Still working on the post with pictures, but have you seen the book giveaway at Trish's blog?!! Five people could win 14 books each? Which is fun. Especially if I'm one of the five. What's weird is that one of the books that's being given away had to have been written by the father of a friend of mine! (After all, how many "Kip" Gayden's can there be in the world?) If you love books you should check it out. (If you don't love books, you could check it out anyway and maybe even enter and then if you win, I'd be glad to take the books off your hands. :D So generous I am!)
PS - Thanks Running Knitter for the head's up!!
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Audacious Goal
June, 2014: Ironman France, Nice
My goal is to race smart and finish strong and healthy in under sixteen hours (yes, the cutoff for this puppy is only 16 hours - not the typical 17 of other Ironmans!) after swimming 2.4 miles (3.8 km) in the Mediterranean Sea, biking 112 miles (180 km) in the Maritime Alps, and running 26.2 miles (42.4 km) along the gorgeous Promenade des Anglais. I am Iron!
My goal is to race smart and finish strong and healthy in under sixteen hours (yes, the cutoff for this puppy is only 16 hours - not the typical 17 of other Ironmans!) after swimming 2.4 miles (3.8 km) in the Mediterranean Sea, biking 112 miles (180 km) in the Maritime Alps, and running 26.2 miles (42.4 km) along the gorgeous Promenade des Anglais. I am Iron!
Bon Courage! Allez!
Other Goals
You know, I'm thinking it might be good to run my first marathon and perhaps do a full century ride sometime in the next year or so. :D
Run:
OBX Half Marathon - Nov 11, 2012
Miami FULL Marathon - Jan 27, 2013
Bike:
Still trying to plan how to work up to that century mark! More info soon.
Behold!
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4 comments:
You're welcome. :)
Cool contest. Thanks for the heads up!
Great contest! Thanks for the heads up
Cool I'll have to check it out!
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