One Clydesdale’s Journey

My Wife, and of course my triathlon training partner! That’s right; I got this crazy idea from my beautiful bride! And it only seems fitting to talk about this right now since she just signed up to do the Team in Training Olympic distance triathlon. Shameless plug time; if you have a few moments and [...]

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And now for Sunday’s actual post… I haven’t shared this yet, but a couple of weeks ago Shelly and I signed for a Tri-Fit class over at The WAC (Wisconsin Athletic Club) where we belong. The class that we signed up for is held every Thursday night from 6:30-8:30. Since the lap pool has 4 [...]

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You know what they say; although I’m always curious who “They” are because they sure are quoted a lot, but I digress. All good things, or streaks, must come to an end. And so, I’m bummed to say that after 132 days straight of getting out there and walking with the Girls, that streak has [...]

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A Clydesdale is one of several different divisions used for competing in during a triathlon. The different divisions are generally broken down by experience. There is the Elite; those that compete on a regular basis and usually place, they may even be professionals. And the Amateur / Novice; those that have competed before, but generally [...]

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Well, here I am 3 weeks into the Tri-Fit class and slowly getting back into the whole rhythm of things. I’m still not getting to the gym as much as I’d like to each week, or getting in as many workouts; it has been just too darn cold for one thing. But I am at [...]

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It was -4 this morning with a wind chill registering some where in the neighborhood of -20 to -30 degrees! And what did I do??? I went with Shelly and we ran a 5k at the Zoo! If you would have told me a year ago that I was going to get up at the [...]

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I finally did it, I found an awesome theme that allowed me to do the customization that I was looking for. A big thank you to Cutline for this one; please see their links at the bottom. It has been a long time since I have done any programming and I forgot just how frustrating [...]

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I’m not sure how to start this, but today seems like the best day to kick things off! If you happen to read this, please bear with me; as I go along I’ll try to be a little more organized in my thoughts. I say that because today is January 13th and July 13th is [...]

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