With One Last Swim The Year Is Over
My wife and I went to LA Fitness together this morning, for the last swim and my last workout of the year. With that last swim, my…
A Few Days Away From A New Age Group
One of the quirks of age group racing in triathlon, is how the sport's ruling bodies determine your age. For triathlon races, your age when racing, is…
Time To Try This Breathing Program Again
In many of my harder workouts, it is my aerobic system that fails before muscular fatigue sets in. I train my muscles a lot and hard workouts…
First Time Doing The Workout My Coach Calls Bikerghetti
My quads are burning a little this evening. That is because I just completed my first ever attempt at a workout my coach calls... Bikerghetti. The workout…
What Triathlon Based Gifts Did You Get This Holiday Season?
What triathlon based gift did you get? This year, there were no big triathlon related items that I wanted, so I wasn't expecting any of my gifts…
The Weather Was So Good I Got To Run In Shorts
We were blessed with really nice weather this Christmas Eve in Pittsburgh. The weather was so good, that I couldn't resist heading out to the trails at…
I Finished My Last Big Races Of The Year With A Smile
My final two big races of 2021 were Ironman Chattanooga and SwimRun NC. They were very different experiences, but I finished both races with a smile. Ironman…
Two Very Different Ironman 70.3 Races This Year
I raced two Ironman 70.3 races this year; Ironman 70.3 Chattanooga in May and Ironman 70.3 Musselman, six weeks later. My results at the races were very…
I Did Say That I Needed To Swim A Lot More…
Just four days ago, I wrote a blog post about needing to swim a lot more. Little did I know, circumstances would dictate that my desire would…
Looking Back On A Year Where I Got Faster
It is somewhat shocking to me, that at the age of 58, I got faster at many different events this year. It all started with my half…