Wow, I’m bad

Hi everyone and SORRY for not updating In Anatshell.

I have a new blog now for my Ironman training. Check it out at http://www.the3rdwheel.com

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Gaudi , intervals , Gaudi , long run , Gaudi (MT Week 4,5,6/17)

In the past few weeks I ran all over Bouc Bel-Air and Barcelona, swam out of three different beaches , kayaked twice and road through France for 80km with my mom.  Leave it to me to turn a family vacation into a training camp… and drag others along with me

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I’m here… Now what? (MT Week 3/17)

James Bond would have been proud.  I arrived at the Marseilles airport, got a parking ticket from the El-Al desk, found a car with a specific license plate, took the key from under the front wheel, drove to a house somewhere in Provence and voila! I’m home.  James doesn’t need to know that I didn’t understand how to put the car in reverse or that It took me 40 minutes to find the El-Al desk or that after each thing I did or place I arrived, the only thought in my head was ‘Alright… I’m here… Now what??’ .  All that matters is that I successfully swapped houses with another family and that my Orbea is safely by my side. Read more »

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Maccabiah Chai (MT Week 2/17)

Me and Benjamin Netanyahu

No, it’s not a Jewish version of Indian tea… The Maccabiah Chai Games began this week with a spectacular ceremony at the stadium in Ramat Gan.  I wasn’t there as an athlete but rather as a VIP right in front of the bullet proof glass that separated me from the big wigs.

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Marathon Training (Week 1/17)

Let the marathon training begin!

I’m signed up for the NYC Marathon on the 1st of November.  My target time will be determined according by the result of the Maccabiah half marathon on the 21st of July in Netanya.  My goal for the half marathon is 1:50 which would be a 4 minute improvment on the Washington DC half.

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3 Triathlon in 1 month

I thought about this during the bike ride in the Tel-Aviv triathlon

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Giro D’hotel Dory

What better way to relax in Italy than to wake up every morning, have a nice big breakfast, get dressed and go for a nice long, relaxed… 140 Kilometer bike ride  up mountains, down steep roads with the constant fear of losing another riders draft on the flats.  Vacation has taken on an entirely new meaning to me. Read more »

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Ironman 70.3 – Where dreams come true

2,600 participants …. each had his or her name printed in bold letter on their bib… crowds were cheering for each and every person : “Go Brian!! You can do it Jennifer! It’s the end Mike!” and then I show up, a perplexed look on their face as they see the letters A-N-A-T, they quickly shake their head and yell “Good luck… to you!”.

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