Author Archives: paulikeloa

We are in the middle of of a three week taper leading up to race day.  We have cut back our overall training volume but we still seem to be doing some long workouts. This past Saturday was a 4 … Continue reading →

In my age group, there are 194 competitors.  One of the larger age groups for IMNZ.   My number is 1157. This is as real as it gets!  

21 days until Ironman New Zealand.  We are now in our taper period and our training has been curtailed significantly.  I am finding now that I don’t know what to do with all my “free” time!  At least now I … Continue reading →

The team has reached the pinnacle of the training season with this being the final heavy bike training working before IMNZ in 27 days (Yikes!).  The ride today was the longest of the season, in terms of distance.  Approximately 100 … Continue reading →

It was an exceptionally difficult weekend of training.  We are just over a month away from IMNZ, and soon will begin our tapering so our weekend training has been quite challenging. On Saturday we faced the “Great Western Loop” twice! … Continue reading →

After the 85 mile hilly bike ride followed by an hour run, on schedule today was the long run for the week – 2.5 hours. I expected to be very sore and uncomfortable on the run, but surprisingly, I felt … Continue reading →

Thanks to the generosity and support of my mother, I purchased a new Cervelo P2 on Friday.  I don’t have much time left until IMNZ, so I decided to break it in on the hilly 85 mile ride from Solana … Continue reading →

I had the best swim session of the training season thus far.  3400 yards (136 laps, just under 2 miles) in 90 minutes.  The race distance is 4225 yards or 169 laps in the pool.  While I still have a … Continue reading →

During the 2011 Christmas holiday, I came down with a fairly nasty sinus infection.  It caused coughing that wouldn’t clear up and my last hard ride was on December 23.  As we were heading into a recovery week after Christmas, … Continue reading →

Ironman New Zealand 2012 is rapidly approaching and the team is still a long way from our goal of raising $500,000 to help cure blood-related cancers. Your donation can help us achieve our goal.  Wouldn’t it be wonderful if 2012 … Continue reading →