Interview with Macca 2 days before 2009 Ironman Kona
Saturday, October 10th, 2009I interviewed Chris McCormack for I am Specialized.
I interviewed Chris McCormack for I am Specialized.
Before the start- calm, smiley AND READY TO KICK ASS! Photo by Nils Nilsen
I knew I had my 4th XTERRA World title in the bag. I knew it.
I felt the strongest I have felt in years. Tore up the bike course and had between 2min30 and 3min lead with only 6k to go on the bike- and then the P word happened again- on the smoothest road [...]
I started XTERRA training at 4 years old when single speed and white tires were all the rage.
I’m in Maui, Hawaii. It has been my birthday for almost 24 hrs and, it will keep going for at least another 20 hrs. Thanks to Facebook, I have been getting birthday wishes from folks in Australasia almost [...]
photo by Rich Cruse
Just got home after midnight. Amber decided it would be fun to walk the WHOLE marathon. All 7h30 of it. And then spend some time in the Medical tent. Ouch. A long, tough day. Read more about it at www.ambermonforte.com
Chrissie Wellington had a flat, spent 10 mins fixing it and still won [...]
The Ironman village had a demo booth where athletes can test run shoes, ride bikes etc. I worked at the Avia booth and was amazed at the size and energy of this whole Kona/Ironman thing. The Avi Lite II seems to be the most poplular for IM racing- its light with plenty of cushioning. [...]