Aug
26
It’s a lot harder to write these things when races go pretty much as you hope and expect. A good but not great swim, a solid bike (though I am annoyed that I missed getting under the 1 hour mark by 30 seconds) and did enough on the run to win my age group and …
May
23
So I got the “keep at it, you’re on the right track” sign I was looking for. Not an exceptional race, not a poor race, just a Goldilocks type race. The race went almost exactly as I expected given the focus of my training so far this year. My swim was faster than ever (swam ~1:25′s …
Aug
11
Every second counts. It’s so easy to say, simple to ignore and hard to put into practice. And then it stares you right in the face on a results list and you realize how much it really does matter. A tie for 1st overall? Really? Are you sure? With a pool swim for the Walnut …
Jul
03
There are plenty of ways to celebrate our nation’s birthday. Some enjoy a parade, some enjoy fireworks, and others enjoy a cold one by the lake. I prefer this… Canada Day for me meant a day full of racing. The morning was spent at Sasamat Lake for an 2k open water swim race and then …
May
30
“That was fun.” -Geoff Waterman I couldn’t agree with him more. Not simply because of the result (which was a nice bonus) but because of the competition. And I think it was written all over my face at the finish line. As I said the day before the race, I had big expectations. After a …
May
08
In order to succeed you must fail, so that you know what not to do the next time. -Anthony D’Angelo You win some, you lose some. Last weekend at Race the Ridge was definitely a loss. It was meant to be to weekend of cycling with a 70k road race Saturday morning, a 24k time …
Apr
29
The race season is finally underway and it was a cold, windy, and rainy start. The weather required some quick morning problem solving like duct taping old socks over the toes of my bike shoes and taping gloves to my handlebars for the bike ride. With a staggered start from slowest to fastest swimmers, I …
Sep
01
So it wasn’t all bad. My swim was 20:58. Probably a minute faster than I’ve ever swam. My bike of 1:04 was not quite what I had shot for but was the 24th best ride of the day. And somehow I managed to run 40 minutes on a “broken foot” (still waiting to find out …
Aug
29
Finding a place to start has be tough. There are lots of positives to take from the race but I think I need to “take out the trash” before I get there. I came up short of my top 15 goal finishing 23rd overall in a time of 2:07:36. Had I hit my goal time …
Aug
10
I went into the Walnut Grove Triathlon with mixed expectations. On one hand, I had thoughts of winning overall. I expected a smaller, weaker field given it was a 2nd year race and a sprint distance race. The boys I knew I couldn’t beat weren’t there giving me a chance for the win. On the …