Author Archives: paulikeloa

So much preparation for a journey that gets derailed by extreme weather. Ironman New Zealand 2012 has been officially canceled due to the worst weather to hit New Zealand in decades. The winds today have been fierce and the normally … Continue reading →

Taupo, New Zealand is quickly coming alive with triathletes! It is quite an experience to be in the middle of it all.  A little more than two short days until the gun will go off and I will be swimming … Continue reading →

It has been a long road leading up to Ironman New Zealand. Nearly 9 months of training, more than 2300 miles swimming, biking and running.  And seven days away from the event, I find that I am wondering if it … Continue reading →

Though we are in the final taper week, we had a long swim on the schedule — 5000m (approximately 3.1 miles).  That is 100 laps at the Coronado Community Pool in the 50m competitive pool.  I can’t even imagine doing … Continue reading →

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 →