Despite only being 3 years old, this race is hugely popular. The race sold out quickly this year and consists of 288 teams! Runners literally come from all over the country to experience a race that combines two of my favorite things…running and good bourbon!  The Bourbon Chase is an overnight relay road race that […]

Subtitle: You get out what you put in! I thought maybe all the training I did up until the beginning of August would be enough to carry me through. I thought maybe I could cheat a little on my diet and still be able to slim down enough the week before the race. I knew […]

This weekend will mark my final triathlon for the 2012 season. After racing nearly every 3 weeks since the beginning of the year, I’m excited to get back out there – it’s been a whole 6 weeks since my last race! The Landsharks Triathlon is an Olympic distance race (1500m swim, 40K bike, 10K run) […]

I’m about two weeks late on this, but I wanted to share my thoughts on the whole Lance Armstrong fiasco. For those of you that live under a rock, I’ll bring you up to speed… June: The USADA (United States Anti-Doping Association) officially charges Armstrong with doping and trafficking of drugs, and was suspended from […]

I dare you to watch this video and not want to be a part of this next year… Volunteering at the swim start was an awesome experience. I got to see all of my friends and training partners start start their Ironman journey. My view from the dock right before the race started. I ushered […]

It’s officially Ironman week in the city of Louisville. To the average citizen, nothing will seem different until Sunday when roads are shut down for the race and the local media devotes a little airtime and print to cover the race. But to us triathletes, it feels like the Superbowl is in town. There’s a […]

I didn’t get to watch as much of the Olympics as I wanted to. I watched several events live online during the day and then caught several others on NBC during prime time. I was a little annoyed that NBC chose to wait until the 11:00-12:00 hour each night to show the events that everyone […]

The swim portion of this race was in the pool at Tom Sawyer State Park, so it was a time trial start – one at a time in the water – every 20 seconds. As I was setting up transition I started to look around at other people’s race numbers (my race number was 352), […]

Swim (800m) 14:44.16 (1:51/100m pace) – 2nd out of 10 in my age group (10th out of 126 overall) T1 1:18:14 -1/10 (1/126) Bike (14 miles) 38:57.70 (21.6 mph) – 1/10 (2/126) T2 0:36.40 – 1/10 (3/126) Run (5K) 21:16.52 (6:51 min/mile) – 1/10 (2/126) Total 1:16:52.9 (1/10) (2/126) I cut almost 4 minutes off […]

August 2, 2008 is when my adventure in this sport called Triathlon began. At the suggestion of my buddy Kelly, who was also racing, I signed up for a Sprint Triathlon. On just 7 weeks of training I struggled through my first Tri, the Tom Sawyer Triathlon. It was brutal. I had to swim side-stroke […]