Reviewing and highlighting any used or new triathlon-related gear.
Feb 24
On Saturday I headed down to Oaks(Near Valley Forge, PA) to check out the Endurance Sports Expo. I have to admit I had these fantasies in my that I was going to find a pair of Zipp Firecrest 404 race wheels for under a $1000. Of course when I go there reality set in quickly. …
Feb 21
The week 3 update is a little late coming out. The final build week of the first cycle ended with a death in my family. My grandmother had passed away on Saturday night. I was fortunate to see her about 3 hours before her passing. She was a month shy of turning 95 years old …
Jan 30
As my training ramps up heading into the Winter, I had anticipated purchasing a new computer-controlled resistance trainer for my cycling. I projected many long, boring hours creating puddles of sweat on the basement floor. In an effort to make that more tolerable I thought a pre-programmed, video –enabled trainer would help alleviate that. Unfortunately, …
Nov 24
This part of the off-season is a great time to tune-up on your form and technique before training starts. Coming out of this past race season I had developed some IT Band issues in my left leg and also some what I like to call “weirdness” in my left knee while biking. The “weirdness” was …
Oct 22
I am starting to think this off-season marathon thing was a bad idea. Despite my valiant efforts to resolve my ITBS issues from my last tri, I am still running and it keeps coming back. Although it is not very consistent as to when it strikes. Sometimes it is around 6 miles other times it …
Aug 30
DC Rainmakers got the scoop on the new Wahoo Bike Trainer with power and open source connectivity. Looks pretty sweet! Check it out.. DC Rainmaker: First look at Wahoo Fitness KICKR ANT+/Bluetooth Smart Trainer with power meter.
Jun 16
On Friday I finally got over to Dutch Springs to try out my new Garmin 910xt with a longer open water swim(OWS). I did use it in the Independence Sprint Triathlon the other week, but that was short and the tracking was a bit off. I was hoping a longer swim would show up better …
May 27
I am a huge Mike Myers and SNL fan, so whenever I can stick references to that in I am all over that. Anyway, before heading on vacation, I decided to change up the crankset on my tri bike to a compact(50T/34T). There are a lot of hills on most of the courses I ride …
May 09
I decided that it was time to upgrade to a new, properly fitted triathlon bike since making the commitment to pursue my dream of completing an Ironman. My current bike, a Cannondale R600, was around 10 years old and I constantly become sore in the neck and shoulders after riding it. If I was going …
Apr 16
It has been a week of equipment failures this week. First off, the crankset on my QRoo Tri bike has come loose for the third time now and second my Swimsense watchband starting coming apart. Although this seemed to be a couple big annoyances, it could not happen at a better time and the outcomes …
