When you hear someone talk about taking a cold shower, it’s usually related to cooling down a fire in your loins (if you know what I mean). Thankfully, this is not the reason I take cold showers. For the last six months or so I have taken cold showers. I can only think of one […]

Distance                 5.0 Miles Overall Place           80 / 924 Division Place         14 / 55 Gender Place           69 / 485 Total Time           34:47 (6:57/mile)   I felt better than expected during this race considering my lackluster training this time of year. I guess the climbing I’ve been getting in on the trails has helped my […]

I love Iroquois Park. I grew up a block away from it and when I first started running, I did the majority of my runs in the park. The constant hills were good training grounds for me. I know the road that loops around the bottom of the park better than any 3 mile stretch […]

I never knew what I was missing! After the triathlon season is over, several of my tri-buds like to run trails. I thought about doing it last winter, but never got around to it. This year I knew that I wanted to give it a try, so I went out and bought a pair of […]

Yesterday was election day here in the United States. Everyone was focused (rightly so) on the race for the White House, but there was a bill on the ballot in California that had my attention. Proposition 37 would have required that most foods containing genetically modified ingredients carry a “Made with GMO” label on the […]

You can (and should) blame Lance Armstrong for lots of things…including the potential demise of cycling. But one thing we can thank him for is NBC moving their telecast of the Ironman World Championship up 6 weeks. They normally don’t air this pre-recorded version of the race until early December…but back before Lance’s world came […]

I recently had a blood and urine test done as part of an application for some additional life insurance and disability. I thought just telling them that I was an Ironman would be enough…but they wanted to do the blood and urine profile anyway. The results of the test arrived in the mail the other […]

We had a very busy day on Saturday around my house, so I didn’t get to watch much of the Ironman World Championship online. However, thanks to the 6 hour time difference, I was able to see the last hour or so of both the men’s and women’s races after I got the kids to […]

The Ironman World Championships (aka Kona) will take place tomorrow. For the first time in several years, I don’t personally know anyone racing. That will not stop me from following the race online. Unfortunately, live streaming video online is still the only way to see the event live. When Lance Armstrong was going to race, […]

Triathlons and road races are individual sports. Your races results are based strictly on how YOU perform. Doing The Bourbon Chase made me realize how much I miss team sports. I’ve been a member of baseball, football and basketball teams in the past…and I’ve always enjoyed the comradery of a group. Our team consisted of […]