Posts Tagged ‘israman’

Try to follow the emotions in the video.  Can you tell when we are nervous, anxious, focused, relieved, loving, silly, and happy? This video was embedded using the YouTuber plugin by Roy Tanck. Adobe Flash Player is required to view the video.

Last weekend we celebrated Inbal’s half Israman. From “i cant swim” to half Ironman in less then 6 month!… Good luck with the London Marathon!

Running technique for dummies.. and by dummies I mean dummy… me. I joined a long distance triathlon group called Zone 3*applause* and I have a new coach – Lior Zach-Maor *applause again*. Before Lior I was training with Sharone Aharone from Chicago but the distance took it’s toll.  Sharone is an amazing person and coach [...]

Yea, you heard me. Don’t pretend you didn’t. Five years after birth is the last time this happened… but in a race, like in war, and like in the kiddie pool, with lack of a more appropriate phrase – You DO what you have to DO. I did what I had to do … I, [...]

Friends, Family, and Fools! Tamir, Raanan and I have completed the Israman 1/2 Ironman.  The complete recap of the race will come tomorrow but I wanted to give you some photos and commentary in the meanwhile. Wetsuit fun – From left to right : My mom , Me , Tamir. My parents came all the [...]

- Flights to Bangkok – CONFIRMED – Flights to Samui – CONFIRMED – Hotels Samui & Pangan – CONFIRMED – Baby sitting – CONFIRMED 7 days to Israman, 9 days to sawadika!…

Lets get busy. It’s taper time until the 29th of January and that means one thing – Stop eating so much! It also means something else; It means that it’s time to start thinking about what the I’m going to do during the race. It’s time to contemplate the swim, bike and run. It’s time [...]

The description of this ride is being carefuly edited and puctuated by Raanan as we speak. In the meantime, here is the video of our ride on Saturday. We rode 130km and then ran 45 minutes . Ba Ktana (In the small; no big deal) This video was embedded using the YouTuber plugin by Roy [...]

We are all standing in the cold staring at the Red Sea with our untinted goggles and bright yellow bathing caps.  The Jordan flag peaks up from the other side of the water and three big red buoys stand between us and the other side. Under each yellow bathing cap is an anxious face awaiting [...]