While out on my ride today I happened by and stopped to watch two races, the Santa Monica Runfest 5k/10k and Playa Del Rey Triathlon. Spectating at races is a common thing for me and the reason is twofold. I enjoy supporting fellow athletes, hearing my name while I’m racing is an instant motivator and it’s…
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…
The Big Bear Effect, Training at Elevation (Overload Week 1)
I’m not going to sugar coat it, a month out from Ironman Mt Tremblant and only one thought has been going through my head lately – am I doing too much? pushing too hard? going too long?? The morning after Vineman, tired and beaten up, I reluctantly opened up Addaero to see another 23 hour…
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…
Thoughts on Vineman
A lot of people have been voicing their concern over the amount of volume I’ve been doing, especially the weekend before Vineman. To that I have two things to say. 1st, Ironman Tremblant is EVERYTHING, not Vineman, and in order to crush a full in a month and a half I will need to be…
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…
Racing Ironman on a Budget
A lot of people have been asking what Ironman I suggest they do recently. Let me start by saying there are many reasons to do an Ironman (or 70.3) and it’s essential to determine what the objective is in order to pick a race that’s right for you. Is it your first time? Is the…
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…
Nutrition (Take 2)
Posting my nutrition a couple months back ended up with its good and bad result. It was tough and a little embarrassing getting reamed out for my bad habits but showed how much I can grow in this vital area. Since then I have been working with my coach to change some things up and…
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