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…
St George Race Report
Ironman can be a bitch, there’s no denying it, and the moment you get cocky is generally the moment it reminds you who’s in charge. Following Oceanside I had this surreal confidence that I was in control of the 70.3 distance and ready for a breakthrough performance, but my undoing came from a lack of…
Routine vs Regiment: Pre St George
I often wonder if from an outside perspective my life seems boring. Do the staff at my gym who see me there morning, afternoon and night think “wow, he’s dedicated??” or “someone needs to get a life!” I can’t argue so far this year that I’ve fallen victim to the same routine week-in and week-out. …
2017 Oceanside Race Report: LOW lows and HIGH Highs
I remember a younger Welby when I first got serious in the sport of Triathlon, experienced in the pain of competitive running and somewhat lingering on the fumes of my collegiate career believing that the 95% of time spent training was the suffering we owed to achieve the fruits of our labor, savoring in the 5% of…
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