One week from today, I will have hopefully completed Ironman Cozumel in under 17 hours. And hopefully, I’ll be in a condition to tell the tale. I’m a little scared. It’s funny… I can go speak in front of thousands of people and never get one butterfly. This, though? This is getting me worried. Sunday, November 28th, 2010. It all comes down to that. TriSmarter has been there with me every step of the way, and they say I’m ready. I hope I am. I’ll keep you posted. A good vibe, prayer, or thought wouldn’t be unwelcome.

Thanks to the guys at MyAthlete Tracking, if you’ve nothing to do around 8am Eastern Time on Sunday morning, September 12th, 2012, click on the link below and watch me represented as a red dot, biking and running all around Washington, DC and the surrounding areas. MyAthlete Tracking: Peter Shankman, Nation’s Triathlon Let’s rip this.

Last week I tweeted that I’d come up with the perfect challenge for myself for September. So here it is. I’m going to try and go the entire month without using Mass Transit, Taxicabs, or car services within the five boroughs AT ALL. In other words, I’m going to become a pure, 100% walker. I live all the way on one side of Manhattan. (The West side. The good side.) Anyway… There’s a bus that stops right in front of my apartment, and makes it incredibly easy to get to the middle of the city, where I can grab any subway I want. While this is easy, it also lets me leave at like, 7:40 for an 8am meeting downtown, [...]

Cross posted at trainpetertrain.com (which is also trainfatasstrain.com), and shankman.com The dates are official. The nutritionist started today, 2/23/10. I have to keep a food log for a week before she’ll even talk to me again. Kill me. The training, through TriSmarter.com, starts on 3/31/10 in earnest – i.e., all the running, biking, swimming I’m doing now doesn’t count for shit. I mean, sure it does in the concept that any exercise I do is good for me… But compared to what I’m afraid they’re going to have me doing… Wow. It’s gonna be… Well, I’m training for a full Ironman. I’ve never done that before. So I don’t know what it’s gonna be. But I’m scared to death. But [...]