Ironman Triathlon

A friend of mine runs a trail running company and we talked about her ideas to grow her business. A forum and membership were one option on the table. “What do you want to do with your time?” I asked I can tell you what wasn’t an option. Being desk-bound. Spending most of your day answering queries, managing membership, and keeping your audience entertained is not much fun. When you love the outdoors, running trails is.

The nerves were firing heading into Ironman Chattanooga. Ever since watching the Ironman World Championship in Kona on television as a kid, I had my sights on making it across the finish line one day. As I shared in my last article The Intersection of Sports and Business — My…

November 2019 Finally, after more than a year of training, I was in Sydney for my very first Ironman event. The race venue was about an hour away from Sydney, in a city called Penrith, at the International Regatta Centre, a rowing and canoe sprint venue built for the 2000…

The Ironman Mindset “You’ll ache. And you’re going to love it. It will crush you. And you’re still going to love all of it. Doesn’t it sound lovely beyond belief?” ― Ernest Hemingway I had visualized my race at Ironman Coeur d'Alene. The sun rising over the city as thousands…

warning, don’t be shocked I’ve written this story in my head while pounding the pavement so many times in the past month. No, it’s not a tear jerker. (maybe) Yes, it has curveballs. It just so happens that I have time to sit down and write this out as the…

I recently did my last event of the year wrapping up the 2021 season. My coach (Mikael Eriksson — Scientific Triathlon) sent me a survey to evaluate our past season and start preparing the new one. …

They say everyone primarily does Ironman races for personal reasons, many journal the process, some raise money for a specific cause, and others do it to create social media content. A few compete for deeply personal reasons and keep their journey mostly to themselves. …