Life’s a Drag

I have an interesting training dilemma.  Upon a little course investigation I’ve learned that the Ironman Wales run is hilly. I mean, really, duh…its Wales jackass.  But that’s not the dilemma.  The dilemma part comes when I take into consideration that where I live now is totally flat, like, pancake flat.  No longer is it [...]

My Tri-Shit (Part 2)

Just about everything has found its place now.  It’s either within arm’s reach of leaving or entering the front door, conveniently stashed away for later use, or laying out in the open much to my girlfriend’s dismay.  Whatever the case, it is very apparently to those in the know that a budding triathlete leaves here; [...]

My Tri-Shit (Part 1)

Since my past few weeks of training has nearly revolved entirely around the packing and unpacking of all my stuff during and after my big move, I’ve come to realize how much of my shit is, in fact, ‘tri-shit’ so to speak.  Seriously, I used to think I was a minimalist but then I cleaned [...]

What Santa Brings Good Triathletes

Once my quads decided to cooperate and move freely again, I slipped into a rather busy, but thoroughly enjoyable Christmas Season, one from which I feel very blessed indeed.  Good family, good friends, and platefuls and platefuls of fine home cooked fare and specially baked holiday treats.  Shit, I think I might have eaten my [...]

For the Triathlete Who Has Everything (Part 2)

Just in case the original round of gift ideas weren’t to your liking don’t fret, as there’s plenty more where they came from.  Truly, the Skymall catalogue is literally spewing forth with holiday awesomeness for your special wannabe triathlete.  There’s simply no reason to be ill-prepared, ill-equipped or ill-advised in the coming 2012 race season.  [...]

For the Triathlete Who Has Everything (Part 1)

A few weeks ago I had a disastrous trip to San Antonio, Texas.  I had originally planned on taking in some warm weather runs along the ‘Riverwalk’ and past the Alamo, or maybe do some yoga in any one of the huge National Parks.  At the very least I was looking forward to gorging on [...]

Treadmills (Yay or Nay?)

Long(ish) Run (click to see stats) 9.77k (48:59) Avg. Heart Rate = 163bpm Max. Heart Rate = 174 bpm Avg. Pace = 5:01/km Best Pace = 3:24 /km Calories = 932 Temp = 5º (rainy) SOTD: ‘One Sunday Morning’  by Wilco I am just now beginning to seriously get back into running.  Yeah, sure it’s December [...]

Yurbuds Ironman Inspire

There is one piece of equipment that is essential to my training that I (or anybody else for that matter) seldom ever make reference to.  It doesn’t track calories, pace, route or distance, nor does it monitor my heart rate or bodily performance of any kind.  Yet, it is absolutely integral to any of my [...]

Wattage? WTF?

Two years ago it was, “Hey Terry, you need to get a cadence reader on your bike”…so I did.  In cycling, cadence refers to the number of revolutions of the crank per minute; roughly speaking, this is the rate at which a cyclist is pedaling/turning the pedals over.  I know, ‘big whoop’, right? However, once [...]

Zen and the Art of Bicycle Maintenance

You may remember that one of the major action items for my upcoming Cancun triathlon adventure was to be able to take my time trial bike (Lucille) apart to fit into a bike box for shipping, and then be able to successfully reassemble it on the other side.  For some of you this might not [...]