Just about every triathlete I know has had a bike fit. Almost all of them have worked with a swim coach to try and shave a few seconds off of their swim times. But very few have ever had their running mechanics reviewed. Why is this? My thought is that most of us have been […]

My previous post looked at my foot scan. Another thing that Mike Rowles at Occupational Kinetics did was test for muscle weakness/imbalances. He had me do two different exercises. First was a single leg swat. Performing this move can give you a good idea of any balance and hip weakness issues. Here are the videos […]

“I bet I have the flattest feet you have ever seen.” This is what I told Mike Rowles at Occupational Kinetics before he did a foot scan of my feet last week. After it was done…he agreed. I have no arch at all. None. Here’s the proof: It might be hard to tell what’s going […]

With the addition of a Garmin 910XT watch and Quarq Power Meter, I now have a lot of swim and bike data that I’ve never had before. The only problem is that I haven’t had time to dive into the data and see how it can help me improve. Since the power meter stuff is […]

I toed the starting line a total of 17 times in 2012…more than any other year. This was a different approach than past years. Coming off of a long year training for Ironman in 2011, I decided to do lots of short races in 2012. When it was all said and done, here’s what I […]

At the end of each year, I like to look back over my training logs and see how many miles and hours I spent swimming, biking and running. So here are the numbers for 2012: Swim – 133.78 miles (83 hours and 32 minutes) 2:08/100yd avg. Bike – 1614.7 miles (81 hours and 53 minutes) […]

Every year the USAT, the official governing body of triathlons in the U.S., issues a ranking. It’s kind of a weird ranking system, but still better than the BCS! Each race that you do has several “pace setters”. These pace setters give USAT a “par time” for that particular race. Therefore, every race has a […]

It’s been two years since my wife Jessica and I decided to go from eating “healthy” to really eating as clean as possible. We emptied out nearly everything in our cupboard, throwing out or giving away all of our processed foods and basically anything that comes in a package. The first few weeks were tough. […]

Distance – 8.83 miles Overall Place – 8th out of 136 Division Place (M 30-34) – 2nd out of 10 Gender Place – 8th out of 78 Total Time – 1:17:02.64 (8:44/mile) It’s kind of strange to wake up on race morning without having to worry about a full list of things that I need […]

Tomorrow morning I’ll head down to Otter Creek Park for my first ever trail race. I’ve run on trails exactly seven times…and all of those have been in the past two months. It’s only taken that long for me to fall head-over-heels (not literally) for trail running. It’s been a great addition to my off-season […]