One Clydesdale’s Journey

What do you get you get when you have two people who are married and hooked on triathlons? Well, if their anniversary is during the triathlon season then it seems to be a no brainer that they run a race together. Right?
Well at least that is what my beautiful bride Shelly and I are [...]

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Yours!
Well, I’ve had a few too many things going on the last 2 weeks that I haven’t had a chance to blog about this until now.
But a couple of weeks ago I dumped my bike and took a serious header in the process.
The only thing that saved me from any kind of serious injury and [...]

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The weather was perfect, the wind wasn’t too bad, the water was calm with a good temp for a hard swim and the Tri-ing for Children’s race was awesome.
The Clydesdale division was tuff and bigger this time around with 16 of us all total.
And the top 9 (including yours truly) all came in with a [...]

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Well, Bigfoot is now behind me and it’s now time to start focusing on the next race.
My big race, the one that I have been planning on and thinking about since last year not long after I finished the race. Which also happens to take me back to my very first triathlon that I [...]

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There is no other way to describe the race experience that we had on Sunday morning.
In fact, I now have a small idea of what it is like to swim in the ocean. And I didn’t like it.
Don’t get me wrong, I’ve been in the ocean before. But not doing the kind of [...]

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This weekend ended up being a tale of two training extremes.
Well, I’ve tapered back up after my race and this coming week I’ll be back at full training insanity. Or at least as much as I can anyway.
The next race that Shelly and I both have planned is the Bigfoot triathlon down in Lake [...]

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And one step closer to the Ironman.
But for now at least, I can add Olympic distance to my list of accomplishments.
Did things go as planned; heck no! But then when do they?
Though one thing is for certain, as far as I’m concerned anyway, I can still call it a success since I crossed the [...]

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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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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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