I woke up race day and I felt great. The time change was helpful as I woke up at 4:30 am before my alarm and I felt great. I went through my normal race day routine. Same breakfast as always, off to transition and checked all of my equipment. Helmet, shoes, nutrition, bike, running  through all the gears on the bike, and walking through the transition area to ensure I know the quickest route. Then ...

Race morning I woke up at 3:45, excited as a kid on Christmas morning!  I normally wake up with some dread and the notion that staying in bed would be vastly preferable to 2+ hours of extreme physical exertion.  The eagerness to race was a welcome change from the usual.I arrived at transition right when it opened at 5:15, and it seemed like only minutes later that it was already 7am – time to line ...

Hard to adjust to sleep. I woke up about 2:30 in the morning and was wide awake. I eventually was able to get back to sleep, but then woke up at 5:15 and was wide awake. Its a good thing I guess as I will be waking up at 5:00 tomorrow for the race. Today it was the team ride we rode the course. I have never seen so many disc wheels and aero helmets ...

The travel from Chicago to Australia was long (something over 20 hrs of travel), but thankfully the trip was smooth. Sitting on a plane for 14 hours is really just another type of endurance event, right?  That's my specialty! (or at least that's what i kept trying to tell myself...) I'm glad that I'm staying at the Team hotel out here - there's always athletes milling about in the lobby, and I don't have to ...

I have to admit. Every time we drive here it kind of freaks me out. They drive on the left side and the driver is on the right side of the car. Every time we take a corner I get a little freaked out as I feel like we are about to head into on coming traffic. Then when I see other cars and there is only person in the car, it looks as if ...

From door to door, it took over 30 hours of travel, but I finally made it to Australia. More importantly my bike made it, all in one peace. We arrived at 6 am local time, which was about 3 pm the day before back in Chicago. Right now I would like to go to sleep (it is 3:30 am in Chicago), but need to stay up for a couple more hours. I am taking everyone ...

Included are links that includes bike course profiles from TTT. You'll see that there really is no flat terrain to speak of if you look at the elevation profiles. There is no HR or power data b/c frankly, I don't care about them enough to use them as training/racing tools. So you'll see speed, elevation and cadence data. All races are time trial format, with competitors starting every 3-5 seconds. Race #3 on Saturday PM is ...

How did you qualify for Kona 2008?I won my age group (40-44) at Ironman Wisconsin 2007 in Madison. This is my first time to qualify for Kona. I am thrilled, just thrilled.What bike do you ride?A Giant Trinity.What are your goals for the race?I just want to go out and have a good day, have a great race.What nutritional products do you use?A real smorgasbord. I will use the Gatorade Ironman is providing and use ...

How did you qualify for World's?I finished 13th at the USAT Halfmax National Championship in Boulder City, Nevada in October. At the race, I had an abysmal swim. But I solidered through on the bike, pounded it up the hills, and once it got to the run my sheer running strength showed up. I only got passed by one person on the run and no one of the bike course. There are ten spots for ...