As week two of my 36 week training plan comes to an end, I think maybe it’s time for me to come down off my high horse. I do most of my training by myself, not because I want to, it is just how it works out. It is amazing, when in a vacuum, how…
It’s that time of year again; time to establish my goals for the upcoming year. It was not that many years ago that this activity was left for work activities only. I guess it has been 10 + years that I’ve consistently established personal goals and objectives each year. Before that, I did like a…
Dear Santa, I’ve been a really good boy this year and I would like the following for Christmas, please. A TREK TTX 9.5 triathlon bicycle (Catalyst Green) /w ZIPP 404 Clydesdale racing wheels, a Louis Garneau Superleggera Helmet, a pair of Zoot Men’s Ultra Race Triathlon Shoes, a pair of Sidi T2.6 Carbon Triathlon Shoes,…
There are so many things to be thankful for. In the spirit of this blog and as the Thanksgiving Holiday comes to a close and I reflect on those things I’m thankful for I offer up the following. I’m thankful that I’ve been given the ability and desire to pursue an active, athletic, life style.…
Well before I ever committed to my Ironman journey I knew that someday I would attempt this event. I also knew that it would be more than just a test of physical endurance. For me Ironman is more of an ideal, a hypothetical. It represents something beyond the physical, something that I may never really…
It’s days like today that go a long way into explaining the why do I run question. All I can say is WOW! What an absolutely pristine fall morning, and an amazing morning for a run. It also happened to occur on a day when I participated in one of my favorite events of the…
Psst…hey you…yeah you…come here. Shhhhh…can you keep a secret? Well, I had a PR for the 27th Twin Cities Marathon, Sunday, October 5, 2008. But we need to keep quiet, I’m afraid that someone from USATF may be listening and I’d hate to lose my official time if they found out I cheated. Yeah that’s…
With the Medtronic Twin Cities Marathon, self proclaimed as the “The Most Beautiful Urban Marathon in America”, just 8-days away, it’s funny how the talk around the water cooler has changed from how’s training going? to, so what’s your strategy for the race? and what are your goals? Actually, I think this type of talk…
Well I did it again, fell off my bike! I wish I could tell you some gnarly story about how this giant buck came out of no where and how I courageously swerved to avoid him but this is now the 5th or 6th time in the past few years that I’ve fallen off and…
My strength, relatively speaking, in the triathlon is the swim. I was taking lessons at Ridgewood YMCA in Parma, Ohio, when Mr. Colombo, one of the swim instructors at the Ridgewood YMCA suggested to my parents that I should try out for the swim team. So at the age of 7 or 8, I don’t…
