I knew it was going to be hot today, and I had a hard run workout, with some significant tempo intervals. I didn't want to do the…

I was on the bike trainer for almost an hour and a half this evening. That is a long time, and I find that my mind begins…

Training fatigue is a real thing.  That overall feeling of tiredness, that comes from heavy training, was something I experienced today.   After a big weekend of workouts,…

Within a periodized training plan, there is usually a short block of training, right before the race, called the peak phase.  During this phase of training, workouts…

My wife and I went to the pool yesterday. We took my GoPro with us, and filmed ourselves swimming.  We wanted to see ourselves swimming, and to…

When it comes to nutrition, I try to eat healthy, but I am not obsessive about it. I am comfortable eating the occasional 'unhealthy' meal and having…

Yesterday I wrote about a really tough bike workout. Well, today's threshold interval run was even tougher.  I had to dig really deep to push through the…

My coach usually schedules one very hard workout on the bike for me each week.  This week is no exception, and I got to do that hard…

Ironman 70.3 Musselman is just under five weeks away.  This is an 'A' race for me, so it is important for me to start thinking about the…

I got to celebrate a birthday in a unique way today.  The Secretary of the Pittsburgh Triathlon Club hosts an annual bike ride, where the group 'rides…