Pleasant Prairie 2008
Aug 25, 2008The goal for the weekend was to go sub 2 hours. I knew the bike course was going to be a little short because of a slight course change, so the goal was really – go fast enough that it would be sub 2 hours if the course was a legit 40k bike. After the experiment at Racine to go sans watch + HRM, I decided to use the …
Read MorePleasant Prairie Tri
Aug 19, 2008A new Race Report is up! I had the Pleasant Prairie Triathlon this past weekend. I am really happy with the result. It is a great boost in confidence and motivation builder for the last couple of weeks leading up to IMWI.
Read MoreNo worries
Aug 6, 2008Last week I started to have a lot aniexty building about Ironman Wisconsin. With only a few weeks to go until the race – I felt my fitness was not where I had hoped to be, and that I had not done enough long rides, runs, etc. to even be able to finish the race in a "respectable" time – i.e. run the whole …
Read MoreSpirit of Racine 2008
Jul 28, 2008Racine Post Race Analysis I decided to take a
Read MoreA new race report
Jul 21, 2008My race report for the Spirit of Racine is up! I’ve got to go back and post some for earlier races this year!
Read MoreWhat I have learned
Jul 16, 2008I’ve learned a lot of things thus far in life. I can only imagine the knoweldge I’ll have gained over the next 20+ years of life – some of the high points: Slow and Steady does win the race – when you consider a race to be a goal or objective over several years It’s easier to do the work and let "it" come to …
Read MoreCompletely awesome
Jul 12, 2008Matt and I are in Stevens Point for a long training weekend and we found out there is a Sprint triathlon tomorrow. We are going to do it. It will be awesome. Then we’ll go ride 4 hours afterwards.
Read MoreA beginner’s mind
Jul 2, 2008One of my biggest downfalls when it comes to triathlon (and before that swimming) is the expectations I place on myself. If I look back across all of my athletic career my best performances happened when I expected nothing, and usually when I least expected. Of course I have had many great performances when I expected …
Read More(Almost) New and improved
Jun 24, 2008I made a small change to the site last night. Not much, but it’s pretty cool. This site now offers an RSS feed that you can subscribe to using your preferred Feed Reader of choice. Simply add in http://www.cloudsandunicorns.com or </feed/rss/> and get notified whenever there is new content. I’ll add something …
Read MoreWhat Zip Code are you in?
Jun 16, 2008Yesterday as I was on the bike trainer for my long ride (yes I rode 5:30 on the trainer, and yes it was a very nice day – more on that later) I came to realize something. The folks out there that are fast, they are in a completely different Zip Code then I am. How did I come to that realization – beyond the fact that I …
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