One Clydesdale’s Journey

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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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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Okay, admittedly I used that title before.
But this time it was a little more significant than the last time.
Let’s face it; the swim is the most intimidating part of the whole event for most people. In fact I’ve talked to a hand full of people that would do a tri if it wasn’t for [...]

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Well I got all the toys; I mean the rest of the gear that I needed for the new bike. And now it’s time to get an appointment so that I can get it fitted.
I really need to do that soon; because now that I took the bike down off the rack and started [...]

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So, so far this training season I’ve seen a bit of an improvement in my swim times. And my running is getting a little faster as well. Both of which I’m sure will help me turn in some better times this year.
But, those are the areas that I’m looking to for my biggest [...]

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