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.  [...]

Misery Loves Company

Hill Run (click to see stats) 7.49k (1:56:00) Avg. Heart Rate = 144bpm Max. Heart Rate = 166 bpm Avg. Pace = 6:05/km Best Pace = 3:54 /km Calories = 698 Temp = 1º So I was having a bit of a hard time motivating myself getting out the door this past Wednesday, when fate [...]

The Odd Couple

Not everything in my life revolves around swimming, biking and running.  And, no, I don’t mean yoga or plyometrics either…or eating for that matter.  I actually do have some down time periodically; except that after Miso’s passing back in August, that downtime has been rather daunted.  So last month I did something to drastically improve [...]

“Triathlete Eyes Bigger Challenges”

I was very fortunate this past Tuesday to have received an opportunity to enjoy my 15 minutes of fame.  Who knew that Andy Warhol really understood what he was blathering on about back then?  My “fame”, you see, came with a recent article published about yours truly in the local Standard newspaper. Click here to [...]

Giving Back

As my tapering period started this week, I have already begun thinking about the goals I want to set for next season, and not so much my own fitness goals as there will be lots of time to chew those over in off-season, but those more intimate personal goals near and dear to my heart; [...]

Martin’s Surf n’ Turf

Today was a real treat where I got to switch the controls from ‘race mode’ to ‘fun mode’ for a change and enjoy participating in Martin’s Surf n’ Turf, a low-key 400m swim in a balmy man made lake followed by a 5k run around Gulliver Park.  I learned about this event through some friends [...]

The Welland Review

2k swim, 90k bike, 21.1k run Goal Time = 5:31:00 Chip Time = 5:02:25 (click to see Sportstats page) Category Place = 17/38 (M 35-39) Overall Place = 70/305 Fuel: 1 btl. Perpetuem (pre-race), 2 btls. Perpetuem (bike), 2 pkgs Chomps (bike), 1 GU gel (run)…and bucket loads of water and cold sponges. Believe it [...]

The Welland Review (Prologue)

What an incredible day!  Today was the official kick-start of the big Welland Triathlon weekend with all the Duathlon, Sprint Triathlon and Try-a-Tri-ers all taking to the water…or bikes…or running…well, you get the idea.  As usual, our TryForce club was represented well; both as participants and as spectators. It has been a privilege to train [...]

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 [...]