New blog
Hey, Starting with this new blog. We'll have it linked through Athletes Lounge website, Facebook, our twitter feeds. Racing/training updates, pics from races, the family, etc... Raced the Subaru Sooke...
View ArticleMy favorite Oregon training quote
from Jerry Schumacher: "Oregon is fantastic for training. I've only been here for a year, but its outstanding. You can run on soft surfaces year-round. It's not too hot, not too cold. I like the...
View ArticleTraining
Good training day. Got up and swam in the AM with Chris Bagg and Damian Hill. Both were coming off hard efforts, so I got a chance to push the pace. They've been working me pretty good in the pool...
View Articleearly Ironman prep ride by chrisbtri at Garmin Connect - Details
http://connect.garmin.com/early Ironman prep ride by chrisbtri at Garmin Connect - DetailsI'm working with Garmin now, and just got onto Garmin Connect. Basically, if you have a Garmin, you sign up for...
View ArticleRace Report
Well, that was interesting. Some really good, really frustrating events, but overall a great race and fun time. TriStar Minnesota is a 1st time race in the U.S., it's a pretty popular series over in...
View ArticleFear and Anger
"Fear and anger are motor inhibitors...You've got to let it all go and do what you love and %#* the rest" -Greg JacksonThe biggest issue for many guys in the sport is long term goals of training and...
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New Bike
Custom Steel time trial bike from English Cycles (www.englishcycles.com). I'll take and post more pictures soon. Internal Di2 (battery is in the seattube). The 2nd picture shows how you charge it, a...
View ArticleIM Arizona
I was in Tempe this past week for Ironman Arizona. After a pretty unprepared attempt in '08, and a bike mechanical that had me pulling the plug at IM Canada, this was really my 1st full Ironman. I had...
View ArticleOceanside 70.3
Race report from Oceanside 70.3, 3/31/12...Haven't updated the blog since IM Arizona, but with Twitter/Facebook/etc...Race reports seem like a good idea for blog posts, esp since I'll just link this...
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New Orleans 70.3
Raced New Orleans 70.3 over the weekend. As most of you know, the swim was cancelled, the bike was shortened, so it wasn't actually a 70.3, but close enough. Considering the relatively small...
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2 Race Reports, 1 Race
I had written my race report in my head on the 2nd lap of the bike of Ironman Coeur d'Alene this weekend. It went... "Humiliated. Not sure why I even showed up. Nothing really more to say." I...
View ArticleCedar Point- 9th OA, 8:52:16
"He congratulates me and we talk about the match over a beer. He says he hates that kind of heat and humidity. I tell him I love it. He says they have to do something about the planes flying overhead...
View ArticleIMAZ
Well, it's been over a week post Ironman Arizona, and it sucks just as much now as it did the day after. I swam ok, 55:0x, and had a good transition. Onto the bike, and I was feeling pretty good....
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Galveston 70.3...that was, uh, interesting.
"the first skill to learn is the art of letting go the human inclination to judge ourselves and our performances as either good or bad" -Timothy Gallwey Galveston 70.3 was the 1st race of the...
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New Orleans 70.3 -- 3:59:53
"we came here to live life like nobody was watching.... Learned from that failure, gained humility, and then we keep marching""expectations are resentments waiting to happen"...
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Florida 70.3, in pictures
I've had a bit of trouble figuring out what to write for Florida 70.3. It was a race I put on the schedule mainly because we were traveling there for family stuff anyway (Sarah's brother's graduation),...
View ArticleConfidence- Eagleman 70.3 and looking forward
Therefore do not throw away your confidence, which has a great reward. -Hebrews 10-35 I recently found this written on an index card. A friend had given it to me when I left LSU to go try and be a...
View ArticleSubaru Vancouver 1/2 2nd Overall-3:54:53
"Mental toughness is learned. It's not a skill that everyone has, or is born with. There are people that are born tougher than others mentally, or figure things out earlier in their life. But if you...
View ArticleSteelhead 70.3
"No excuses. Lose like a man, and win like a man. If you're injured, don't play; if you play, you're not injured." -Pancho Segura Steelhead was a race that was on the schedule when I was...
View ArticleIronman Florida
"Success in competition requires taking risks that are normally held back by fear. The first risk is entering the competition itself -- choosing to compete. Everyone has his own personal threshold...
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