Unlikely: A Rookie's Ironman Triathlon Diary

Unlikely: A Rookie's Ironman Triathlon Diary

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#1 (Prologue): Tears and fears at the back of the swim-start in the 70.3 Ironman triathlon, Victoria, May 2022.
Lining up with the weak, the stoic, and the possibly hungover.
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#16. The Longest Day: My unlikely middle-age quest reaches an unexpectedly happy conclusion
Yes, it is possible to enjoy an Ironman triathlon. How weird is that?
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#14. Countdown to Ironman Arizona plus...
Explaining to visitors, and places to ride with less or no traffic, including Yakima's "Your Canyon For a Day" ride
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#5. Natalie Portman's Amazing Thor Arms and Body Image in Triathlon
Even the pros hate their race photos, as it turns out. A digression from the chronological tale of my training to wade in the shallows of vanity. Yep…
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#12. The Winter of my Discontent: Training, COVID, and Bouncing Back
(More than you may want to know about how I’ve spent the last many months, but here we go!)
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#11. The final running leg of the 70.3, plus the fitness secret that took me decades to learn
I'll spoil the secret here. Walking. The secret is walking.
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#9. Buoy by buoy: The Victoria 70.3 Half-Ironman Swim
Surviving the part most first-timers dread
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#4. The Strange Joy of Starting from Nearly Zero
Is there such a thing as a pre-beginner swimmer?
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#8. Can't run? Not a reason to quit.
Injuries during training are common. One benefit of triathlon is you can always dial back one sport while gaining momentum in the other two.
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#7. Necessary failures: lessons from the worst marathon of my life
Even after your seventh outhouse visit, with an icebag on your head, it's possible to remember that bad experiences make the best teachers
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#3. The Big Why
Five second summary: "Triathlon is therapy I can afford."
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#2. A Stormy Start
The first tentative weeks of a future obsession
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