The Buffalo Trails Triathlon takes place in the beautiful and historical areas of Maysville and Mason County, Kentucky. I was curious as to why they call this race, the “Buffalo Trails” Triathlon, so I did a little investigating. Before European settlement, herds of Buffalo migrated along a route which passed through the Maysville area from Ohio, […]
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RSS feed for this sectionIt’s Ironman Louisville Week!
Although I am not racing this year, it’s still an exciting time for the sport I love in the city I love. This will be the 8th year for the annual triathlon and the end (kind of) to the tradition. Starting next year, the race will be moved from the end of August to the […]
USA Triathlon Nationals Race Report
Several years ago I was chatting with a guy at the gym (called Gold’s Gym at the time, I think it’s LA Fitness now). I told him that I did triathlons and he asked if I was doing the National Championships. At the time, this seemed ridiculous to me. I had only been in the […]
USA Triathlon Nationals Race Preview
I’ve always wanted to race in the Age Group National Championship, and I’ve actually qualified for it the last three years. In 2012 the race was in Connecticut and was just too far to drive. Last year it was close enough to drive (Milwaukee), but I was doing Ironman Louisville at the end of August […]
Essential Oils for Athletes
In our quest to avoid using drugs (both prescription and over the counter), my family and I started using essential oils about three years ago. Before that time, we had a cabinet full of medicine. Bottles and bottles of cold and cough medicine, Antibiotics, Acetaminophen (Tylenol), Ibuprofen (Advil), decongestants (Sudafed), Benadryl, Pepto-Bismol, Tums and even […]
MAC Triathlon Race Report
My 2014 race season is built around my “A” race, the USA Triathlon Age Group National Championship in Milwaukee on August 9th. As I laid out my race calendar, I knew that April and May were going to be full of races. I planned out my training so that the 9 weeks leading up to […]
Race The Bridge Triathlon Race Report
I’m tired. As I tried to plan out my race calendar back in January, I knew of a few races that I wanted to do this year…but the dates had not been set. I built my season around two races that I knew I was going to do, Rev3 Knoxville in May and the Age […]
Rev3 Knoxville Race Report
This was my third consecutive year racing the Revolution 3 Triathlon in Knoxville, Tennessee. It’s become a staple in my race calendar for several reasons. First of all, Rev3 does a fantastic job a catering to racers that bring their families with them. Second of all, a Rev3 race has a “big-race” atmosphere and they […]
TriFest Race Report
I hate looking at extended weather forecasts. I usually don’t count on them being accurate until you get within a 12 hour window. I’ll often wait until the night before to decide if I’m going to run outside or do an indoor trainer ride – depending on the chance for rain at 5am the next […]
Shelbyville Tri #4 Race Report / miniMarathon Preview
I’ll keep this race report fairly simple. I felt good coming into the race, but my times were not what I was hoping for. I didn’t do this race last year, but I did in 2012. My times for the swim, bike and run were all a few seconds slower this time around. I know […]