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Progress and Pictures

A week and a few recovery rides after Jersey Devil, my legs were still a mess and I simply couldn’t find any strength or speed in my riding. Another week later, and the speed hasn’t come back yet, but the strength is starting to come around. After a ridiculously hard trainer ride that Coach Alan [...]

I am an Ambassador of Filth

If you’re my wife, my mother or another close family member, you’re saying “Finally, someone recognized Ben for what he’s really good at: being a mess”. I was teased about having training wheels on my bike, so I took them off myself when I was 4 or 5, because I knew where the tools were. [...]

The Devil Went Down to …Jersey (aka My 1st XTERRA race report)

The Jersey Shore is not ANYTHING like it’s shown on TV. Ok, I mean I guess they have the ocean And if a woman is looking for the strong silent types, you can probably find those around too   But even when I ate at at a fantastic little Italian place out on Long Beach [...]

Those who can’t do…

It’s been a month, so let’s recap. – Lost weight, gained weight, lost weight again. Still working on it. Set new goal of 310 by 5/31. Entirely doable with only 1 vacation weekend. My birthday is just before that deadline, but sacrifices need to be made, ya know? – Definitely getting stronger, endurance is up, [...]

Las Vegas and back again

A week in Vegas with one of my best friends is a great way to cut loose and let the stress of life roll away like a pair of dice on the craps table. A couple of slot jackpots and four 10′s in a hand of Crazy 4 poker makes things go a lot easier, [...]

A fantastic two weeks

I haven’t blogged in a couple weeks but not because things haven’t been going well. In fact, they’ve been going so well I didn’t blog because I didn’t want to jinx it. Since my last update: – Feb 1: Colgate Women’s hockey held their Autism Awareness night. They had a targeted raffle (where you put [...]

Rest Day!

Forgive me Father, for I have sinned. It’s been 2 full weeks since my last update. I’ve been pretty busy with work and training. Today was finally a rest day. I’ve had a couple others but those were spent all day in the car driving back and forth between New York and Ohio for the [...]

Giving Back and Pushing forward

Well, it’s done. 9 new triathletes and one brought back to the fold after a year away. I’m pretty excited to hear how all these folks do at their various races, and I’ll make sure to check back in with them as time goes on. Chuck – giant eagle rachel – giant eagle womens only [...]

A great week!

First, I still have 3 (and maybe 4) free HFP race entries for new triathletes. If you are waiting to get in, STOP WAITING, and reply to this post. Next, let me tell you about the next group of people taking on their first triathlons: – Rachel, a long time friend and personal trainer is [...]

Progress report and first 2 free race entry winners

The power is out and the internet with it, so pardon any typos as I blog for the first time ever from my phone. Regular blogging has finally commenced for the 2013 season and I wasn’t about to let a lack of power get in the way, the same way I’m not letting the weather [...]