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.) …
One weekend, Two cool people, Three Bikes, Fourth of July! Fourth of July Weekend – no big plans to travel; instead stuck around Boulder and the surrounding area and played like we were on vacation right here at home. Friday evening after work, Lucas and I hopped on our mountain bikes and rode the bike paths to a fairly new …
My brother Jeff came to Boulder to visit me last week. I have two brothers, Jeff and Jay, and Jeff is the older of the two, though they are both younger than I. Jeff is currently in his dental school at UCLA. He’s visited many times and even lived here in Boulder/Denver for almost a year between undergrad and UCLA. …
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 …
Just returned from a super-fun weekend in a little town in the mountains northwest of Boulder (about a 3 hour drive) called Steamboat Springs. I have been there a couple times before, but it’s been a while. I travelled with my good friend and training partner Lauren Chiodini, and her boyfriend Adam Bordeman, who was running the Steamboat Marathon on …
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 …
I had such a fun Memorial Day weekend! Training was on the menu, of course, but so was some relaxing, some getting up into the beauuuutiful Colorado mountains with a friend, and participating in the infamous Bolder Boulder 10k race that is held every year on Memorial Day here in Boulder (did you guess that location by the name??) Saturday …