Welcome to my MS CCSVI research fundraising blog. I am currently training for a double (ultra - 4.8 mile swim, 224 mile bike, 52.4 mile run) ironman in September of 2010 in an effort to fundraise for MS CCSVI research. You can check out my fundraiser site at http://www.microgiving.com/profile/chuck. I suggest clicking on the "About Me" tab as the MicroGiving.com templates were a little limiting so the profile page did not allow me to add all the content I wanted to add. MicroGiving.com does not keep any of the donations for administration/overhead fee. That means 100% of your donation goes directly to fund CCSVI MS research. For more information about CCSVI you can go to http://csvi-ms.net/en/content/ccsvi-huge-breakthrough-ms. Please help spread the word about my fundraising efforts. Thanks.


Thursday, September 23, 2010

My body still is not right. I've had bad heartburn 2 nights and an upset stomach another since the race. No fun :(

Wednesday, September 22, 2010

One of my bruised/swollen ankles...
Sorry for not publishing a race report yet, but I do not have access to a computer.... I will say that a had nightmares about the run for 3 nights. I will publish a race report in a few days.

Sunday, September 19, 2010

The bike was awesome. I split 10 hours 51 minutes. Crazy considering that I had 90 U turns. That was a new bike course record by 48 minutes.

Saturday, September 18, 2010

My bloody elbow from a shallow rocky swim. Cut it on a rock.
The volunteers and other racers were wonderful and supportive. My support crew (family and Bowmans) were great. I had multiple people tell me how impressed they were with my crew. I can honestly say I probably would not have finished the race if Jessica, Ann, Alex, Seth, Saige, Zac, my mom, and my dad were not there to encourage, walk, and run with me during those rough patching in the double marathon.
Ouch! The race is over... I have been awake for 34 hours and counting now. The swim went well... 1 hour 58 minutes in a speedsuit. I missed the swm course record by 1 min which was set by a person a fees years back in a wetsuit.... Oh well...