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…
Category: Race Reports
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…
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…
2015 Benchmarks – New Years Run LA 5k, Tower 26 1000/100 TT and FTP Power Testing
There’s been a lot of talk amongst triathletes recently about getting a gauge of fitness on the brink of the 2015 season. A term I have heard a couple of Purple Patch athletes using is “benchmarks”. I like to think of them as “ohh shit” tests as the excruciating pain of 15-20 minutes all-out effort…
Racing for Fun (Malibu, LA and Silverman Race Report)
2 months ago I competed in my 3rd full Ironman at Mt Tremblant Canada. It was a long time in the making with an extensive period (10 months) of season planning and commitment to workouts. I left Canada tired, beat up both physically and more so mentally, feeling a little lost and defeated. My immediate…
Ironman Mont Tremblant Reflections
In the weeks leading up to race day, on my solo long rides and runs, I rehearsed and visualized the following post as encouragement to get me through the toughest moments of Ironman – “Those who know me best know I’m not the fastest but that I work hard and if I can show that…
Vineman 70.3 Race Report
Last week following my Tower26 ocean swim workout I was thinking about how in every interval I naturally find myself swimming stroke for stroke next to one particular athlete, who for the sake of this analogy has very similar open water swimming ability to myself. Even though we are equally matched we are typically far…
HITS Grand Junction Race Report, 1,735 miles in 72 hours!!
From an outsiders perspective this past weekend’s activities might seem a little nuts! While others were flying to Texas to stay in hotels and compete in Ironman I was driving solo, more than a quarter of the way across the country to camp and compete in the HITS Grand Junction Aquabike. Let me assure you…
Tower 26 1K/100 TT Report and Reflections
Today the Tower 26 group got together to do an informal 1k/100 TT to follow up our last attempt at the distance back in January. For starters this was FUN! I’d never done a swim meet before and although there were no timing mats or formal heats it felt pretty official to me (lap counters…
HITS Napa Race Report (3rd Place)
This past weekend was my kick-off first triathlon of the 2014 season and while I had friends racing in Ironman 70.3 New Orleans and Florida I made the solo trip north for the first of two HITS races (triathlon on a budget) beginning with the Napa Valley Half Ironman. I was very pleased to achieve…
David Welby 