IRONMAN WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP 70.3 ——- 2ND PLACE FINISH!This past Saturday (Nov.14/2009), myself and my guide and friend Syd Trefiak, ventured down to the sunny south! Clearwater Florida! Our mission? To take on our third and biggest event of the year…

(I thought this was just too funny not to share =) A young monk arrives at the monastery. He is assigned to helping the ot…

Good Video on Paleo Diet http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uCFZoqmKf5MOnce you got all this information d…

From Justin Levine of California Fitness Academy
A foam roll might be a triathlete’s best tool in training. Forget the super expensive bike and the perfect running shoes. If you are not moving with correct function, you will eventually get hurt and then the bike and shoes can not be put to use. […]

Update on the Whole30 Sponsor a Soldier program Posted: 19 Nov 2009 05:37 AM PST Thank you to everyone who has made a donation to the Whole30 Sponsor a Soldier program. We’ve raised $2,200 so far in our efforts to purchase 500 Paleokits for the men…

In two days, 22 hours I will at the start line or to be techical, hanging out near the Mill Avenue bridge in the cold water. Two years of training, races, expense and hope. Countless hours riding my bike to the edge of exhaustion and despair in the win…

Over the course of the night the boat moved a round a bit in an attempt to avoid some of the winds and swells that can make life on the boat uncomfortable.  But, by time the sun rose we were settling into our final anchor location for the day and …

A close repeat of MondayAM run 5.5 miles on the Nike chip trail.Rocked my new Zoot CompressRX Active Calf Sleeves - badass. My calves have had the hardest time adapting to the mileage ramp up. Today I was massaged by Zoot . I highly enjoyed it.MTD 99…

Dear Jen,I came across your blog while trying to get more info on training for a marathon with a stroller. Your time at the Marine Corp Marathon is good, at least by my standards! Do you do ALL your training with a stroller?I’m thinking of seeing if …

When I started my 2009 training year back in December of ’08, I thought how nice it would be to qualify for Clearwater one day. But it was not in my real, or even my stretch, race goals for this season. So it was to say the least a shocker to post a qualifying time at Oceanside (though I did not take the slot since I started with the Challenged Athletes wave and was thus ineligible). When I qualified at Lake Stevens, I felt like maybe I really did earn the entry. So before I could think it through much – as with many of my decisions – I took the slot and started planning the next 3 months out.

Training as always was a fight to make my desired hours and volumes, but me and Mr. Coach took a very simple approach and planned out the weeks on a routine that stayed race specific, accounted for my strengths and weaknesses, did not have me drilling incessantly, gave me solid rides wherever I could find a flat route, and enough running to keep me off the injury list. Or at least we thought; due to a recurring niggle in my knee I had to eighty-six many of the runs the final 2 to 3 weeks pre-race. The situation could be a confidence killer if you let it; my solution is to keep the mental game on as much as possible. That meant maintaining hopes of at least finishing the run, supplemented by appropriate knee care; and not stressing over an outcome I could no further control.

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On one of my hikes last week I got into a very interesting discussion about incentivising people to stay fit rather than penalizing people for being overweight. From Outside Online, check out this great opinion piece by Nick Heil.

Well I’m packed and waiting for my flight. With the power out last night due to the recent somewhat wacky weather we decided to head to the movie cinema in the next town to watch “men Who Stare At Goats”…verdict: Don’t waste your money!!Ah, so lookin…

I apologize for the recent rash of enthusiastic running-related posts. Its just that for whatever reason, my run mojo has been found and I’m going with the flow. So indulge me for a bit, while I continue on my ways of being one with the road/trail.3 …

Just a quick little update on the health of the hand.Pins (skewers in the human shishkebab) got pulled late last week and I started running just a little bit every day. Last nights tour of the res at sunset was beautiful. So great to be back outside!…

For some, the day started earlier than others.  In an effort to get to a better shark diving spot after yesterday’s empty handed attempt, the boat pulled up anchor and started motoring north at 4:30AM.  The film crew followed suit shortly t…

Morning Swim - same set as last week. I really like the 50 repeats1 x 500 warm upDrills2 x 50 A-Ok; 102 x 50 fist; 10 2 x 50 Karate; 102 x 50 10 kick stroke; 1040×50 Main Set• 16×50 as 1 Fast, 3 Steady (x4); all on 5s rest• 12×50 as 1 Fast, 2 Stead…

Another short preamble to the still coming “food as i see it” post. Some little tidbits that came up today courtesy of Chris.Gary Taubes, author of “Good Calories, Bad Calories”, in the video link below discusses some high level science (or rather his…

Richard Pady has created Indoor Rider. Indoor Rider is a series of cycling video workouts for you to download from www.indoorrider.com once a week. The program builds you slowly, safely, and in the most time efficient way towards success. When you joi…

After Muskoka my season was done.  I thought.  Then I got an e-mail from Ryan saying that he had been offered a spot in Clearwater.  Do I want to go?  Why the hell not!  I can honestly say that I did not train a ton between Muskoka and Clearwater….

Run: 7.5km @ 42min (Rideau Canal)Things are settling down at work finally…at least for now. The teams in Amsterdam and India are content for the time being, and I’m just prepping for the next “big one” that will take me into December. With things c…

Our day began with sunrise at sea, just after 6AM.  We had been motoring east now for some 17 hours, making way towards Isla Guadalupe at a steady clip of about 10mph. However, while we slept, the ocean did not.  Over the course of the n…

I got back from a week of travelling and I’m 4 pounds heavier than I was when I left. I guess the lack of activity while recovering from the race is the obvious culprit but I’m finding the weight gain to a bit troubling. Oh you know me, if I’m not obsessing about something, I probably wouldn’t be able to exist.

The truth is — it’s only a minor concern because I realize that while I was travelling, I didn’t have a kitchen at my disposal but now that I’m back, I am back on the plan. For the next week or so, I’ll keep an eye on the type of food I’m eating in order to cleanse my body and replenish it with my standard list of fruits and veggies.

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Day 16 - AM Run 9.5 miles Eh, the run was painfully slow avging 8:55s. Energy was present, the run felt “easy” from a cardiovascular stand point. My legs were fatigued and didn’t really feel like moving faster than a turtle. Everyday I wake up and my …

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Our itinerary put together by Shark Diver called for us to leave San Diego around 6:30AM via charter bus.  We’d then drive South about half an hour, where we’d cross the US-Mexico border before continuing onto Ensenada, Mexico – the port we�…

For this week’s Saturday Masters, I decided to let my Crossfit training provide the inspiration for a truly taxing workout. For the main set, I got everyone out of the pool and used all four lanes. We did a serpentine swim, entering the pool on one sid…

But it could have been worse too.1. I didn’t drown. (Obvious from the fact that I’m writing this.) This will be considered a major victory on the day.2. I started off really well, leading the lane, feeling pretty good and moving at a halfway decent clip.3. Then, after 30-40 minutes (of a 90 minute swim), the swimming muscles kind of “quit”. The had gone unused for 8 weeks, and were apparently

Just two short days after returning from Henderson, I jumped back on an airplane headed for Clearwater to meet up with my wife who was racing the 70.3 World Champs.

Although I was able to nod off a few times during the flight, I spent the majority of the time listening to podcasts until the sound of the voices in my head became too overwhelming to follow along.

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