Mr. Cartmell placed at Ironman Arizona 2011 in 26th overall and as 25th PRO.

Swim: 48:44

Total: 8:50:14

Bravo!

Long season…

So tomorrow morning I’m racing an Ironman again - Tempe, Arizona. I’m excited to have a shot at the long stuff again, as its been a little while since I last gave it a go. Quite some time actually. That being said it (like most things in life) seems to have rolled around much sooner than I thought it would! Always the way

This was me race morning in Kona last month… watching an Ironman, but also getting fired up to race one again. – It’s kind of a big deal doing one of these things! Read on …

As I’ve admitted, my blogging has been at best, poor over the past couple of months, but that’s not to say that I don’t have anything to blog about. Quite the opposite – it’s probably been the most busy and fun 60 days I’ve been lucky enough to have because of triathlon! I thought I would do a post mostly of pictures with some quick captions to cover some of the period …

Racing along the Pacific Coast Highway during the Malibu Triathlon on Sept 18th – for the relatively ‘boring’ concept of an out and back - its one of the nicest I’ve raced; the waves crashing and the surfers running to catch them is kinda cool I think.

Read on …