I’m starting to get excited about Saturday’s race. With all almost all of my training done, it’s time to focus on some other aspects of triathlon racing…such as getting all of the required gear together. I’ve made a list of everything (hopefully) that I will need to pack in the car and take with me […]

So the half-ironman triathlon that I will do this Saturday will take approximately 6 hours to complete. This is 6 hours of non-stop, high intensity exercise. Many, many calories will be burned during the swim, bike and run. I estimate that I will burn approximately 500 calories swimming, 1900 calories cycling, and 2000 calories running….for […]

It’s race week! I’m excited and can’t wait for Saturday morning to get here! In the last several weeks before an event it is too late to significantly increase fitness, but it is not too late to increase fatigue. So based on this fact, I will be doing some short, high intensity workouts this week […]

Started off the morning by heading out to see my wife Jessica run her first road race. It was a 5K through the zoo. She did an awesome job and has now apparently caught the “bug”. She’s already looking for another race to run. I couldn’t be more proud of her. She’s the definition of […]

No, I didn’t run a 4 minute mile, but Roger Bannister did on this day in 1954. For many years, the scientific and athletic communities thought that it was impossible to run a four-minute mile. It was first achieved 56 years ago by Roger in 3 minutes, 59.4 seconds. The ‘four minute barrier’ has since […]

With my first Half-Ironman Triathlon only 10 days away, my training has turned to Peak Phase this week. Peak Phase is basically high-intensity, low-volume workouts to help your body reach maximum fitness right before your key race. Most of these workouts involve “race pace” training. Next week will be race week where things will taper […]

Plan was to do a long run and do a brick this weekend…mother nature saw to it that this did not happen! Saturday…rain. Sunday…rain. I managed to get in a short workout both days, but I can’t help be feel like I’m a little behind now. One more week to make it up before race […]

I love riding, and even though long rides can be uncomfortable on my backside and make my legs burn, I still love it…I guess I’m just sick in the head. Today was the first time I can ever remember getting mad during a ride. I wanted to ride the bike course for the Taylorsville Lake […]

I’ve always thought it was weird how excited most women get over getting a new pair of shoes. I feel this way every day except for the three or so days a year that I get a new pair of running shoes. Today is one of those days. I’ve logged a total of 330 miles […]

This past Sunday morning, I met a group of people at Taylorsville Lake for an open water swim. This was my first time swimming in my new wetsuit and I had mixed results. The water was chilly at first, but I definitely felt the wetsuit doing it’s job as once I was in the water […]