The last two weeks have had some big results for a few of my athletes. Matt ran a PR in the 5k and broke 20 minutes for the first time “since the 90′s”. Nick blasted out a massive PR at 10k (3+ minutes) to finish second in the first race of the local Winter Running Series. Finally – Kendrick had a huge PR at …
- Tomorrow I’ll be embarking on my fifteenth Ironman triathlon. On the surface there is nothing overly special to me about the number 15. It’s not considered lucky, it’s not a prime number, it’s just a nice round number, half way between 10 and 20. What is more significant about tomorrow, is that I have directed a lot of …
Read More Before I go to far into the depths of my brain, first a long over-due update of the state of Scott.
I’ve knocked out a few races this season and had some inconsistent results. I had intended to race 70.3 Worlds in Mont Treblanc via qualification at Kansas 70.3, but that didn’t work out. I didn’t get a slot outright, …
Read MoreThis past weekend it was Homecoming at UW-Stevens point, combined with it being an odd year – it meant that Mary, Ethan and I headed up for the biennial UWSP swimming alumni extravaganza. This meant the plan for the weekend was a laid back swim meet, hanging out with friends, drinking, and a breakfast at the Wooden …
Read MoreAgain, it’s been a while since my last post. Life has been keeping me busy, and for various reasons I haven’t been making the time to write – despite my desire at the end of the year to do it regularly.
This season contained a few breakthroughs. On paper, looking at the results it’s not fully evident when you …
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Well geez, I’m embarrassed to say that we are approaching the midpoint of the year, and I’m doing a pretty lousy job on some of my earlier stated goals for this year. The specifics of why I haven’t lived up to my goals are relatively unimportant, what’s important is that I failed to make daily …
Read MoreA short post to share some of my targets and goals for 2013.
Goals:
Be present in the moment – enjoy every experience life offers me.
Go for walks with my dog and son on a regular basis.
Write a meaningful blog post every other week.
Consume less.
Sleep more.
Eat well.
Do not chase …
Read MoreIt’s that time of year again – how did my triathlon season go? As a whole it went very good. There are parts of it that I’m not happy with and parts that I am happy with.
Training: with the addition of a 2 year old to my family in April – there was a strong possibility that I would have issues doing the …
Read MorePre-Race:
After a pair of major breakthroughs at Kona and IMAZ last year, I set some admittedly lofty goals for myself this year at Kona. One of those goals was to finish in the top 5 in my Age Group; I figured a performance along the lines of IMAZ would put me in strong contention for this.
We arrived on …
Read MoreI’ll post my race report shortly, but the long story short race report is such: Race week was magical and glittery. The few short efforts on the bike and run were a piece of cake. My typical pre-race 1,000 for time on Monday was crazy – 11:17 @ 1,000 SCY and 12:25 @ 1,100 SCY (basically 1,000 SCM). That …
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