Becoming Ironman Part 1: Prologue

Back


I began the long road of Becoming Ironman in 2004, after my first season of triathlon and Olympic distance race. The Prologue of my Becoming Ironman movie introduces the rest of the movie while covering 2004-2006 racing and training.

Channel: Sports
Uploaded: October 4, 2006 at 12:57 am
Author: xt4

Length: 00:04:17
Rating: 4.79
Views: 115241

Tags: Ironman Wisconsin Triathlon Triathlete IMWI

Video Comments:
erickfarion (October 7, 2008 at 3:45 am)
Hey, great videos man! Congratulations! Great inspiration!
I'm only 16 and I'm brazilian, I use to train at a computrainer (maybe you don't know, it's a training roll managed by a computer). And today I found there the "Ironman Wisconsin" track, so I remembered these videos and selected it :D
It was pretty hard, but today I was great, so no big problems! And I even downloaded the music from this video, and I just got crazy when it played on my Mp3 during this track!
kjmjay (September 24, 2008 at 5:29 am)
im 18. cant afford to get a bike. but i did a marathon. once i reach the 42km line. i told myself. man im addicted.
bbakk1207 (August 31, 2008 at 2:22 am)
xt4,
awesome video man. I just completed my first sprint on 8/23 and i'm hooked. I watch this video daily as motivation.
xt4 (September 3, 2008 at 4:06 pm)
Congratulations on your first sprint! I hope the race went well, and I'm glad you've found some motivation here. Best of luck as you continue!
georgewatts94 (August 21, 2008 at 12:40 pm)
im only 13 so i cant compete in any long tris so im training hard till im 16 then im doing my first sprint distance, then il build up.
chupacoto007 (August 20, 2008 at 3:15 am)
PAIN IS JUST WEAKNESS LEAVING THE BODY
sven31415 (August 25, 2008 at 12:20 am)
Today i was cycling on the famous Nuerburgring Nordschleife about 150 km, 3500 meter climb.
On the last climb i talked to a guy who already had alread made 200 km and >4000 meter climb on this day and he said:
"My pain of today is my strength of tomorrow."

I totally agree and like that sentence.
sven31415 (August 17, 2008 at 7:55 am)
Hello x14,

yesterday i finished my first Triathlon. It was a medium distance Triathlon (2km/74km/21km).
I am so proud. Now i am a real Triathlete.

Best regards

Sven
xt4 (August 20, 2008 at 5:16 am)
Congratulations Sven! Great work, and I hope you really enjoyed yourself. What's next!?!? :)
xt4 (August 14, 2008 at 5:14 pm)
Thanks wagonman, I really appreciate the kind note. Very best of luck to you, and I support your approach - many people are "jumping into" IM right now, even as their first triathlon, and you're doing yourself a huge service to take a multi-year approach. You'll learn so much more, and be better prepared. Keep me posted on your progress, and all the best!