Spin for Sponsors

First off, I feel it may be necessary here to apologize a little bit to those of my regular readers (if there are in fact any).  It is often said that the month of March “comes in like a lion and out like a lamb”, except in my case the lion began to roar mid-February.  [...]

“The Need for Speed…”

Sure, it was pretty awesome when Maverick used this on Goose before going all going all uber-hip on the runway and, yes, humans may have evolved to be ‘runners’ specifically, but I’ve said it once before and I’ll say it again: “this body was built for comfort not for speed.” In fact, the only thing [...]

Resolution Walk/Run: The Good, the Bad & the Ugly

The Good Resolution Run (click to see stats) 5k (49:52) Avg. Heart Rate = 100 bpm Max. Heart Rate = 131 bpm Avg. Pace = 9:27/km Best Pace = 4:54/km Calories = 342 Temp = 4º Last year, I was privileged to participate in this Running Room with another friend for whom it was her [...]

Meditation and Triathlon

For the past few weeks, our TryForce coach has developed a decidedly different tone and approach to our training.  No longer is it push harder, go faster, suffer more, etc…now it’s “learn to breathe”.  Pardon?  Breathe…seriously?  He’s shitting me, right?  But, nope, there it is again at the end of each of our workouts: “Learn to [...]

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 [...]

Hot Confession

I have a real hot confession to make; and not the explicit Penthouse Letters kind of confessional although it may tend to be a bit “juicy” (right, Andrea?).  Okay, here it is:  I actually missed  hot yoga.  Yeah.  I know, right? After the Cancun 70.3 event, I thought to myself, “Thank Christ, that’s over!  No [...]

Cancun 70.3 (A Survivors Tale)

2k swim, 90k bike, 21.1k run Goal Time = 5:30:00 Chip Time = 5:22:19 (click to see official Stats) Category Place = 43/176 (M 35-39) Overall Place = 159/1078 Fuel: 1 carrot muffin, 1 Red Bull Energy Shot, 2 btls. Perpetuem (bike), 2 pkgs Chomps (bike), 2 btls. Gatorade (bike), 2 GU gels (run)…and lots [...]

Cancun 70.3 (Prelude)

At times, it seemed like it was never going to get here and, lately, with the way things have been going on the ‘ol home front this month, part of me feared it never would but, at last, I’m almost Mexico bound! I guess the good news is that with all the ongoing drama in [...]

Confidence Tempura

When I raced the Welland Half Iron event back in June, I was ready; in fact, I was more than ready. I was ready to rip into the course like a hungry lion and devour everything (and everyone) in my path.  I was eager to go, excited and determined.  I wanted to do well and [...]

Goderich Olympic Triathlon

1k swim, 42.5k bike, 10k run Chip Time = 2:25:30 Category Place = 3/25 (M 30-39) Fuel: 1 oatmeal date square (pre-race), 2 btls. Perpetuem (bike), 1 pkg Chomps (bike) “On a flat roof, there’s a boy leaning against the wall of rain Aerial held high, calling “come on thunder, come on thunder” I know [...]