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There’s speed, and then there is SPEED
As aspiring age group triathletes, we mostly are all reaching for that improvement in fitness and race times year after year.If you compared your first race to say, your 25th, you'll probably think sot yourself "wow, I'm getting speedy!".I know I look back and...
Why does the distance on your watch differ from the treadmill!?
It's that time of year...Everyone except the hard core are on the 'mills. Dreadmill. Devil's highway. Whatever you want to call it, it's COLD as sh*t outside right now and people are on them. Problem is, those number driven hard core metrics...
Racing #Ironman triathlons for something bigger than yourself
INSPIRATIONWhy do you race?There are many reasons why people do what they do.NecessitySelfishnessInspirationMotivationIt's my opinion that intrinsic inspiration will get you to your goals more than extrinsic motivation.To break it down in my world...Motivation is...
You’ve signed up for your first IRONMAN triathon!? Where do you stay!?
There's been a lot of discussion had about where's the best place to stay for an IRONMAN event.After racing 5 (don't forget the 2014 TX DNF), I have a few tricks up my sleeve I'd recommend. Next to training, travel and lodging can be the next biggest stressor or...
2017 IRONMAN FLORIDA RACE REPORT // 11/4/17 // #IMFL #IMFL2017
Well, hello there! Welcome to my latest long awaited post, 2017 IRONMAN Florida race recap!It was a long time in the making. Sign up started with a conversation of combining a race and my wife and I's 10 year anniversary trip. We came up with Florida as...
Don’t blow it on your bike trainer this winter!
If you have followed me for any length of time on the ole blog, you should know by now i am a huge fan of stationary indoor bike trainers.Last winter i upgraded to the cyclops magnus and never looked back! It has been a game changer from my fluid 2 and seeing...
2017 USAT AGE GROUP CHAMPIONSHIP RECAP #usatagnc 08/12/2017
Another weekend, another out of town race!I qualified at the Shawnee Mission long course tri back in July by winning 1st in my age group.I qualified last year, but timing just didn't work out to race. I really wanted to last year since it was so close in Omaha...
2017 IRONMAN BOULDER 70.3 Race that was! #IM703Boulder #IMBoulder703
What a difference a year makes...In 2016 I raced a 70.3 locally after running a 5k Friday, half marathon Saturday and then the 70.3 Sunday. It was more for a training block than racing for time. I wasn't really concerned with time. Volume, nutrition...
There’s speed, and then there is SPEED
As aspiring age group triathletes, we mostly are all reaching for that improvement in fitness and race times year after year.If you compared your first race to say, your 25th, you'll probably think sot yourself "wow, I'm getting speedy!".I know I look back and...
Why does the distance on your watch differ from the treadmill!?
It's that time of year...Everyone except the hard core are on the 'mills. Dreadmill. Devil's highway. Whatever you want to call it, it's COLD as sh*t outside right now and people are on them. Problem is, those number driven hard core metrics...
Racing #Ironman triathlons for something bigger than yourself
INSPIRATIONWhy do you race?There are many reasons why people do what they do.NecessitySelfishnessInspirationMotivationIt's my opinion that intrinsic inspiration will get you to your goals more than extrinsic motivation.To break it down in my world...Motivation is...
You’ve signed up for your first IRONMAN triathon!? Where do you stay!?
There's been a lot of discussion had about where's the best place to stay for an IRONMAN event.After racing 5 (don't forget the 2014 TX DNF), I have a few tricks up my sleeve I'd recommend. Next to training, travel and lodging can be the next biggest stressor or...
2017 IRONMAN FLORIDA RACE REPORT // 11/4/17 // #IMFL #IMFL2017
Well, hello there! Welcome to my latest long awaited post, 2017 IRONMAN Florida race recap!It was a long time in the making. Sign up started with a conversation of combining a race and my wife and I's 10 year anniversary trip. We came up with Florida as...
Don’t blow it on your bike trainer this winter!
If you have followed me for any length of time on the ole blog, you should know by now i am a huge fan of stationary indoor bike trainers.Last winter i upgraded to the cyclops magnus and never looked back! It has been a game changer from my fluid 2 and seeing...
2017 USAT AGE GROUP CHAMPIONSHIP RECAP #usatagnc 08/12/2017
Another weekend, another out of town race!I qualified at the Shawnee Mission long course tri back in July by winning 1st in my age group.I qualified last year, but timing just didn't work out to race. I really wanted to last year since it was so close in Omaha...
2017 IRONMAN BOULDER 70.3 Race that was! #IM703Boulder #IMBoulder703
What a difference a year makes...In 2016 I raced a 70.3 locally after running a 5k Friday, half marathon Saturday and then the 70.3 Sunday. It was more for a training block than racing for time. I wasn't really concerned with time. Volume, nutrition...
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