Category Archives: Ironman

Hello my name is…

Posted on May 11, 2013 by

I’ve been training almost non-stop for long distance triathlons over the last three years. Three months ago, I hit a wall and my swim training more or less evaporated. What happened? I realized I don’t enjoy swimming and never will. … Continue reading →

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A Year I’m Looking Forward To

Posted on January 15, 2013 by

2013 is going to be a year full of big races. January Still yet to be decided is the first “race” of the year. My friend Shane has invited me to do the Fat Ass 50km on January 1st. I … Continue reading →

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It’s beginning to look a lot like…ironman training

Posted on December 26, 2012 by

After 5 months of unstructured workouts, including not a single pool set, my structured training for 2013 begins in 6 days. I’ve also been AWOL from my blog for about the same time period. I haven’t felt the need to … Continue reading →

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Video: Ironman Coeur d’Alene

Posted on August 25, 2012 by

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2012 Ironman Coeur d’Alene

Posted on June 29, 2012 by

There were 50 qualifying spots for the Ironman World Championships up for grabs this past weekend at Ironman Coeur d’Alene and I was on the hunt for one of them…here’s how the day unfolded. The swim was bloody cold. I … Continue reading →

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Saint Croix 70.3 Race Report

Posted on June 10, 2012 by

Better late than never! I signed up or the Saint Croix Half Ironman at the last minute 10 days before the race in early May…here’s what happened: Getting there took 2 connections from Vancouver. First Chicago, then Miami to finally arriving … Continue reading →

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Rough Week

Posted on February 18, 2012 by

If you do any kind of training for a race, you’ll know where I’m going with this post.  It’s impossible to train flawlessly week in and week out for long periods of time. Something is bound to go wrong. However, … Continue reading →

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First World Problems

Posted on January 29, 2012 by

For the last few months I’ve been trying to balance my training for Ironman Coeur d’Alene (June 2012 is coming rather quickly) with everything else in life.  I think I’ve done a good job, but there are definitely choices that I … Continue reading →

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How I spent 6.3% of 2011

Posted on January 10, 2012 by

I’m not big on New Years resolutions.  I think Richele captured the essence of how I feel when she wrote: To me, resolutions are empty statements without a will to carry out the action to achieve them.  As a result, … Continue reading →

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Training Tools

Posted on December 16, 2011 by

Last month I saw an invitation on the TrainingPeaks blog to apply for their new Ambassador program.  I’d only just started using the training software, but was loving how easy it was to use, so I decided to put in … Continue reading →

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