Honolulu · Jay and Michelle Miller
Two Honolulu age-groupers. Swim, bike, run, and the week around it.
We started late. Olympic distance, halves, marathons, 70.3, full Ironman. This is the written log — what worked, what we would not do again, and the week around the race.
This season
What we just learned
Honolulu does not care about your FTP. The dew point does.
Field note: heat is the fourth sportOn the calendar
The race we keep writing about
Olympic, half iron, marathon, full Ironman. The week around 140.6 is the part nobody puts on the highlight reel.
Going the full distanceThe house
Two engines. One kitchen. One calendar.
Michelle talked Jay into a marathon for his 50th. He sat on an easy pace so she could PR a half. That is the whole project: age-group racing as a couple in Hawaii, without turning it into a coaching funnel.
About Jay and Michelle
Archive
Race reports
Race
Going the full distance
Olympic, half iron, marathon, full Ironman. The week around 140.6 is the part nobody puts on the highlight reel.
Race
Honu 70.3: the first time the distance was the point
Jay, Kona, 1.2 miles of ocean, 56 miles of lava, 13.1 in the heat. He had not wanted this race. He finished it.
Race
Hibiscus Half: sit on the easy pace
Michelle ran 2:12. Jay sat on an easy pace for him and pushed her to a PR. A chicken joined at the top of Diamond Head.
Do’s and don’ts
Lessons we would tell a friend
Lesson
Honolulu is not a recovery week
Heat, salt, and a course that looks pretty in photos.
Lesson
Whose day is it
The only couples-training rule we would defend in public.
Lesson
Don’t sign up before the long run exists
Jay did not want a marathon until Michelle put it on a birthday. The work still had to be real.