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Statements That Drive Me Crazy… #1 –“Training for Ironman Makes You Slow”
Talking to other athletes (pro and amateur) and poking around on message boards (i.e. Slowtwitch), one of the most common things I hear when it comes to Ironman training is people saying “I don’t want...
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Swimming For Money!!! (for other people)
Because I’m bored and need some motivation, I’ve decided to swim to give away some money this week (I realize that this probably doesn’t make much sense, but whatever). At any rate, for every 100 yds...
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New Kicks! The Inov-8 Road-X Lite 155
I recently received a pair of Inov-8 Road-X Lite 155 running shoes. I was very excited. Forrest Gump excited. “The best gift anyone could ever get in the wide world. New Shoes!” And when you get a...
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Leadman 125 Race Report
On March 31, I raced at the Lifetime Fitness Leadman 125, in Boulder City, NV. Between the course, and the wind conditions, it was a very tough day out on the course… just the way triathlon should be!...
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Go Time
I’ll keep this short… It’s race week for Ironman Lake Placid. Less than 7 days to go now… I’ve given up a lot for this race – including “sabotaging” the first half of my racing season. What I mean...
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Ironman Lake Placid Race Report
A couple of weeks ago, I raced Ironman Lake Placid. I came across the line in 9:33:25, which was good enough to make me the 5th place professional. Going into the race, I didn’t care about my time,...
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2012 Wrap Up
Hey… so this is a couple of very short race reports, and a short retrospective on 2012. I raced Ironman Lake Placid on July 22. It went well, so I tried to throw together a pretty tough double, Rev3...
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Review of PT Paddles
Swimming… for some triathletes it’s natural and easy (i.e., those with a competitive swimming background). For the rest of us, it can be a huge challenge to learn the skills required for fast...
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The Finances of Pro Triathletes
Several months ago, I sent out a simple, 10-question survey to several USAT Elite Triathlon license holders. In the US, “Elite” and “Pro” are used interchangeably, although they are not exactly the...
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Blame It On The (Lack Of) Pigment
Hey! So…. a LOT has been going on, and I thought it’d be fun to give a little update… Moving At the beginning of August, I’m moving to Portland, Oregon! (well, actually it’s Beaverton, which is a...
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Two short race reports, and what’s coming up!
I just finished a nice 3-week racing & training block, which featured Ironman 70.3 Syracuse on June 23, and the Musselman Half Iron on July 14. Worth noting: I did both of these races with...
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Ironman Lake Placid
I raced Ironman Lake Placid a few days ago. I had a good go at it, cut 25 minutes off my time from 2012, and came in as the 7th pro. I did a lot of things right, but also made a few big mistakes that...
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Swimming For Money!!! (for other people)
Because I’m bored and need some motivation, I’ve decided to swim to give away some money this week (I realize that this probably doesn’t make much sense, but whatever). At any rate, for every 100 yds...
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Ironman Lake Tahoe
This was a very interesting event, both in terms of the lead up to the race, and the race itself… As many of you know, Boulder has been ravaged by floods. My apartment is up in Sunshine Canyon, so I...
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2013 Season in Review
If you plan on reading this, go make yourself a big cup of hot chocolate, because this is gonna be a long one… Before we can look at 2013, we have to look at where I was coming from in 2012… Coming off...
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My wheel/tire/helmet choices in 2013
While it was easy to see that I changed bike frames in 2013 (switched from a Cervelo P3 to a Quintana Roo CD 0.1), I also made significant changes to my wheel/tire choices. I switched my training...
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Drug Testing in Non-Drafting Professional Triathlon
A couple of months ago, I sent out a survey to fellow professional triathletes, all of whom focus on non-drafting racing (olympic distance, half-iron distance, and iron-distance). The purpose of the...
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Where the Mind Goes on a 5-hour Trainer Session
Recently, coach Tim gave me an assignment – to record my thoughts during a workout, and send the results to him. I decided that a 5-hour bike trainer session would be a good workout for this...
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“The Process”
Last weekend, I raced Ironman Los Cabos. It was a crazy race week, and just about every possible pre-race mishap that could have happened, did happen. I won’t recount it here, but my roommates Beth...
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Ironman Texas
Last weekend, I raced Ironman Texas. I finished as the 15th pro, in 8:56:46. What this race experience has made me reflect on the most is the idea of “confidence”, and the utility/art of...
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