Admittedly, the post was tongue-in-cheek.
There's absolutely nothing lame about finishing a 70.3 mile race involving swimming (1.2 miles), biking (56 miles) and running (13.1 miles). Let alone running a hugely successful hedge fund at the same time.
After writing that story, I decided to sign up for the "Mighty Man" Half Iron in Montauk. Loeb finished this race in 2011 with a time of 6:15:01 (3:02:44 bike and 2:20:30 run).
I had never done a
The race was scheduled for September 29th, so I had only a few weeks to train.
It's not like I started completely from scratch. I lift weights about five to six days a week doing high intensity interval training. I occassionally run 10Ks after work, too.
As for the swimming, I grew up doing swim team from fourth grade until I graduated high school. Even though I had not been swimming lately, I still felt comfortable in the water.
What freaked me out the most ahead of the event was the cycling. Before this, I had very little cycling experience.
The first time and last time I used a road bike was a 78-mile charity ride from Philadelphia to Avalon, New Jersey on
After pushing myself for the last five weeks, I accomplished my goal yesterday by crossing the finish line.
I finished the 1.2 mile swim in 38:38 (100th overall); the bike ride in 3:31:49 (228th overall) and the 13.1 mile run in 2:07:18 (146th overall). My final time was 6:26:47. I came in 188th out of 265 athletes.
I didn't beat Loeb's 2011 time. And that's OK. There's always next year!
Competing in a Half
I've included highlights from my