2014 Irish Jig

Cold and chilly run, but I had the Luck of the Irish

2014 Race Plan

May 2014:  Fifth Third Riverbank Run, 25k.



June 2014: Grand Rapids Triathlon, Olympic distance

July 2014: Tri Del Sol,  Sprint distance.

August 2014:  Millinium Park Triathlon, Olympic distance

2013 Year End Report

My DailyMile 2013 Year End Report

2013 Grand Rapids Marathon Report

The morning of the Grand Rapids Marathon , October 20 2013  weather was chilly but sunny and no rain . It rained hard the night before , with thunder and lightening. I am so glad it stopped raining . It made for a much more pleasant first marathon .  A chilly 40 degree start, but seemed perfect for running .  I started with the 3:44:00 pace group , and felt very confident .

Things were going great . I was on a great pace of 8:30 as projected . At approx. mile 4 we go over the bridges downtown . As you will see on my mile breakdown listed below on training peaks , I was on target thru 16 miles .  I have Timex GPS Trainer watch that works very well .

One of the exciting events of a race is going the Packet .  It's like a Halloween goody bag . It must be the unknown that is so fun . Anyway, we runners have this weird thing that we like to do. Lay out all the goodies and display them . So, ya gotta check this packet out:

Training Peaks has a great map and graph report . As you can see below, the actual Marathon course is on the left and my pace per mile is shown on the right.

The Finish Line was a great thing to see. Not sure how much farther I could have gone

Time to Celebrate!!!



2013 Grand Rapids Marathon Training

The  2013 Grand Rapids Marathon will be my 1st Marathon. It seems like a dream. But the reality has set in , as my training is nearing the taper point. My 20 mile run was last weekend , and was happy with a finish time of 2:59.  I ran with the Marathon Staff today , and am looking forward to the next 2 weeks of taper.  I have projected finish time of 3:50. I know they say to just go out and have fun, and don't worry about time on the 1st Marathon, but I am feeling good on a Sub-4 hr Marathon.
I will post more information as it is available.

2013 Reeds Lake Triathlon

The 2013 Reeds Lake Triathlon

Rhoades McKee Reeds Lake Triathlon & Duathlon

 

 

Saturday, September 7, 2013

 

John Collins Park

750 Lakeside Avenue

East Grand Rapids, Michigan

There was about an hour delay due to lightening



1/2 mile Swim results are:  22.26  and T1 time was 2:34.

17.2 mile Bike results are: 1:01 , avg. of 16.9 mph  and T2 time 1:35

 

My 4.9 mile run was 38:46, pace of 7:55.

 

This was my first Reeds Lake Triathlon. My final chip time was 2:06:29.

22.6 mile Triathlon.

Greenville Sunset Race

WE had fun at the Greenville Sunset Race put on by Striders in July. Nick took 3rd in his age group and I took 1st in mine there was about 100 runners  .