My LLS Mission: Road to Kona

Special thanks to the following: Upchurch Kimbrough Company   for their very generous donation to  the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. Mike & Stephanie  Ogg for donating the incredible raffle items and to  Lone Star Defense N'Arms for donating their time and venue.  Thank you Amy & David.   A very special thank you and shout out to:  Rob & MaryEllen Kimbrough and Mike & Stephanie Ogg  for organizing, coordinating and managing the raffle drawing and prizes.  You all are truly amazing!!! I would like to take a moment to personally thank ALL who participated in the raffle drawing and for supporting the mission.   Together we are changing lives!  To donate:  https://pages.teamintraining.org/txg/ironworl18/nlinkd

...or, in 60 (short) days, is the IRONMAN World Championship - race day! The anticipation is starting to set in, but there's still more training days ahead. For this particular race, the training plan I'm doing is different from any other that I've done in the past. Heart Rate Training (HRT). In short, heart rate training tracks the heart rate to optimize and train more efficiently. By wearing a heart rate monitor, I, and my coach, are able to see the progression each week. Even though I still heavily rely on my coach [rbfitness] for input and feedback, I'm learning something new and I like it. HRT breaks up the monotony of a long training day, I'm able to focus on staying in a particular heart rate zone, and I look forward viewing my results afterwards. Here's a break down of distances covered thus far: Swim  = 78.11 miles / Time spent: 40 hours; 90 minutes Bike  = 1,536.56 miles / Time spent: 92 hours; 68 minutes Run  = 267.98 / Time spent: ...