Whether it’s aero bars, wetsuits with special coatings, low friction tires, or body hugging skin suits, triathletes are always looking for that magic bullet that will make them faster during the race, and recover faster after the race. Some of these technological advances are a lot easier to prove than others: For example, You can [...]

So, I’ve been cruising along with my training, and apart from the occasional small bout of soreness, everything has been going very well. My swimming is as good as it’s ever been; plus it’s only April, and get to take a swim clinic to work on skills this Saturday. We’re just starting to ramp up [...]

I have a stomach bug today, so I’m sitting at home as I type this. It always kinds of sucks to follow up an amazing weekend with a day on the couch. And we really did have a fantastic weekend. It started with my having Friday off as a vacation day, and going for an [...]

I want to thank everyone for their feedback on the “You don’t look like a marathoner” topic from Tuesday. I like reading what you folks think about some of these topics, because  I almost always think “I wonder if it’s just me that feels like this?”, and it usually turns out that it’s not. I [...]

This past weekend my buddy Dan and I went on our annual gambling trip. It’s the last weekend of fun, food, and debauchery before triathlon season heats up. Dan and I had a great time, I won some money, and we went for a fantastic hike on what is marked as a “dangerous/extreme” hiking trail. [...]

I don’t know how many of you watched or followed the Boston Marathon yesterday, but both the men’s and women’s races were absolutely terrific contests, neither of which was decided until the last 2 blocks of a 26.2 mile race. Plus, the USA went 2 and 5 in the women’s race, with 5th place finisher [...]

I see the facebook lists people make where you do 30 days of pictures or list a fact for every letter of the alphabet, or whatever, and I think those are fun but basically sort of arbitrarily defined. So I’m going to make my own list of facts, most of which are actually indeed true [...]

Yesterday was 5 months until Rev3 Cedar Point. Last year, I was training a little better than half-assed until after I DNFed at MA State Triathlon, when the fear of god set into me that Timberman was only a month away and trained really hard. Not to be braggy, but I feel like my training [...]

There’s a famous sports quote that goes “Second place is just the first loser”. When you’re actually in a position to win, as opposed to just being happy to be a competitor as I usually am; it’s very much the right way to look at things. That’s why seeing Michigan lose in the National Championship [...]

I’m going to be gone the next few days, in Minnesota for the Frozen Four. I have 2 goals; watch Michigan win the national championship, and come home weighing less than I left.