Comments on: Adam Survives 2008 Loggerhead Triathlon

By: adamsteinhoff

adamsteinhoff — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 14:21:28 +0000

I’d like to post a comment on the picture above that shows a time of 1:49:09. My time was actually 1:29:09, because my heat started 20 minutes after the start of the race.

By: adamsteinhoff

adamsteinhoff — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 14:20:34 +0000

Matt: I’m on track.

I have no worries for the half-Ironman in November. As I’ve said before – I can do ANYTHING that I put my mind to. Even if I am not fully prepared, I will find a way to make my mind/body do what is necessary to complete the challenge.

By: kls

kls — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 05:37:48 +0000

Training can kill you. During WWII, I read that it was decided that parachute training was just as likely to kill you as jumping into combat.

In cases where they only expected you to make one jump, they’d do ground training and make your do your first one with bullets whizzing around.

Maybe he’s afraid he’s only got one half-Ironman in him this season. There’s only so much wax in the candle.

By: matt

matt — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 15:22:35 +0000

Clarification from the elder brother: I knew he’d finish the Loggerhead Triathlon. I even had money placed that he’d be in the upper two-thirds of the field. With his finish in 399th place (out of 600 entries), he made me five bucks but only by one position. Next time, Adam, how about giving me some breathing room? Overall, Adam did great.

On the other hand, it’s the half-Ironman in Miami I’m worried about on his behalf. The Loggerhead was 16.475 miles — Sprint length. The half-Ironman is 70.3 miles. That’s more than four times longer. I saw the pain in his face as he crossed the line after the short event.

Adam: do you feel you will need to adjust your training schedule for the half-Ironman or do you see yourself as still being on the right track?

—Matt

By: kls

kls — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 17:07:42 +0000

Oh, and, by the way. He had FIVE kids in that stroller, not the four that you counted.

By: kls

kls — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 17:06:28 +0000

I looked up what I thought was his number and saw those stats, but couldn’t believe they could be right.

I was confused by what looked like a 9 on the back of his calf, but 603 on the saide. I didn’t realize they put your age there, also.

What he did WAS impressive.

By: adamsteinhoff

adamsteinhoff — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 17:01:30 +0000

It seems that the guy who needs recognition not only needs it for being a good dad by including his FOUR kids into his race, but actually for completing the race FIRST in his division. AND THEN turning around and doing it again with his kids.

A detailed look at the two pictures on your website shows that his age is “39″ and his number was “603″. Cross referencing this on the final results page shows that he completed the race in just over an hour.

Additionally, I remember seeing him on my way back from the turn around on the run. His age group would have been done WAY before mine, so he had actually completed the race already, picked up the kids and turned around to do it again.

Not only that, but his pace looked faster than mine the second time around.

Kudos David Reback from North Palm Beach. I’ll see you at the next one.

Adam