Iron Camp

If you are an Iron Virgin, these camps, sponsored by my coach, are for you. Check it out:

Iron Camp Midwest
Iron Camp West
Iron Camp East

While you can get a lot of good information about tips for this and that from the Internet, there is no substitute for several days of expert discussion and advice. Plus, you may get to meet me if you attend Iron Camp Midwest! And if you're really lucky, you might get to ride and/or run with me! I'll be up in Madison that weekend biking my brains out in preparation for my next Ironman race.

I originally met my coach at one of these camps in 2003. At the time, I was self-coached, and I was so impressed by Rich and his solid training and execution knowledge that I decided that the next time I was considering utilizing a coach that he would be "the man." And that time came the following spring when I found out (from Rich, actually) that I had secured a lottery entry into Ironman Hawaii.

I would recommend this camp even for those of you who have an internet-based coach, i.e., you do not meet with this person regularly and the bulk of your exchange is conducted via email. I have mentored several other athletes who had such coaches, and while they had solid training plans, there is a lot more to successfully completing an Iron-distance event than the training itself. And even though I have mentored other Iron Virgins, I still send them to camp so that they know what I am telling them is the real deal!

Now you might be thinking, "isn't this too close to the race to be of benefit to me?" The answer is NO. Again, one of the key takeaways I got from that camp I attended was execution techniques. And I was able to utilize them in my very next Ironman race with success!

Sure there's more money involved in attending this camp, but if you look at what you are getting, it's actually a great deal. If you think you might do more than one Ironman race in your lifetime, it's money well spent.