Race Plan This past Saturday was my third time at Oceanside 70.3 in three years, but first time crossing the finish line. In 2014 I was there to spectate and in 2015 I raced the unofficial aquabike (coming off of a calf injury) so it was a real nice experience, despite what may follow, to be…
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Desert Triathlon Race Report
The Desert Triathlon is a great early season race opportunity in beautiful Palm Springs during a very unpredictable and tumultuous time of year. In 2015 Saturday’s Sprint fell during a wind storm and Sunday’s Olympic was a wash out (which made things difficult considering I was camping). I hoped things might be different this time but unfortunately…
LA Marathon Weekend and Reflections
This past weekend is one I have been hyping for a while now. Between the US Olympic Trials on Saturday and the LA Marathon on Sunday I knew there’d be no shortage of inspiration between the elites and dozens of friends racing. Fortunate for me, through my association with the LA Tri Club, I was…
Race Report 2015 – Ironman Lake Tahoe
Sad to acknowledge that it’s late September and I am sitting down to write my first official race report of 2015. Even sadder to revive so many difficult memories from this past weekend’s Ironman Lake Tahoe, without a doubt the most challenging triathlon experience of my life. HOWEVER, I want to start by acknowledging, despite…
Lake Placid Ironman Training Countdown
I wanted to put down in writing, and through photos represent the journey which is Ironman Big Week training leading up to my 3rd and possibly final Lake Placid, under the guidance of Mat Dixon and Purplepatch. This is not intended to be a boring data report or an over the top emotional depiction, but…
Habits
Yesterday I heard a segment on the radio concerning bad habits that are toxic in relationships and it got me reflecting a bit on the habits I’ve picked up with training, good, bad as well as those that could come across either way depending on how you look at it (so like me to make…
Tower 26 1000/100 yard Time Trial (take 2) Light Reflections
This past weekend was my second Tower 26 Spring Time Trial, where we look to compare times from our informal January 1000/100 yard TT to an only slightly more formal TT of the same distance. Gerry describes this as an opportunity to evaluate how effective the training has been, offering if no progress has been…
Questioning Running Form
Recently I was asked to submit video of my run form for analysis which prompted me to revisit an online source that was offered to me by my old coach. There are various services to critique running dynamics, I visited Steve Gonser of Run Smart almost 5 years ago and if nothing else have have transitioned from heal striking…
Oceanside 70.3 Race Report
The morning of Oceanside 70.3, not uncommon for a guy like me, I found myself in transition, deep in existential thought pondering the purpose of my race. I observed pro’s racking their gear, hoping for a $12,000 pay day as well as amateurs taking their bike out for perhaps it’s first ride of 2015, content…
Performance Breakthroughs and New Beginings
Earlier this week I had what I would call a breakthrough performance in the pool, cutting 3 seconds off my 100 PR and not in a TT but the last interval of a near 5k workout. Such improvements are rare with consistent training and particularly memorable, but the purpose of this post isn’t to reflect…
David Welby 