My Iron Year

We were told that traffic leaving Montreal can be tricky.  The saying is “There are two seasons in Montreal. Winter and Construction.” …

Much of Friday was spent spending even more money at the Expo, cleaning my bike, driving the bike route, and thinking about…

Okay, since this is my first Ironman/Iron-distance race, I won’t pretend to be an expert on how it all works. So, I…

With my bike and gear all settled, I was feeling pretty good. The rain still isn’t letting up, but I’m trying not…

The alarm was set for 4:00 am.  Leland kindly set his phone and sort of got up with me. I had a…

I got back to the hotel room at 5:30 am.  Right on schedule. I got changed into my tri bottoms, bra and…

As I left to line up for the swim, Leland’s final words to me were, “Run YOUR race.” I thought of this…

I was the most nervous about the bike leg, for many reasons. Here they are, in no particular order: -It’s long! -I…

When I finally finished the bike it was a bit over 8 hours. I was both elated and a bit disappointed. Never…