by Anthony Cece | Jan 2, 2014 | Kona Bound
Check Out My Underpants, the Bachelor and My Speedsuit The Hawaii IM was the first time I had entered an IM with any kind of defined expectations of how I was hoping to perform. Of course any pressure associated with these expectations was of my own creation, but I...
by Anthony Cece | Jan 2, 2014 | Kona Bound
Race Day, Endless Flow and the Snowplow Thanks to the time change I had been able to fall asleep fairly soon after going to bed, and, for the first time prior to an IM, woke at 3:30 AM with a decent amount of sleep and feeling well rested. Race day was finally here...
by Anthony Cece | Jan 2, 2014 | Kona Bound
A Mystic Named Autumn After the race I tried to find my mom and sister but couldn’t. They’d actually signed up to be volunteers at the finish when I was meant to cross much earlier in the day (we’d all actually been picturing a better scripted...
by Anthony Cece | Jan 2, 2014 | Kona Bound
More Karma? The morning after the race, I examined the front wheel that had given me so much difficulty during the race. I was curious as to how well it had actually been secured to the rim, and wondered whether I had just simply been having a bad day or was the tire...
by Anthony Cece | Jan 2, 2014 | Kona Bound
Kupau As my cramps had been so debilitating on race day, I hadn’t been able to give my full effort. While this was what particularly bummed me out about the race, it at least meant that I was able to ride without issue in the days following the race, to actually...
by Anthony Cece | Jan 2, 2014 | Kona Bound
Mahalo at a Player When You See One in the Street There are quite a few people I owe a deep sense of gratitude towards in my attempt at the Hawaii Ironman. All the friends and family who were never short on encouraging words or understanding about my near social...
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