I usually try not to spend much time worrying about things that I can’t control. Despite my best efforts, I found myself checking the extended forecast as soon as this race was 10 days away. From the very first time I saw it, rain was being called for on race day. I checked it every […]

Here’s the official results of the 2011 Taylorsville Lake Half-Ironman Triathlon: Swim (1.2 miles)36:28.6 (30:23 min/mile pace) – 3rd out of 10 in age group (16th out of 76 overall) T12:04.9 -4/10 (23/76) Bike (56 miles)2:45:26.5 (20.3 mph) – 4/10 (21/76) T20:58.60 – 4/10 (10/76) Run (13.1 miles)1:54:47.9 (8:46 min/mile) – 5/10 (24/76) Total5:19:46.5 (5/10) […]

Last season by training was broken into two segments. The first was leading up the the Taylorsville Lake Triathlon, the second was leading up to the Cardinal Harbour Triathlon – both Half-Ironman distance races. I went through a complete cycle of periodization for each. A Base Phase, a Build Phase and then a Peak Phase […]

So if there’s one thing that I know about trying to complete an Ironman Triathlon (or any race for that matter), it’s not to try anything new that you haven’t tried before, leading up to and during the race. Practice EVERYTHING before trying it on race day. So with a half-Ironman race this Saturday, I […]

Building up a strong base in training is essential for triathlons…especially long course and Ironman distance races. A great way to build this base is with bricks (they are a “building” material after all). If you keep up with my training, you know what I do bricks of various distance and intensities about once a […]

Distance – 13.1 milesOfficial Time – 1:37:27 (7:26 min/mile pace) Overall Place – 408 out of 11,394 Gender Place – 346 out of 4,958 Age Group (30-34) Place – 61 out of 678 Race morning started with my typical sweet potato around two and a half hours before the start of the race, which in […]

  The first race that I ever competed in was the Kentucky Derby Festival mini Marathon back in 1998. I’ve done this race a total of five times now, which is more than any other. I think of this race as my arch-nemesis, my Kryptonite. Out of the five times I’ve run it, I’ve only […]

I’ve always kept very good records of all of my workouts. I’ve used a couple of different websites over the years to keep track of things. As part of the Triathlon Dominator package that I ordered, I could get all of my planned workouts automatically uploaded to a website called Training Peaks. So naturally, I […]

Ask anyone that owns a boat and they will tell you that it must have a name. People get very creative when naming their vessels. Next time you are out on a lake, river or the ocean, make a point to look at the back of boats and check out the names…funny stuff! While not […]

The rankings for last season have been released by USAT. The rankings are calculated as a comparison between an athlete’s race time and the projected time of the best age grouper (aka Amateur) in the rankings. It’s basically like calculating a golf score. The best athlete’s time is “par” and your score is calculated based […]