Sadly, Maiki and I left Lake Placid this morning after two fantastic weeks there. We are already talking about how we must find a way back next summer, and certainly for him to defend his title is a great reason for another trip to the mountains. This morning we got in one more beautiful lake [...]
29 July 09: Beaver-Hunting Extravaganza!
What does the Ironman Champ do to celebrate his big win? He goes . . . beaver hunting, of course!
Yep, on Monday, after Maiki gave the cutest winner’s speech ever (Okay, I might be biased, but everyone else seemed to love it, too–and it was pretty darn impressive for his second language.), we hit the trails with [...]
27 July 09: GCM Indeed . . .
While tomorrow I will be happy to discuss my fairly-disastrous race yesterday, it isn’t important enough to address today, in light of the GCM’s smash-o-rama here in Lake Placid. Surprising everyone–including himself–but me, Maiki biked and ran around all day miles ahead of the competition. He built himself something like a 17-minute lead on the [...]
25 July 09: Almost Gametime!
I just wanted to quickly check in and thank everyone for their kind messages and thoughts this weekend. It’s Saturday night and my bike and bags are checked in, and the ice-cream dinner has been eaten! Actually since I’ve gone virtually non-dairy in my daily life, I decided that I ought to switch to fake [...]
22 July 09: Only in Lake Placid…
Yes, that is really what it looks like . . .
That is an actual road sign here in Lake Placid. As you can probably tell, it is not a temporary sign for race week, but a real road sign on the road where the out-and-back stretch of the run course is. How cool is that?! [...]
20 July 09: Pre-Race Inspiration
Lake Placid training camp continues . . . Whenever people ask me about pre-race habits or rituals, I always say that I try to avoid such things. It’s best for me to approach race day–mentally and physically–like just “another day at the office.” This is my strategy to avoid the head-trip that I suffered from [...]
18 July 09: Saturday in Lake Placid
Today the GCM and I rode a loop of the bike course (The course here in Lake Placid is 2×90km loops) and then some . . . I know I have said this before, but this bike course is no joke. We are in the mountains up here and thus mountains are what we are riding. [...]
17 July 09: Lake Placid!
I am in Lake Placid and very happy about it! One of the things I am most pleased about is being able to go to a proper Amerian grocery store and easily acquire all of the ingredients for my trough-sized everything-but-the-kitchen-sink salads. The sight of my fridge (above) makes my day! Really, Lake Placid is [...]
14 July 09: Roth and Reunion with my BFF
I am writing now from the long car ride back from Roth to Lemgo, as once we get there we will have all of a few hours to re-pack for three more weeks on the road–or back and forth across the pond, that is…Tomorrow Maiki and I fly to New York for two weeks in [...]
9 July 09: Frankfurt and Ironman Germany
Last weekend Maiki and I took a little trip to Frankfurt to watch Ironman Germany and support our friends who were racing. Maiki was also supposed to be racing in Frankfurt, but had to change his plans shortly before the race because he spent what was supposed to be his last big 10 days of [...]
