One Clydesdale’s Journey

Well, I pulled out all the stops and worked my butt off this past week. And what did I have to show for it when I stepped on the scale this morning… a 1 pound weight gain!
Is there no justice in this world?
At least my Clydesdale ranking isn’t going to be in jeopardy any [...]

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And as a result I lost a few things along the way.
I rebuilt everything the best that I could and I think that I found all of the posts. I was not able to save any of the comments that have been posted along the way, but I think that is the only thing [...]

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Okay, I don’t actually have a pre-race checklist now that I think about it; other than in my head at the moment. So I guess the first action item is to create a list.
The very first item on the list is going to be checking out the bike course if it is a new [...]

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Okay, so what does a back injury, Las Vegas, the weather, my job search, a bad hot water heater, my family and the cosmos all have in common?
They have all conspired against me this past week to prevent me from getting in my training.
Don’t get me wrong; I’m not trying to make excuses, it was [...]

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Holy Cow, I just realized that I only have 3 more weeks of serious training before my first Olympic distance race.
Now I know that according to the calendar the race is still 4 weeks away. But I only have 3 weeks to train since the week before a race is supposed to be spent [...]

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I know you’ve all seen the bumper sticker that reads “Share the Road with Bikes” and it is an important one. Cars seem to either give us no respect what so ever or just way to much when we are on the road.
Take the other day for example;

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