It’s only July and for the earliest time in my 8 year career with this sport my triathlon season is over! Though this may seem like an emotional decision brought on by the ramifications of my recent Full at Lake Placid it is something I have been considering for months. I have really enjoyed this…
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Escape from Alcatraz Race Report
Escape from Alcatraz Triathlon was an unanticipated bonus which resulted from an Age Group win at Escape Huntington Beach earlier this Spring (a qualifying race in the Escape series). I generally take these things very seriously but for a change decided that I would prioritize an appreciation for the experience with this bucket list opportunity,…
Escape Surf City Race Report
This weekends inaugural Escape Surf City triathlon illustrated a unique phenomenon in competition. My only goal for this event was to race uninhibited by limitations in search of a breakthrough performance without fear of blowing up. I wanted to plow through the swim as if it was the 1k, race the bike at 300 watts…
2018 Oceanside Race Report
Years of racing experience has taught me that performance is gauged on 3 key elements, 1) Preparation, 2) Execution and 3) Body Response (simply how your body responds to the day). It’s amazing to me how if you could place yourself in a vacuum, repeating the same workouts, meals, sleep and prerace rituals, you…
2018 Desert Triathlon
Haven’t done a race report in a while. I’ve almost forget how this goes, but I know it involves charts so here’s one – Early season races are something of a wild card. There’s little expectation and much less predictability. Going into this race my T26 workouts had been way off the mark, my biking…
Looking back on 2017 – Arizona, triathlon and life in general
It’s been about a month since my last race, Ironman Arizona, and it’s taken that much time to allow emotions to simmer enough to reflect on how that experience went, it’s impact on my 2017 season, and what it means moving forward, looking ahead to 2018. 2017 – A season of up’s and downs It’s…
Ironman Arizona 70.3 Race Report
Biggest take away from this past weekend “perhaps you’re stronger than you think”. It’s easy among the monotony of balancing Ironman overload with a full-time job and attempting to maintain a reasonable social life on top of it to question “am I fit” as feelings of fatigue and mental burn out start creeping in. I…
Looking Ahead – Ironman Arizona and Arizona 70.3
Though the DNF rate at Worlds was surprisingly low considering the grueling course, I did have two incredible triathlete friends drop out, one siting that it just wasn’t there physically or mentally. It’s inevitable that some days are going to be harder than others. I mentioned to a buddy the morning before the race, while…
2017 Ironman 70.3 World Championships
It took some distance and time for reflection before being able to put down in writing my feelings from this past weekend at the Ironman 70.3 World Championships in Chattanooga. I set my sights on this race over a year ago when I missed qualifying at Vineman 70.3 by just 30 seconds, having only 3…
A Note to All the Singles
It’s been a little while since I put anything down in writing, and perhaps that’s a good thing, a sign that life has been firing on all cylinders, but a recent turn of events has left me lower than my typical feel good self. A forced few week training hiatus has provided some unanticipated yet…
David Welby 