Thanks 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!

It’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 …

Excellence 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, …

Even 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 …

Pre-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 …

Tomorrow 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 …