The 10th Annual Florida Ironman

My day was more perfect than I hoped it to be: I finished; I was able to ‘race’ the whole race; I beat my goal time by 15 minutes.

Everything went to plan and the result reflected the process. We raised $40,000 to help kids born with bad hearts. You can’t ask for more. If you want to receive a copy of the race report, please let me know.

THANK YOU!

Time: 10:15:39
Finisher 243 of 2270 overall
Finisher 46 of 236 males 30-34

Swim 2.4 mile (3.8km): 1:10:23
Bike 112 mile (180km): 5:16:52
Run 26.2 mile (42.2km): 3:40:48

About 5 days and 20hrs to start time...

Just busy packing up the last of the stuff we need to take before flying out Tuesday AM. The race starts at 7am on Saturday morning. The pros go off 15 minutes before myself and the other 2200 or so weekend warriors begin thrashing about in the Gulf of Mexico for what will be the start of our day. I am very content, confident, and happy where things are at. I have done everything I hoped I would be able to do to prepare and am as fit, injury free, healthy, motivated, and nervous as I best could expect...

Some have asked where they can track the race and find the results. All of this include live video of the day will be on http://ironman.com/

I look forward to sharing my race report when we get back.

Glen.

Pictures

The crew that made it all possible.

A happy customer.

A thank you to our sponsors.

Family Day in the Park

I have some pictures coming, but until I post them let me simply say the day could not have been any better planned, executed and supported. For an event to go off as successful as this there is obviously a ton of work that takes place in the background - in this case I even knew about some of it.Rebekah did an unbelivable job co-ordinating a wonderful group that were able to reach out and tap a number of family members, friends, and businesses in the community to make the day so well. The weather was fantastic (I was not expecting a sunburnt nose) and everything else went off without a hitch. A great time for all...

Most importantly, the day raised $15,000 and brings our total to almost $40,000! All I can say is wow and thanks to all who have supported us.

Training Update

Things have been rolling along nicely. I have been as consistent, injury free and generally spot on as I could ever expect given all of this is some kind of crazy hobby. The work is getting done; as it has for the past few months. I am generally happy where things are at. Today was another 7hr workout day with over 6 hours on the bike followed by a run. This was on the heels of a 3hr ride with short run last night which itself was on the back of 2.75hr done solidly at my race pace on Thursday night. Chewing through this kind of stretch at this phase of things with solid energy - both physical and mental is great for confidence. I have another big week ahead and then volume begins to get tapered back. While volume is reduced, intensity and the number of workouts themselves stay relatively consistent. The lower amount of volume allows time to recover but by keeping intensity and the number of workouts unchanged, fitness is maintained and your body stays on the same kind of schedule it has become accustomed to. The icing on the cake...(mmm, icing...after the race I already have a list of fast food meals I have put on hold the last few months.)

Family Day at the Park in Support of Racing for SickKids!

On Saturday September 20th, Family Day at the Park will be held at Chinguacousy Park in Brampton. In what promises to be an awesome day there is a ton of stuff going on that you can check out. See the attached flyer.

Thus far we have been blown away with the support we have received in terms of volunteers, donations, and sponsorship. We are still in need of a few things so if able to help please let us know!

We have made some fantastic progress on our new $50,000 target that we hope to share and would love for you to be apart of it.

We will be there – RAIN or SHINE. So we hope to see you there. Like the celebrations in Beijing we will be doing what we can with weather focused rockets to control things as best we can. No detail is too small.

Tickets are $10 and include a BBQ lunch and games. To purchase tickets or get more information, please call Rebekah Helwig at 905.796.5032 or Betty Turzer at 905.678.2511 x227.

9 Weeks

Labour Day is here and only 9 weeks until Ironman Florida. Training has gotten to the point I now simply describe it as ‘nutty’ to people and offer as little detail as possible as the amount of time dedicating to getting fully prepared does border on the ridiculous. The 5 and 6 and 7-hour workout days are now upon us. I am feeling as good as I can be. This weekend has actually been a nice rest with “only” a 3 hour bike ride on Saturday and a day off yesterday that we managed to enjoy in Muskoka. Back to reality today however…just found out I need to get in a 2hr run and some strength work. Not only is it now hot out but among other things the lawn needs cutting, gardens need weeding, and garage cleaned. Toss in the obligatory weekend work and reading that comes home with me Friday and I better type fast here as it already past 10:30. All is great however, I ALWAYS remind myself that if my biggest problem in a day is figuring out how to "play" and get that 2hr run in, my life is SUPER blessed! Gotta run.