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 [...]

Country Roads, Take Me Home

Easy Ride (click to see stats) 30.21k (1:11:14) Avg. Heart Rate =  114 bpm Max. Heart Rate =  152 bpm Avg. Speed/Pace = 25.4 /kph Best Speed/Pace = 36.0 /kph Calories = 1204 Temp = 17° It has been nearly two months since I packed up and moved to the remote township of Ridgeway, approximately [...]

May the Fourth Be With You

Long(ish) Run (click to see stats) 10.29k (52:59) Avg. Heart Rate = 150 bpm Max. Heart Rate = 169 bpm Avg. Pace = 5:09 min/km Best Pace = 4:01 min/km Calories = 982 Temp = 12º I decided to celebrate May 4th in a most typical fashion:  by running.  Hey, what else do I ever [...]

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; [...]

The Bitter Truth About Chocolate

Long (Easy) Run (click to see stats) 11.25k (1:00:01) Avg. Heart Rate = 147 bpm Max. Heart Rate = 154 bpm Avg. Pace = 5:20 min/km Best Pace = 4:30 min/km Calories = 1069 Temp = 11º SOTD: ‘Gold on the Ceiling’  by The Black Keys It’s the Easter weekend, and you know what that [...]

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 [...]

Runner’s Toe

There are lots of unflattering and painful things that can happen to runners over the course of their training: leaky bladder, diarrhea, bloody nipples, ass rash (or worse), pulled muscles, plantar fasciitis, ITB issues; you name it I’ve dealt with it.  But, for whatever reason, up until today I’ve never had to deal with the [...]

Chilly Half Marathon

Chilly Half Marathon (click to see stats & route) Chip Time = 1:39:23 (click to see race stats) Category Place = 48/192 (M 35-39) Overall Place = 403/3300 Avg. Heart Rate = 162 bpm Max. Heart Rate = 171 bpm Avg. Pace = 4:43 /km Max. Pace = 3:35 /km Calories = 2032 Temp = [...]

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.  [...]

Cancun 70.3 (In Retrospect)

Since I’ve been on a big reminiscing kick lately given that’s it a new year as well as a new training season, not to mention the new goals I have set for myself in 2012, I’m going to kick the vanity level up another notch for one more post and share some photos from the [...]