I headed down to Titusville, Florida this weekend for the inaugural Rocketman Half-Ironman Triathlon, which boasts one of the most unique race courses in the triathlon calendar.  The week leading up to the race had been constant rain storms and wind across most of Florida, so I had been watching the weather reports fairly actively throughout the days before it.  Fortunately, the rains stopped as I was driving down on Saturday to go to...

I competed in the inaugural Ironman 70.3 Miami half-Iron distance triathlon on October 30, 2010 in downtown Miami, Florida. This race would be my second WTC/Ironman event of the four half- and full-Iron distance events I’ve raced in the past two years. The race was plagued with problems starting well before race day and certainly at every facet of the event itself. Rather than write a typical race report that describes my day from...

I chose the Gulf Coast Triathlon as my first half-Ironman event, mostly because several friends from my triathlon club were also doing it. The event is held in Panama City Beach, Florida near Pensacola. I’m from Florida, so I’m not sure why I didn’t think about the fact that this is a race in a Florida beach community in May. Maybe that wasn’t the smartest of ideas for someone who dislikes racing in the heat, but by...