One Clydesdale’s Journey

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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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, [...]

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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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And WOW what a difference it all makes. Okay, okay I’m comparing it to the Grocery Getter I know. But we are talking about going from the family station wagon to a high end sports car here! The number one biggest difference / advantage that I can point out (and a very important reason to [...]

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