Blog of Craig dos Santos
Posted in Do What You Love, Running, biking, triathlon on Sep 11th, 2007
In the last two weeks, I’ve been in touch with a lot of friends and family members, all offering their congratulations on my race. Life has been different after coming back from Ironman. I am still inwardly glowing about my accomplishment, which I hope will continue to be the case for a while. […]
Dear friends and family,
As most of you know, last October I went a bit out of my mind and signed up for the first Ironman Louisville, which will take place this coming Sunday, August 26th. It’s the first time Ironman has come to my hometown of Louisville, and I’m very happy to […]
Posted in Do What You Love, Running, biking on Aug 20th, 2007
I arrived home in Louisville yesterday. I have one week until my Ironman competition. There are so many thoughts going through my mind. I’ve been training for this for 9 months, and it has pretty much taken over my life since February. I’ve faced a few setbacks, including […]
Posted in biking on Jul 18th, 2007
I discovered something today. After all this endurance training, especially in sports that are somewhat new to me, my pain threshold has changed. Not really increased, but I’ve noticed that I view pain differently. I look at it more as a signal rather than an alarm. If something hurts, it seems like a signal to […]
This past weekend, I participated in my 2nd triathlon ever (or 3rd, if you count the dinky IronKids tri that I did in 8th grade), and my first at the half-ironman distance (1.2mile swim, 56 mile bike, 13.1 mile run)
The race was held at Lake Stevens, and upon reaching there on Saturday to get my […]
Posted in biking on May 14th, 2007
Yesterday I went out with the Cascadia Bike Club in Seattle. Specifically, the ride was part of HPC, the High Performance Cycling group, which is for more experienced and faster cyclists. This is not a category that should include me, as I’ve only been on less than a dozen rides with a group, […]
Posted in Meeting Great People, biking on May 2nd, 2007
I went on a 50 mile bike ride today. It was with the Louisville Bicycling Club, which means we met at a local park, then headed off into the beautiful Kentucky country land, east of Louisville. The group included two 73-year-olds.
Let me say that again. TWO!! Nearly 3 times my […]
Posted in Running, Uncategorized, biking, triathlon on Apr 4th, 2007
I signed up for an Ironman Triathlon. My parents don’t understand why I signed up for it. While at first I could understand their concern, lately I realized that it was more than that. They really just don’t understand why I want to do it.
I’ve been running marathons for a few years now, and have […]