Well, the bike is boxed up and ready, and I’m just one load of laundry from being packed and ready for my trip to Club Nationals. It’s been an exciting year, and I’m ending it with one last race that I never thought I’d be doing. I’m participating in a National Championship. Plus I get [...]

As I approach the last race of my second triathlon season it occurred to me how much faster I’ve gotten over these past couple of years. It’s sometimes hard to see it in the race results, mostly because sprint distance race aren’t all the same size, so comparisons are hard to make. The stamina increase is obvious, [...]

Last summer and fall in Boston were particularly rainy seasons, unusual in both frequency and volume of rain. I remember it well because starting with the day we moved in to our first apartment here, it seemed to rain in Boston on every day we did anything significant. We move in; it rains. We explore [...]

Last night was one of our Wheelworks Multisport team socials. We met up for drinks and appetizers at one of the places near downtown. It seems to be a central point for our rather spread out group, though frankly I could do without meeting places that have $12 parking as the only viable option. Rach [...]

This is now my second blog post using a song title from The Sound of Music; one more and I’ll need to surrender my man card. It fits though, so I’m using it. Below are a few of the cycling things that I consider my favorite things. First among these are my cycling jerseys. I’m excited [...]

I wonder how many of you are like me that some things go into your brain, are absorbed forever, and don’t need repeating for you to pick up on them, while other things take hundreds of repetitions or reminders to get them to sink in. Usually they’re small things, ideas that are simple and easy [...]

I finally had a strong day all the way around in terms of food and exercise. I battened down the hatches on my eating having regular sized portions of healthy food, and followed it up with putting some “sweat equity” into my body. I spent several hours working myself physically in an abundance of tasks [...]

I am happy to report that Rachelle and I made it back from our weekend on Martha’s Vineyard safe and sound. Sadly, the same cannot be said about my CPAP machine, which disappeared somewhere between the ferry dock on the island and when we got in our car back on the cape. This led to [...]

First off, you can take a break from your browsers tomorrow folks, because there won’t be a Friday post from me. Rachelle and I are taking a long weekend to celebrate our anniversary on Sunday. We’re going out to Martha’s Vineyard, which I managed to keep secret from Rach for exactly 8 days. She’s pretty [...]

The past two days I’ve felt like total crap. It’s nothing race related, I can assure you, but none the less I’ve been home bound for the past 48 hours unless you count a brief walk to escort my wife home from work during a rainstorm. I’ve been sleeping lousy and worse the headache and [...]