It was a big Saturday night here in Tucson. Of course it’s all relative because last weekend consisted of nothing but training and talking to myself . . . But anyways, after a big run day today, my friend Colleen and I took her little son to see a hip-hop dance show. I am very impressed [...]
24 September 08: Hurtbox, Population: 1.
Sorry to go M.I.A. for a few days, but I have been stuck in the hurt locker and couldn’t get out! In fact, I have not emerged, but am trying to motivate to accomplish all tasks that do not involve standing up, or anything similar. I had aspirations of washing some dishes and putting away [...]
20 September 08: Back at it
Last weekend was a false alarm. I started to get back into real training and promptly got a bit sick. So coach ordered a few more easier days, and we decided that I’d follow that up with three weeks of hard work straight into Kona. Sounded like a good idea to me!
So I spent this week working [...]
16 September 08: Podcast Extravaganza
I am about to chat with my friends at www.triharderradio.com, which you can listen to live or download as a podcast afterwards. But I also wanted to let you know that I was also a guest yesterday on the Simply Stu show, and that podcast is available at www.simplystu.com.
And for the sake of full disclosure, [...]
The Double Double in Wisconsin: My First Ironman Win
I firmly believe that any measure of “success” that I have experienced in this sport derives from an approach to training and racing unlike most others—methods that most would consider somewhere between unwise and completely insane. It was only fitting, then, that my first ironman resulted from my eighth iron-distance race in 2008, and [...]
14 September 08: Tuesday Night Radio Show
I just wanted to let everyone know that from 7-8PM PST this Tuesday night, September 16, I’ll be talking with Lewis Elliot and Marc Rubin on their weekly Phoenix radio show. For those in the Phoenix area, it’s on 1310 KXAM. It will also be broadcast live over the internet at the same time at [...]
11 September 08: Yep I’m still talking about it . . .
People keep asking about my speech at the awards banquet on Monday, and my friend Dean was kind enough to record it! I was going to have him call my parents and put them on speakerphone, but he had this much better idea. My parents have suffered through a number of 10-hour–and even longer–days of ironman racing, [...]
10 September 08: Home Sweet Home
For the first time since I left for Ironman Brasil in mid-may, I am home in Tucson! Yes, this means that I have been living out of one bag since May . . . I am so happy to be here, and being back home puts an interesting perspective on Sunday’s events. When I left [...]
08 Septemper 08: Finally!!!!
I have been waiting a long time to write a morning-after post of this nature!! Well it isn’t such a long while time-wise, but it is in ironman time. Yesterday was my 31st iron-distance race (my first being a 12:29 at Ironman Florida in 2001), and I have had a few close encounters with the [...]
5 September 08: Game on!
I just wanted to let everyone know that I am in Madison and that I am so happy to be here! I love this place and this race; in my third consecutive year here, it feels like home. My homestay in Verona, Kari, now knows me so well that she had grilled chicken and spinach [...]
