HardyBreed has been going strong for over 3 years now and after building and building, until we climaxed with Ironman Wisconsin last year.  It was not only physically challenging but mentally draining. And this why the website has been in limbo for the past few months.  Instead of posting our daily training logs, I have finally gotten all the Rabbits to move over to DailyMile.com to track time … [Read more...]

4 weeks post Ironman, the family and I headed to Chicago for a nice relaxing weekend in windy city.  Well, maybe not a relaxing weekend.  The Chicago Marathon is one of the largest Marathons.  Close to 50,000 people running, and who knows how may spectators? This marathon was somewhat stress free.  I didn't have a whole lot of time and miles wrapped up in it, and didn't really have any … [Read more...]

At first you would think, "Luck"  what the hell are you talking about?  I have been training for months, there's no luck involved, it is all about the training.  Well in all honesty training will only get you so far.  In multisport there are just too many variables that could ruin a race.  This is where luck comes in... I could eat the same pop tarts every morning for a year, but come race … [Read more...]

It is amazing how quickly one year has passed since I registered for Ironman Wisconsin. Now the hours are trickling away and there is nothing else to do but wait for the gun to go off. I am very nervous even though I know I am ready.  I have had a year of stellar training, and working with Eric Bean on a late season training plan has really reassured my readiness. This week I will be … [Read more...]

Registering for a race, you have never seen takes guts or maybe stupidity. Ironman Wisconsin is the only 140.6 race that is within a 4hr proximity of central Illinois. You would think that makes it the perfect option. Unfortunately for me the terrain of central Illinois is extremely different than that 4 hours north. This was the main reason for the Ironman Wisconsin reconnaissance. I heard … [Read more...]

After missing out on Lunch with Eric, I thought I might have some pretty decent legs for the training race.  I was wrong!   I got out for a short run before the training race, taking in 4 miles.  It was humid as hell. After that I changed out my soaking wet running clothes for my cycling kit. I met up with Romanotto, for a brief warm up on the bike.  I think I talked him into doing the … [Read more...]

Starting last Saturday with the Illinois Half Marathon, exhaustion has been playing a role in my everyday life ("EVERY DAMN DAY", as Eric would say.)  I went into the half, not really expecting much.  Actually I was really undecided on how I was going to actually run the race until a couple of miles in.  I was not in any shape to run the race at full steam, especially coming off the two … [Read more...]

Noon seems to be the standard for these indoor sprint races in the early spring.  The Sullivan Civic Center Triathlon started at 12:30.  It was a sprint race consisting of a 400 METER swim, a 13.5 mile bike, and a 3.1 mile run.  I have never done this race before, so it was a first.  John Lawyer talked me into, and like Jason said, It sounded like a good idea at the time.  We had a good  … [Read more...]