Big Jay’s Fat Ass Ultracycling Race
Photo: The peloton among the corn fields; right: the “Fat Ass” traveling trophy saddle showing Jay’s old course record of 246 miles, now co-held with […]
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Route 66 Half Iron Triathlon
The short: The Route 66 triathlon is a Half Iron distance race in Springfield: 2000 m swim, 56 miles on the bike, and a half […]
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Iron Season 6/11: Holy Hills!
The short: Martin drove out to Idaho with Ron Hoyne to race IM Coeur d’Alène. All went as planned, with a hot and hilly 3:48 […]
Continue reading »ITU Chicago Triathlon
The race was held in conjunction with the ITU World Triathlon Series. The International Triathlon Union (ITU) is the world governing body for the sport […]
Continue reading »O'Fallon Grand Prix – Cat 4 – Ryan Harden
The race started neutral as expected. There was a minor attack from the gun that I think was more likely two guys from a team […]
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Iron Season 5/10: IM marathon PR, but not at a ‘hot’ race
The short: 10:48 total, 3:45 new Ironman marathon PR, 11th in 50-54 age group: Best rank yet, clawing my way to the top 10 where […]
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Greater Terre Haute Weekend
A large Wild Card contingent traveled to the Terre Haute area for the Marshall Madness Road Race and the Terre Haute Criterium and brought back […]
Continue reading »Toughman Indiana Half-Iron Triathlon
I have been racing tri for nearly 7 years now and thought I had learned just about everything about race preparation, tactics, and fueling. My […]
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Lytle Park Sprint Tri
The sub-1 hour event takes place in Mattoon. I have done it many times as a benchmark. This time I placed 3d on the overall […]
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Iron Season 4/9: Almost!
The short: 11:01 total, 4:02 marathon, 18th/160 in 50-54 age group. Decent, but aggravating when you know you made a run mistake that cost you […]
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