human power rocks. enjoy the ride.
My finishing time was 10:54 and I came in 33rd out of 296 in my division. The last Ironman World Championships qualifying slot went to 10:38, so I was about 16 minutes too slow.
This was Ironman Canada’s 25th anniversary and to celebrate, they invited just over 2700 athletes to join in the fun this year [...]
photo from my favorite training ride – the top of the highest paved road in Canada – the Highwood pass
Well, I have survived another Ironman training epoch and I have now entered the taper phase. This is the time where my priority is to allow my body to FULLY recover from the stresses and [...]
Flat tire deflates Greg’s hopes for Ironman Arizona 2007
In 10 Ironman distance triathlons, I have yet to experience a flat tire on the bike course, so I was not all that surprised when I heard the terrifying “psssssstt” sound coming from below me as I was half way through a sub five hour bike split [...]
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Flat tire deflates Greg’s hopes for Ironman Arizona 2007
In 10 Ironman distance triathlons, I have yet to experience a flat tire on the bike course, so I was not all that surprised when I heard the terrifying “psssssstt” sound coming from below me as I was half way through a sub five hour bike split [...]
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October 27, 2006
“You must learn from your past mistakes, but not lean on your past successes.” Denis Waitley
Greg finishing Ironman World Championships 2006 in Kona, Hawaii
I learned a valuable lesson at the Ironman world championships in Kona, Hawaii last week. That bit of wisdom is best summed up by a quote from Thomas Carlyle: “A [...]
(left) 1997 – 180 pounds / (middle) 2000 – 200 pounds / (right) 2006 – 148 pounds
This is pretty funny. We found an old family video of when I was 200 pounds about 6 years ago, and I thought it would be fun to show it to you and compare how [...]
Ironman Hawaii 2006 race report
“You must learn from your past mistakes, but not lean on your past successes.” Denis Waitley
This is an awesome video Pat made for me featuring some
short video clips, photos from the day and U2’s “Beautiful Day”.
Greg finishing Ironman World Championships 2006 in Kona, Hawaii
I learned a valuable lesson at the Ironman [...]
April 11
April 11, 2006
Guess who’s going to Hawaii in October !!!!!!!!!!
I had the race of my dreams at Ironman Arizona 2006 erasing 45 minutes off my best Ironman time by finishing in 10:15 and placing 4th in my age group qualifying me for the World Ironman Championships in Kona, Hawaii!!
I can’t wipe the smile off [...]
April 11
April 11, 2006
Guess who’s going to Hawaii in October !!!!!!!!!!
I had the race of my dreams at Ironman Arizona 2006 erasing 45 minutes off my best Ironman time by finishing in 10:15 and placing 4th in my age group qualifying me for the World Ironman Championships in Kona, Hawaii!!
I can’t wipe the smile off [...]
July 6
July 6, 2005
Ironman Coeur d’ Alene 2005 Race report.
Well, my 8th Ironman race was a PR (Personal Record) of 10 hours, 53 minutes, but unfortunately only 2 minutes faster than last years Ironman Coeur d’ Alene. In fact, the race was almost an exact duplicate of last years event. My goals for the day [...]
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