So here it is: my goal is to cross the finish line by 12:04:59 AM which is the cutoff for the race, 17 hours after we get in the water. Every second before that I’ll consider a blessing, as it’s one second less I’ll be out on the road. But let’s for a second say [...]

It’s amazing to me that time has flown by the way that it has. A little over a year ago (August 26, 2010), and just a few days off the success of Timberman, I decided I wanted to do an Ironman distance race. Here we are now, a year and 2 days later, and we’re [...]

With our last few weeks of hard rides now almost behind us, I can’t remember the last time we had a weekend without rain impacting our training somehow. Thankfully we’ve found or made time enough to get it done, and we’re going to have to do the same this weekend. With rain in the forecast [...]

Rachelle and I knew that moving to the Carolina would mean a lot of changes, including that fact that we’re moving into an area far more likely to have to deal with hurricanes. But now we’re hearing that the weather from Hurricane Irene will likely impact both our new place AND impact us here in [...]

Ok, so I can finally share my big news with you. Rachelle and I are moving to North Carolina. And we’re doing it soon; We’ll be driving away from Boston on September 3rd headed to our new domicile in the area of Buie’s Creek, North Carolina. Rachelle will start her job with Campbell University where [...]

I’ve got a whole lot to tell you but some of it I can’t tell you yet, but I will, I promise, as soon as I can. Probably tomorrow. But here’s one thing I can tell you; I had a really good/lousy ride yesterday. I did 35 miles in 2 1/2 hours, it felt really [...]

The past couple days have been pretty rough at work, but I’m not going to bore you with the details of that part of my life. Instead, I’ll bore you with completely different details of my life. Today, is going to be a very long day. This morning, my lovely wife Rachelle took flight for an [...]

I’m afraid of sharks. Most people reading that sentence would say “well, that’s a good an rational fear to have. Sharks can eat you, and therefore respecting and fearing them makes sense”. My fear is slightly irrational though, as it has mostly prevented me from doing much ocean swimming in the 2 years we’ve lived [...]

Yesterday was 1 month from Cedar Point. 1 month. With taper, that means really about 2 more weeks of hard training and then two weeks of taper. We still have some work left to do, but we’re getting through it, and in the final home stretch. I keep my Timberman medal at my desk as [...]

When you live in a one bedroom apartment, it might seem small, but there are different rooms and you can have your own space. Now that we’re in a hotel room the size of a large efficiency, there isn’t a lot of space, but with all the moving, packing, and training it just hasn’t felt [...]