but the "cheese" keeps getting closer.

Planning the next race....

Crazy J

(Couldn't do it without the most important people in my life)