• Ironman Inspiration

    Imagine that when you were 18 years old, you were riding in the back of a pickup truck that got hit by an 18-wheeler.   The accident led to both your lower legs being amputated, and you went through years of surgeries.  Now you struggle with everyday life.  What would you…

  • Ironman World Championship 2011

    I had been looking forward to watching the Ironman World Championships since we moved here.  I thought it’d be so neat to see some of the top triathletes in the entire world come here to train and compete.  I wanted to see their fitness levels, their determination and their athleticism.…

  • Let the (Ironman) Games Begin

    Ironman has been heating up here the last couple of weeks.  Athletes arrived early to start training and there has been a buzz in the air. There have been signs all over town and lots of amazing looking athletes biking and running the roads. The first main event was last…

  • Early October Update

    Another couple of weeks gone, another update for you all… Chuck was working crazy, crazy hours a couple of weeks back trying to wrap up his consulting gig so we didn’t really have much family fun time. I went swimming with our landlady that Tuesday and that was the most…