Category: Endurance

2025 – Ironman 70.3 – North Carolina

paschmann

4 years in a row! A pretty solid training block going into this race despite some last minute travel to Germany for work.

2025 NC HIM Goal Plan vs Actuals
– Swim: 26:00 (Actual: 25:55, 140th OA)
– T1: 5:00 (Actual: 4:30)
– Bike: 2:10 (235W, 245Nor AVG < 160BPM) (Actual: 2:19, 150HR, 234W Avg, 239WNor, 18th OA)
– T2: 2:00 (Actual: 1:30)
– Run: 1:29 (6:35 @ 168bpm) (Actual: 1:39, 8W, 159HR, 60th OA)
– Finish: 04:20:00
– Result: #3 AG, 20 OA, AG Winner 4:15?, OA Winner 3:59?
– Training Load:
– CTL: 75 → 98 (Peak) 99 (Race)
– Bike Load: 46 (Peak) 45 (Race)
– Run Load: 35 (Peak) 36 (Race)
– Biggest Week: 13.1 Hours, 864 TSS
– Recovery Week: ~9 hours
– Avg Week: ~12 hours

Race: Belews Olympic Triathlon

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I signed up for this 2 days before the race and took advantage to get some goo open water practice in. I wasn’t quite fit enough to compete for the top spot, but considering it was at the end of a 3 week build block, I shouldn’t be surprised. I basically was only able to swim, ride and run at around 70.3 pace (and even that felt hard!). Fun day overall, great location for a race and plan to go back again next year!

2025 – Ironman 70.3 Chattanooga

paschmann

Another Ironman 70.3 race under my belt and my best overall finish to date! It was slightly disappointing that the swim was cancelled due to strong currents, but if its the same for everyone, that works for me 🙂

The race venue, people and weather were perfect. Aside from my very first 70.3 in Augusta, I think this has been my favorite. This was probably influenced by some personal bests on all fronts, however, with not having a swim, I think that could have been expected to a small extent.

The weekend started by taking a beautiful drive up to Chattanooga through the mountains on Thursday, I left early so I could get work in once I arrived and avoid some traffic. The drive alone is worth the trip, along the beautiful Nantahala river through towns like Asheville and Bryson City. read more

Goodbye Canyon Lux

paschmann

While prepping my bike for Leadville, I completely screwed up and managed to strip the hex head of the shock mount bolt. I subsequently used an easy out to get some grip on the bolt and start applying some rotational torque. In doing so, I missed the fact the bolt could be seized in the shock bushing 🙁 So while I thought I turning the bolt out, I was implying “pushing” the back of the shock stay outward, and it cracked the frame 🙁

Sweating I reached out to Canyon, explained the situation, and they kindly warranted it! Part of the claim process was to destroy the old frame so after ~ 4,814 miles, it’s gone in the trash can. Some good memories on this bike for sure! read more