Christmas came early
Dec 15, 2011Thanks to the gang at Emery’s for putting up with my indecision on this purchase for the last year! I ran 8 miles on it last night to see how it works, and I’m pretty darn happy!
Read More2011 Year in Review
Dec 6, 2011 Year in ReviewIt’s time for my annual year in review post. I sit down, think back about my year from a triathlon perspective, slice it, dice it, and otherwise think about what I did and than write about it and share it. It’s as much for my benefit as your reading enjoyment. You can read previous write-ups here. Typically – the way …
Read MoreIronman Arizona 2011
Nov 23, 2011After having a good race in Kona, but sub-optimal (broken spoke on my front wheel with massive rubbing for 65+ miles, very poor pacing on the run), my only desire for IMAZ was to qualify for Kona 2012. No time goals, no place goals, no split targets – nothing mattered except qualifying. Despite having an opportunity to …
Read MoreDuh…Winning….
Nov 22, 2011The Pursuit of Excellence
Nov 11, 2011Excellence should be demanded by our peers. Labeling those that demand excellence as haters, bashers, etc only promotes mediocrity. -Paulo Sousa Paulo laid this gem on twitter a few days ago, interestingly enough mediocrity was referenced again when I checked google reader this morning by Coach Troy – “…Someone, …
Read More2012 starts now
Oct 18, 2011Even though it is only October 17th, and many of us have one or more races on the books for 2011, the 2012 triathlon season is upon us. The work done starting now and over the next few months is crucial to how you will be able to prepare for your A race next summer, and ultimately how you will be able to perform at …
Read MoreKona Race Report
Oct 12, 2011Posted!
Read MoreIronman World Championship 2011
Oct 12, 2011Pre-race The last 2 weeks of training leading into Kona were perfect. In many ways some of my workouts were so good it was frightening. I honestly couldn’t remember the last time I felt this good so early in relation to a big race. Based on my final benchmark workouts “ I felt that a time in the 9:09 to 9:20 range was …
Read MoreThis is War
Oct 8, 2011Tomorrow when I enter the waters of Kailua Bay in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii – I go to war. It is not me against them. It is not me against you. It is me against me. There will be moments of glory, moments of pain. There will be moments where I will feel invincible, moments where I want to quit. This is normal, for what I …
Read More16 days. I can’t wait.
Sep 21, 2011Recently I haven’t been the type of person to talk up my training. I follow to many blogs with folks constantly talking about how ready they are and that they are going to kill it – only to blow up spectacularly. As a result I’ve tried to keep my blog posts the last few years on the topic of – ponderings, and other …
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