Monthly Archives: August 2009

I need a mental reset

By bryanbig | Published: August 23, 2009
This wasn’t the kind of week I had hoped for this far out from race day. The first race rehearsal last Saturday didn’t go well. The good news is that most first race rehearsals go poorly. I had stacked the odds by never having ridden the route before, and that hurt. [...]
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First Race Rehearsal Is Here

By bryanbig | Published: August 14, 2009
As part of the EN training-to-execute strategy, I am doing my first race rehersal this weekend. It’s not ideal because of the upcoming mini-vacation to Chicago, and the kids are doing a bicycle race in Fond Du Lac early on Saturday. So, I need to improvise. I’m looking at 100miles on the [...]
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Helmets are s-e-x-y!

By bryanbig | Published: August 4, 2009
I hope you didn’t just eat before viewing this. Anyway, it’s the last deseperate shot at buying some speed for the Ironman. I think it really works too – I took it out on a 2+ hour ride this afternoon on onee of my standby bike courses. I ended up being about 1mph faster for the [...]
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Six Weeks Away!

By bryanbig | Published: August 2, 2009
Today marks six weeks until Ironman Wisconsin 2009.  It’s quite a thrilling and scary thought at the same time.  On one hand, I think I’m ready for it – and I know mentally I sure want it to happen soon.  I feel like I’ve been hanging on by a thread trying to balance work, family [...]
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