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Other Epic Experiences
Spoiler alert ... my dad bod in a tight fitting bike kit will be coming to a big screen near you!! But before I dive into that, I want toread more -
Ultraman Florida 2024 Race Report
Ironman & Triathlons
I've got this thing about unfinished business. In this case unfinished races. In 2020 while trying to maintain my qualification to compete in the IRONMAN World Championship I participated inread more -
IRONMAN Cozumel 2023 Race Report
Ironman & Triathlons
This Iron stuff sure doesn’t get any easier! This one had a special meaning to me because it was an attempt at redemption for the only IRONMAN I dropped outread more -
6 Incredible days in Cambodia
Other Epic Experiences
It all started with my younger daughter letting us know she wanted to go on a South East Asia trip in the fall. My knee jerk reaction was “There isread more -
Ironman 70.3 New York at Jones Beach Race Report
Ironman & Triathlons
It’s been a few months since my last post and/or book update. Good news on both fronts. Had a crazy race adventure worth writing up so here goes. Oh, theread more -
My BIG mental adventure
Other Epic Experiences
I normally blog about physical adventures like mountaineering and triathlons. Last weekend I had an incredible mental adventure that I wanted to share. It all started when I started readingread more -
Ultraman Florida 2023 Race Report
Ironman & Triathlons
It's been a while since my last post. I've been pretty busy with my advisory business as well as my book project. Speaking of which, I'll provide a quick updateread more -
The writing is complete. Thanks to helicopter delays!
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The writing for my upcoming book is FINALLY done!! The manuscript writing that is :-) What's a manuscript? I didn't know either. It's basically the raw version of ~50,000 wordsread more -
Ironman World Championship Kona Race Report
Ironman & Triathlons
Everything about the IM World Championship was world class. I’ve raced at over a dozen Ironman venues, all are great, some are excellent, but this one tops them all. Ifread more -
Road to Kona Training : Week of Sep 26 and Oct 3 (PIVKON -0)
Ironman & Triathlons
Aloha from Kailua-Kona Hawaii!! Hard to believe but PIVKON is finally here. 10 hours until the cannon goes off and 11 hours before I hit the water for a littleread more -
Road to Kona Training : Week of Sep 19 (PIVKON -1)
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Getting closer...Pivnik’s Kona dream (PIVKON) is next week! Flights, hotels, connecting flights, Airbnb, cars all booked, rebooked, double and triple checked. We finally go wheels up on Wednesday which willread more -
Road to Kona Training : Week of Sep 5 and 12 (PIVKON -2)
Ironman & Triathlons
PIVKON-2 for any new readers is short for Pivnik's (me) Kona Dream - 2 weeks out :-) This post will cover two weeks because some Sunday travel got in theread more -
Road to Kona Training : Week of Aug 29 (PIVKON -4)
Ironman & Triathlons
August is finally in the books! With the main event only 759 hours away I put in a very solid effort last month biking 480 miles, running 77 miles andread more -
Road to Kona Training : Week of Aug 22 (PIVKON -5)
Ironman & Triathlons
5 Weeks away from the big day. 38 days to be exact! Last week was intense with 5,200 yards of swimming, 23 miles running and 142 miles of biking. Thisread more -
Road to Kona Training : Week of Aug 15 (PIVKON -6)
Ironman & Triathlons
I miscalculated the title of the last post, it should have been -7...So here we are PIVKON Minus 6 or to be more specific 45 days away from the bigread more -
Road to Kona Training : Week of Aug 8 (PIVKON -8)
Ironman & Triathlons
What is PIVCON?? It's something between Comic Con because my family thinks I'm a character and a DevCon level because I do feel like I'm going to explode due toread more -
Zion 100k Ultra Marathon Race Report
Marathons & Ultra's
Instead of blogging about this entire race experience, I’m going to just cover my drama filled final hours here and I will create my very first V-Log on YouTube sometime soon.read more -
Great start and snow angels to cool down.
Other Epic Experiences
Week 1 of 2022 was like the beginning of any new hobby or initiative. A lot of energy and tons of "I've got this" feelings and making working out aread more -
My addiction to Ironman
Ironman & Triathlons
I'm almost done with a book called Dopamine Nation by Dr. Anna Lembke. From Amazon: This book is about pleasure. It’s also about pain. Most important, it’s about how toread more -
Alaska : Denali (Mt. Mckinley) Expedition
Mountaineering & Adventures
With unfinished business from my 2014 expedition on Denali I booked a second attempt with my favorite tour company RMI. I purposefully selected the expedition lead by Hannah Smith asread more -
Arches and Zion National Park, Moab UTAH and Vegas
Mountaineering & Adventures
Last month I had a fun adventure to Lake Meade, Bryce Canyon and Zion National Park. I left with some unfinished business in Zion that you’ll read about down below.read more -
Antelope Canyon Ultra Marathon Race Report
Marathons & Ultra's
Sometime in September ‘19 I got the bug to fill up the adventure calendar for 2020 and an email from VacationRaces.com caught my attention. After clicking on the link Iread more -
Helicopter Skiing in British Columbia
Other Epic Experiences
After 6 years of coming here it is about time I share what my now annual heli skiing adventure in British Columbia is like. The place I've been going toread more -
Ironman Barcelona Race Report
Ironman & Triathlons
The quest for 12 Ironman finishes continued in Barcelona Spain. If I complete 12 I get to enter what they call the Legacy Lottery where 100 mortals get a chanceread more -
Dinner in the Dark
Other Epic Experiences
This blog is mainly for adventure and travel stories but last night's "Dinner in the Dark" qualifies. I had the unfortunate experience of being temporarily blind (in each eye separatelyread more -
Ironman Arizona Race Report & Gourmet chicken broth discovery
Ironman & Triathlons
I’ve never been happier to end a race. My body is trashed from the insane load I’ve but on it this year and Sunday’s finish line was truly a symbolicread more -
French Castle and Wine Porsche Tour
Other Epic Experiences
Since this blog was originally started to document travel trips, I’ll interrupt the flow of race reports and mountain adventures with a write up of an epic trip that myread more -
Ironman Vichy Race Report
Ironman & Triathlons
I was born in the former Soviet Union, now the Ukraine, in the city of Odessa. My birth name is Vichislav. My parents called me Slavik and still do inread more -
Ironman Canada Whistler Race Report
Ironman & Triathlons
Signing up for two full Ironman races in the same month seamed like a great challenge. Even though I was concerned about recovery time after IM Frankfurt it proved toread more