Mile 40
I would call my bike ride on Saturday a grind, but that doesn't really do it justice. A total slog isn't accurate enough either. Three-and-a-half hours during which I threw out the f-bomb more times (into thin air) than I'd [...]
Two Steps Forward, Then Three or Four Back: Day 96 of Ironman Training
If I didn't already have a middle name, I think Dimity Challenge McDowell has a nice ring to it, don't you? So remember that post about my slipping and falling in Salt Lake City, and not breaking my [...]
Tell Me Friday: How To Lay Confidence-Building Bricks
And thar she blows: a great goal for me. So this Ironman thing? Tough. There isn’t a workout where somewhere in the middle of it, I go into math mode: I’m 45 minutes into a bike workout, [...]
No Drama Allowed: Day 18 of Ironman Training
Ironman training started on November 1st. I started fretting about the race roughly on November 2nd. So as excited as I am to take on the whole 140.6 miles in Ironman Coeur d'Alene on June 23, 2013, I'm also [...]