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. […]
Posted in Do What You Love, triathlon on Aug 27th, 2007
So I made it! Yesterday at this time, I was somewhere in the Ohio river, taking strokes toward the finish of the swim of Ironman Louisville. To say that I’m happy with my race would be the understatement of the year… Right now, I think it might have just topped […]
Posted in triathlon on Aug 25th, 2007
Afterwards, at the mandatory athlete race briefing, they took all our questions. Although I learned the most from the guy next to me, who is an old hat at this. Some key notes:
Wear a race belt, and attach your number to it. Then just switch it from the back to […]
Posted in triathlon on Aug 24th, 2007
Today we had an open practice swim in the Ohio. A few notes about the Ohio in August.
It’s just as gross as you would think. Brown water that you can see about 6 inches in, and just overall, doesn’t feel clean.
It’s HOT. The YMCA pool, which they keep exceedingly warm for […]
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 […]