Hey! It’s 02:02 AM you need to get up and out of bed! WAKE UP! It’s time to go and workout! …..but I don’t want to, I’m tired! Like the video “Training Excuses” I too can come up with, oh, a few dozen or so, not so good, excuses on why I should just hit…
I know it’s hard to believe that it is already February, but this Friday is February 6th and is also National “Go Red” Day For Women. Go Red is a national movement by the American Heart Association to raise awareness about the number 1 killer of women – Heart Disease. So get out your red…
By car, from my door step to Madison, WI is 268-miles and takes just about 4-1/2 hours (dependent on the number of rest stops and breaks along the way). But what fun would that be? Anyone with a car, $25 for gas, and a half-day can do that. The road I’ve chosen (for me and…
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.…
The Congenital Heart Information Network is a national organization that provides reliable information, support services, financial assistance and resources to families of children with congenital heart defects and acquired heart disease, adults with congenital heart defects, and the professionals who work with them. Kenneth The joy and anticipation of learning that we had a third…
Dear Kenneth, As your 8th birthday approaches I pray with all that I am that you are surrounded in the warmth and endless love of our Lord and that this message may find it’s way to heaven’s door step. I want you to know that even though our worlds are separated by an impassable barrier…
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…
