Running has always been a significant part of my life in various forms and stages, from my teens playing soccer up to 3 hours a day, 10 times a week later in college before a significant pivot to D1 Track and Cross Country my Senior year, later running and often winning road races in my…
2020 Desert Triathlon
Desert Tri is known in SoCal as the season kickoff for Triathlon. Notably I haven’t been training like I used to but having competed in this race for the last 5 years it felt wrong not to make the 2.5 hour drive Saturday (5+ hours if I had left Friday) and “participate” in the Aquabike. …
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Running Happy: My Love Hate Relationship with Running
For the first time that I can remember I was solicited by a friend at Ironman 70.3 Indian Wells this past weekend to put out another blog that wasn’t about dating (a true shocker right?!). There’s been a lot spinning in my mind these last 6 months as I’ve been reflecting over time away from…
A Guide to Stepping Back from Training
A lot of people have been coming up to me at workouts recently expressing something along the lines of “I thought you were retired??”. First of all I’m not retired from triathlon, however I am taking a self-imposed break. That does not mean I will be ceasing any exercise, quite the contrary in fact. This…
Time for a Break
It was just about on this date 11 years ago I did my first triathlon, the Quakerman Tri in Orchard Park NY. Participating with my girlfriend at the time and barely knowing how to swim I managed a measly 3:47/100m in Green Lake, 16.95 mph (running the last mile in bike shoes not knowing what…
2019 Oceanside Race Report #5
As I sit down to write my 5th Oceanside race report having competed in the 70.3 distance each of the last 5 years I am compelled to mix it up a little. Consistency is perhaps one of my greatest strengths to the extent of monotony as evident by my performances at this venue over the…
2019 Desert Triathlon Race Report
There are so many positive things to think about when considering this past weekend’s race it’s hard to determine what to put down in writing. 1) The benefits of continues effort year after year and satisfaction with incremental progress, 2) the fear of stepping away from regiment for it’s ill effects on that progress yet…
2019 Lessons Learned and Looking Ahead
It’s been almost 6 months since I took a step back from the rigors of triathlon training to explore and engage in alternate facets of life. In that time I gained responsibility at work becoming a manager, received a window into parenting as an uncle to my newborn nephew, reestablished my love of the gym…
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