The fact that the Summer Olympics only come around every four years makes them even more special. If they were held on an annual basis, it was take some of the luster away. I have always loved the Olympics and have some very fond memories dating all the way back to the 1984 games. That […]

This disaster of a race started with a text at 11:22pm the night before. It was from the race director and it woke me up…then I couldn’t get back to sleep. Things only got worse from there… But instead of making this a post about all of the things that went wrong yesterday, I will […]

This Sunday is the Buckhead Border Challenge Triathlon. It’s an Olympic Distance race that takes participants across the border from Kentucky to Indiana. This is the second year for the race, but at this time last year, I was training for Ironman…so I skipped this race in favor of a longer half-IM one. This season […]

This my 400th post…and I have chosen to devote it to my gut. More specifically, the results of a recent complete Gastrointestinal panel test that I had done. I was tested for parasites, allergens for cow’s milk, soy, egg and gluten, intestinal function and overall gut heath through multiple stool and saliva samples. Yes, you […]

Last week was not supposed to be a “recovery” week. However, based on how sore my quads were in the days after the Southern Indiana Triathlon, I decided to listen to my body and take a week to recover.  So what exactly does a week of recovery mean for me? It contains three key ingredients: […]

I had several goals heading into this race. Top priority was to try and beat my Olympic distance PR of 2:25:11. Granted this time was set on a different course, but with this race being fairly flat, just as that one was, I knew I would be able to challenge that time with a good […]

OFFICIAL RESULTS 1500m Swim – 28:29.4 (1:44/100yd) includes run from swim exit to T1 T1 – 0:53.1 24.8 mile Bike – 1:07:11.3 (22.2 mph) T2 – 0:43.3 6.2 mile Run – 48:51.4 (7:52 min/mile) Total Time – 2:26:08.8 4th out of 22 in my Age Group 17th out of 138 Overall A little upset that […]

This is the second year for the Southern Indiana Triathlon (aka “Race the Bridge”). I didn’t participate in the inaugural race last year, but from what I heard, it was a good time. After my June 16th race in Washington DC was cancelled, I started to look for a race to do in June. This […]

The Olympics are less than 60 days away…see the countdown clock on the left sidebar. I love the Olympics…especially the summer games. I can’t get enough of it. The level of competition combined with the patriotism is something that I look forward to every 2 years. My DVR will be loaded up with events that […]

So what if I told you that large corporations such as Kraft, Coca-Cola, Kellogg’s and Walmart were able to easily eliminate potentially harmful artificial food dyes from their products, but chose not to? What if I told you that they are already making their products without these dyes for non-US markets? Would you be shocked? […]