“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 [...]

Just When I Thought it was Safe to go Back into the Water

Today’s was the official “back to business” day as far as my swim training was concerned as this morning earmarked the first off-season Masters Swim class with my TryForce group, not to mention my first swim in nearly a month.  Yeah, you read that right…I literally haven’t swam a stroke in nearly 4 weeks; since [...]

Woodstock Triathlon

1k swim, 30k bike, 7.5k run Chip Time = 1:46:02 (click to see Sportstats page) Category Place = 3/23 (M 35-39) Overall Place = 34/181 Overall Place (by gender) = 32/132 Fuel: 1 btl. Perpetuem (pre-race), 1 btl. Perpetuem (bike), 1 pkg Chomps (bike) What an amazing day! I’m so happy that my season has [...]

Dealing with the Jitters

Finally, my triathlon race season begins tomorrow and, at last, I get a chance to let the big dogs run.  The last few weeks have been somewhat tedious as I have begun a slight taper for the Welland Half Iron in another couple weeks at the end of the month.  Therefore, most of my workouts at [...]

Life in the Fast Lane

Climbing the Niagara Escarpment on your bike (never mind on foot) is a total bitch but, fortunately, what goes up must also eventually come down and in this case, down also means fast…very fast.  Believe me, lugging this chubby frame up those long steep inclines on a bike is no party and I’m no Alberto [...]