by Brian Muldowney | Dec 23, 2017 | Ironman Training, Recovery, Training
I had big plans for 2017. I signed up for my second full Ironman (Ironman Arizona) and planned on crushing my 1st Ironman time by an hour or two. My other plans included the Patriot Half 70.3 in June and Lake Placid 70.3 in September. Things didn’t go...
by Brian Muldowney | Sep 14, 2017 | Ironman Training, Training
I’ve only ridden outside two times before heading to Lake Placid. Luckily, I’ve built up some fitness on the bike with the trainer, but my tongue surgery pushed me back a little. I’ve been pretty much on a liquid diet since the surgery and...
by Brian Muldowney | Sep 5, 2017 | Ironman Training, Recovery, Training
On August 17th, just about a week after my tongue surgery, I got back on the road again with my road bike. I wanted to do it earlier, but with the weather, my surgery and work – I just didn’t manage to do it. It would have made sense to do it earlier...
by Brian Muldowney | Sep 5, 2017 | Ironman Training, Recovery
My training has taken a backseat to recovering from tongue surgery. On August 10th, I had surgery to fix a flap that was created from my upper teeth slicing into my tongue. Before this took place, I was presented with the option of staying awake for the surgery and...
by Brian Muldowney | Aug 14, 2017 | Ironman Training, Recovery, Training
I am starting to see some gains in swimming and running this week, July 31st – August 6th. I also managed to lose my temporary crown on Tuesday during my open water swim class. It is somewhere at the bottom of Naticook and I didn’t realize it until I was...
by Brian Muldowney | Aug 8, 2017 | Ironman Training, Recovery, Training
I am definitely getting closer to normal with this week of training, July 24th – 30th. Although I continue to have daily headaches with varying degrees of pain due to my concussion and limited range of motion with my head/neck, I was able to complete more than...