One Clydesdale’s Journey

Well, as the season winds down we approach the biggest race of the year. The one that Shelly and I train for all year long. It is our nemesis and yet at the same time the race we look forward to every year now as well. I’m of course talking about the Devil’s Challenge Triathlon. [...]

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Well, we went up there, did the race, celebrated our anniversary and had a blast! This race is now right up there with our all time favorites and we will definitely be going back there next year to do it again. It was very well organized with what seemed like more volunteers than there were [...]

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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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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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So I’ve finally come to the realization that I need to get back to the basics and really working on my running. It is by far my weakest part of the race. Don’t get me wrong, my times have improved a little. But that’s it, just a little and nothing more. And my endurance has [...]

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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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