The picture today is a shot from probably the most epic stage in cyling history.  It’s a gentle reminder to myself that success comes from working hard – even if it doesn’t seem like fun – especially because when you look back – it might have been fun.  However, it needs to be tempered with working easy.

Racine …

The goal for SORT was to simply have a great race.  Going into the race the intention was:

Bike:
0-20′ EZ, use PM to stay easy
20′- 65/70′ 240-250 Real Time
65/70′-End “ 250-260 Real Time

Run:
First loop: Target 44 minutes (avoid last years mistake)
Second loop: Faster than first

Swim: 21:32
4th OA

I started out at a …

I’m working on my race report for SORT yesterday.  Long story short it was a good race.  I was the first person out of the water – hopefully somebody got a good picture of me in my Gear Grinder kit!  Swim was short, but fast.

The bike went really well I averaged 252 (257 NP) on the bike.  Higher than my average power …

Shannon and gang
I wanted to offer you a few pieces of feedback from today’s SORT race.

First off I am a huge fan of your races. I have done SORT 5 times now, and have done the TTT 4 times, and plan to do it a 5th next year. Up until this year I considered SORT to be equal to or only slightly behind Ironman races in …

Figured it was time for an update.  After embarrasing performances at my last couple of races – namely Elkhart Lake and High Cliff I finally had a good race.

This past weekend I returned to Stevens Point to defend my win last year, I wasn’t going alone as I had managed to convince Matt, his wife, and Mary to …

In the past I’ve always had a picture, phrase or something to really drive the wimpyness out of me.  My reminder that I needed to HTFU.

After my dismal performance at High Cliff, Mary said it was probably time for a new one – I found it last night while reading Triathlete magazine:

..each morning I wake up and take a …

Recently Gordo posted an excellent blog entry on his site.  It never fails to seem that whenever I am having some floundering thoughts about things, Gordo always seems to write something that drives deeply into the precise subject I am thinking about. 

The short summary of his recent post is that over the last several …

Next Monday, I am helping lead an Ironman Training Clinic.  The clinic will be lead by Bob Hanisch (http://www.peakperformancepros.com/).  We’ll be discussing what to focus on in the final weeks leading up to an Ironman race when you are looking to not just finish the race, but rock star it.

The clinic is free for …

Having had a few days to digest my race at Elkhart Lake, I have a few main thoughts regarding the race in general and my performance.

The race locale and the course were great.  I don’t think I have swam in a clearer lake, although it was really chilly the water clarity made it nice to swim in.  The bike course was …