4 months from today...

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Or, 122 days is...race day!

 The IRONMAN World Championship in Kona, Hawaii.

 So how long does it take to train and prepare for a Full Ironman, which is - 2.4mile swim; 112mile bike; 26.2mile run = 140.6miles? 

 This answer really depends on many factors: experience, the amount of time to devote to training, personal goals and support from family, friends and co-workers. 

 Basically....it's a serious commitment. 
I officially began my training, April 23rd. 

In an earlier blog, I had mentioned about how much time and effort goes into training. So, today, I wanted to share the break down of distances covered in training thus far (this doesn't include strength and conditioning training):

Swim = 33.65 miles / Time spent: 17 hours; 95 minutes
Bike = 562.55 miles / Time spent: 33 hours; 25 minutes
Run = 85.08 / Time spent: 15 hours; 9 minutes

Total training miles thus far: 681.28 miles / Time spent: 66 hours; 29 minutes

With 4 months to go, there's many, many more training miles ahead of me. 

Even more than my dedication to training is my commitment to raising funds and generating awareness for Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS).  

Your donation can have such a positive impact to millions of patients and help LLS researchers find a cure for this horrible blood cancer. 

To donate: https://pages.teamintraining.org/txg/ironworl18/nlinkd

Here's to the journey! 🙂








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