Official Time – 20:03 (6:27 min/mile pace) Overall Place – 269 out of 8720 Gender Place – 238 out of 3759 Age Group (30-34) Place – 46 out of 538 I demolished my PR by a minute and 20 seconds. I’m happy with the results – great way to start the season off! Congrats to […]

The first road race of the 2011 season is tomorrow morning. The Anthem 5K is the first leg of the Louisville Triple Crown of running. Net proceeds from this race go the WHAS Crusade for Children, which helps children with special needs. If you follow this blog, you know that I am raising money on […]

During the swim and run legs of triathlon, you are relying strictly on your body. If you’ve trained and fueled yourself (aka your machine) properly, you should be able to complete the race. The bike portion is a different story. It’s the only stage in which you rely on something other than your body’s ability […]

I’m an Engineer, so by nature, I’m a stats-geek (actually I’m just a geek in general). I recently came across a website that does an awesome comparison of all Ironman traithlon races. They also compare half and full marathon’s if you are interested in those results. The website is RunTri.com. RunTri analyzed 25 Ironman distance […]

I listen to podcasts a lot when I’m riding the indoor trainer. Riding indoors is VERY boring and listening to podcasts helps pass the time. I have a couple that I subscribe to, but one of my favorites is done by Ben Greenfield. Yesterday I listed to one with that discussed using your body’s temperature […]

Within a week I ran in two very different environments. My wife and I went to Chicago the weekend before last for a little get-away and then I was in Las Vegas this past weekend. Chicago was snowy and cold. It was 9° F and snowing the morning that I went for a run along […]

During my group swim this morning, as I was doing my 25 yard sprints to finish out the workout, my coach mentioned that my form “goes all to hell” when I try to swim fast. I knew this. He then asked me if I remembered Jason Lezak’s amazing anchor leg in the 2008 Beijing Olympics […]

I’ve often thought about using my triathlon training and racing has a vehicle to raise money for a charity or cause. Over the last few years I’ve looked into several charities and non-profits that I feel strongly about or have a connection to, but I never pulled the trigger on getting something set up. That […]

This past Saturday, three individuals were inducted into the USA Triathlon Hall of Fame…including one from just a few miles down the road. The third class of inductees were Dave Scott, Dave McGillivray and Susan Bradley-Cox. Dave Scott (aka The Man) is simply put, a legend. Dave has competed in the Ironman World Championships 13 […]

During the first week of my training plan, I did Aerobic Threshold tests for both biking and running. I was scheduled to do the swim test on the next Monday…but my ankle injury the day before put this test off. I finally felt that my ankle was no longer hampering my swimming, so I went […]