Hometown Race. Well, Boulder is not literally my HOMEtown, but it’s where I’ve lived for the past seven and a half years so these roads, trails, and lakes are very familiar to me. I have never participated in this particular race, in all these years that I’ve been in Boulder and have trained and done other local races, so I …
The last race I did – Music City Triathlon in Nashville, TN – was not only an opportunity to race in another part of the country (a hot and humid part!), and to race an Olympic distance tri, but even more importantly it was an opportunity for me to see two of my very best friends, Heidi Walter and Vanessa …
I haven’t raced an Olympic Distance triathlon since about 2005, and I was looking forward to this one but was honestly a bit nervous I wouldn’t have the top-end speed it takes to really compete well at this distance. My coach Curt Chesney (Boulder, CO) has done a really great job training me; he has a lot of wisdom about …
July 8-10, 2011 Lucas and I have dubbed each other adventure and training partners, unspoken, and we headed up to the “highest incorporated city with an airport” (Leadville, CO 10,152′) in the nation this weekend. (Apparently there is one city just a bit higher called Almas, CO at 10,578′, but it doesn’t have an airport to brag about. Lame-o.) …
Second triathlon of the season- Destination: Lubbock, Texas. Lubbock is about 600 miles from Boulder, in the northwestern part of the Lone Star State. The race I did is called Buffalo Springs Lake and it was another half Ironman distance tri (1.2 mile swim, 56 mile bike, 13.1 mile run). This race has been around for about 22 years, and …
Well, it’s been over a week since my first big race of the season, and I’ve been recovering well although a little slower than I had expected. Guess I really did lay it all out there – and I’m proud of that! I want to write some stuff here other than triathlon blah-blah all the time, but hey, it’s kinda …
70.3 is the total mileage of a half ironman-distance triathlon. This includes a 1.2 mile swim, 56 mile bike, and a 13.1 mile run (half marathon). Today was my first race as a professional triathlete, and it was a stellar day. I made the trip with three great people – Lauren Chiodini, Adam Bordeman, and Lucas McCain. We left …
This is a post-dated entry regarding my first race of this year: the Barkin’ Dog Duathlon, which was May 7th at Cherry Creek State Park in Aurora, CO. For anyone that doesn’t know, a Duathlon consists of running and biking – no swimming. There are three legs to the race, however; you run, then bike, then run again. This race …
Well here I am, embarking on my very first blog post. WooHoo! In setting up this site, I realize, uhhh, re-realize, how non-technical I am. I’m a lot more comfortable cutting out letters and shapes from construction paper and gluing them on a poster, or cutting out little faces from photos and making a montage…who’da thunk that I was an …