2014 Grand Rapids Triathlon

   My first Olympic Distance Triathlon

2014 Grand Rapids Triathlon

Rain. Rain. Go away !!

Rainy Start, but not for long.

Out of the water in 43 minutes

1500 m swim

Time to jump on the bike

Awesome transition

My 40k bike 1:28 ride

Finished the 10k run 52 minutes

Time to Celebrate

Thank you to my wife for all the great photos. and 

supporting me all the time.

5/3 Riverbank Run

The 2014 5/3 Riverbank Run was very interesting this year. I gave Don Kern a high five and a good luck pre race hello. I was recovering from a sore foot and less training miles than normal. The weather was perfect ! Sunny and 55 degree start.

I had a great start with the first few miles right on pace . I held on to a 8:03 pace through the half way point . then had a bad knee pain that slowed me down bad.

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.