There’s just something about the longest ride. I don’t know what it is, I really don’t, but for the second consecutive Ironman Training season, something fantastically bad has happened at the worst possible time on the longest ride of peak week, and has challenged my resolve. Last year, I got about 20 miles into my   Read More …

No long stories today, just a series of short ones to prove that I haven’t given myself a heart attack by back-loading so much training for IM NZ. Training:  Going well.  Very well, actually.  My diet is locked in and I am flirting with being within ten pounds of an acceptable race weight. Given the   Read More …

Aaaaaand I suck at blogging the last few months. Things at work have been astonishingly hard (I worked fifty hours from December 23rd to 26th, and I just finished my 13th consecutive long-ass day at work) and my training has been, more or less, “average.” And that’s only if we’re putting it nicely.

Well, the up side of me being horribly negligent in updating the blog is that when I do post, I’ll actually have some interesting things to say. So, first off, the last week has been a leap up in volume, calories burned, and intensity, and was fun as hell. I’m actually less fatigued than I   Read More …

“What if, when I do succeed, it doesn’t change what I feel inside?” -Jodi, Heavy I just sat down to watch Heavy, a new show on A&E, which is the network’s melding of Intervention and The Biggest Loser (plug: My friend Olivia is on The Biggest Loser this season! Go Team Purple!). I wanted to   Read More …

If you are a triathlete, and one who is regularly or occasionally forced to swim in a gym pool, the noodle person needs no introduction. The noodle person is generally: Over the age of 85 Morbidly obese Not aware of any stroke not prefaced by “doggy” Surgically attached to a neoprene pool toy Extremely hostile   Read More …

I’m going to try to avoid spending too much time contemplating life, the universe, and everything here on the blog.  I tend to think that when people make any effort to impart wisdom on the internet, it comes across as obnoxious and preachy, or just plain obnoxious.  Thankfully, I make no claim to have any   Read More …