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Blogging, huh? I guess now is as good of time as ever. Considering that I work in the online realm I feel like maybe I should have got to this a bit earlier. Whats that saying? "Better late, then...
View ArticleThe Year Till Now...In Words.
As opposed to? Pictures? That'd be better. I always liked the pop up picture books growing up. Although, I was more enamored with how they actually worked. Like, you open the page and then - pop! A pop...
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The Art of Wrecking
Admittedly, I don't know much about art. But, sometimes might pretend I do. "I agree, the depth of color and the way that he frames the piece are unparalleled." Huh? What am I talking about? I also...
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Sportaneous!
I've written about my aspirations (fantasies) for being a pro basketball player and how a very large majority of my life I truly believed that to be possible. Considering that I work tirelessly towards...
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First Endurance
I've always been a tinkerer. For many reasons. I hate the idea of not knowing how something works, like to be able to do things on my own and just enjoy the process of discovery. I'm the guy who will...
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Kiwami
Who remembers the dot-com bubble of '95ish to 2000? I was relatively young (junior high/high school) but working within the online industry has kept my memory fresh of what it was like during that...
View ArticleThe Taper
For those not familiar with the term, tapering is a period of time (different for each race distance) before a race where you allow your body to completely recover from all the hard work you've put in...
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Expect the Unexpected
As I sit down to write this race recap for Ironman Syracuse 70.3, I still have a bit of mixed feelings. This is my third 70.3 of the year and one could make a pretty strong argument that this was my...
View ArticleSpecificity
How can I go faster? Anyone involved in multi sport in a competitive manner is always asking that question (or should be). The easy and most obvious answer is to train more and train more efficiently....
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Kiwami Goodies
I'm a bit late on this, admittedly. I received an initial "care package" from Kiwami with all sorts of goodies a few days before Syracuse and wanted to share a bit about what was included!As you can...
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Work, Works - Ironman Arizona
Ive thought about this post for quite some time. Unsure of what it would entail. It seems unbelievable that my first Ironman is behind me. I started this journey almost 11 months ago exactly yet it...
View ArticleSick, really?
Throughout the entire year, I've daydreamed of getting just a little more sleep, a little more time spent horizontal. This because I was constantly breaking myself down through training. And when...
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First Endurance PreRace Review
I thought about the opening to this review and probably re wrote it five or six times. I wanted to be sure I framed the product correctly. But every time I wrote something down, I felt like I was...
View ArticleTomorrow Is Never Promised
It's easy for all of us to lose sight of that. We wake each morning and our day goes primarily to plan most every day. We might have a hiccup or two along the way but the day eventually passes and...
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Spring Is In The Air...
(Central Park in Spring. We're most definitely not there yet!)Sort of. While still 45 degrees today, the weather feels as if it might be turning. Not that winter in the city has been that bad anyway....
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Red Bank 2012 - First Loser
Finally. A race. After a long winter I've learned a couple of things. The biggest being I need to get in some sort of racing earlier in the year. I actually love the process - the training, nutrition,...
View ArticleWhere to start...
Good question. I've been MIA for a while in regards to posting and its probably a combination of things. It is a combination of things.I've been busy. But who's not?Racing hasn't been going well. I'm a...
View Article"The journey is the reward."
This was one of the late Steve Jobs favorite maxims. He'd share this during executive retreats, board meetings and daily meetings with his closest staff. I feel its something to keep in mind at all...
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The Awesomeness of a Great Bicycle Fitting
It's been a while.More importantly, I've actually got something worthwhile to share. I've not raced since last fall so no races to report on and because my typing fingers are lazy, theres been not a...
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Leadman 125 Recap
The start of 2013 race season happened a bit earlier than usual this year, kicking off at the Leadman 125 race in Tempe, AZ. I usually don't race this early in the year, let alone this long (typically...
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Red Bank 2013 - Breakthrough
Oh, Red Bank. Never a boring day. And 2013 didn't disappoint. For a number of reasons. But before I get into my actual report of the race, I need to preface a bit.Red Bank has been the start of my tri...
View ArticleWhat happened?
Today was my first day back at the office after my DNF (which should have been a DNS...more on that in a bit) at Ironman Canada. My first day back to my "normal" routine. Except I got home from work...
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