Working from home in an area where internet is not reliable has it’s advantages; today I spent part of my day not doing a lot because the internet was down in our little town, and it took most of the day to fix it. But because it was during work time, I couldn’t just go [...]

I’ve talked about a lot of the fiscal benefits of moving from Boston to Raleigh, but one thing I hadn’t really thought too much about was the weather. It’s still summer down here. Sure it’s rained a bit, but 80s and sunny is summer in my book, and Summer in October works for me. Being [...]

We’ve clearly made a lot of changes in just the past 2 months; living in a hotel, moving to North Carolina, starting new jobs, our first IM attempt, living in a home instead of an apartment, along with all of the other parts of starting essentially a new life. I really think every one of [...]

There’s that old saying “A failure to plan is a plan to fail”. Well, it sort of looks like that’s where I am right now. You see I got all excited about Rev 3 Anderson, got signed up, started training, and in my thought process for the race I kept thinking about the fact that [...]

Reader, Friend, and Fundraising support Derek has informed me it has been a long time since I blogged, and he’s right. I had no idea it has been 8 days. That’s the longest break I’ve ever taken, and let me tell you it was not intentional. Last week after the race I settled in at [...]

I was pretty down in the dumps immediately following the race, and I have to say the response I got was nothing but incredibly moving and supportive. I can’t tell you how much it meant to have such kind responses reminding me it was just about that one race on that day. All I can [...]

Reassess:Yesterday was really hard. When other triathletes tell you an Ironman is hard, you hear it, and think yeah, but I’ve done long rides, I’ve done long swims, and I’ve finished a half or two, so how hard could it be? It’s really hard, that’s how hard it can be. The day started pretty well, [...]

I wasn’t ready. I failed you. I’m sorry. My back locked up as I hurried to escape a freak hail storm on the course, I pushed as far and as long as I could after but then my legs seized and I was done. Thank you to everyone who helped me get this far, I’m [...]

There is a huge thank you post that I still haven’t finished that would normally appear this morning, but I simply haven’t had time with everything involved with the move. Anyways, Here’s what you need to know to follow Rachelle and I on race day Sunday. Rev3′s Live Race Day page with video (and live [...]

Describing this past week as a whirlwind would not do it justice. All the packing, driving, and unpacking and we still have a long way to go to get the house set up. But all that has gone to the wayside for the time being, as we’re now packed and ready to leave for the [...]