My eyes pried themselves open around 5:30AM for the first time after a good nights sleep. Something about being in the mountains that enables me to sleep so well. It must be the fresh air and the fact that I don’t have work on my mind. We headed into Lake Placid early for breakfast at …
Category: Triathlon
Jul 24
Ironman Lake Placid 2013 Here We Go…
Well it is official. I am now registered for Ironman Lake Placid 2013! Had a great weekend in LP. More to come once I can get back on the grid again.
Jul 20
Ironman Lake Placid: The City of Shaved Legs
My alarm went off this morning with NPR very clearly reporting the news about the theater shooting in Colorado that occurred during the night. It was one of those things that hits you hard and there is no chance that I could go back to sleep after hearing it. Kind of like when I heard …
Jul 19
Heading to Lake Placid to Chase a Dream…
The bike rack is on and my gear is partially packed. Tomorrow we head up to Lake Placid for the weekend to volunteer for Ironman Lake Placid 2012. On Sunday, I will get to feel the vibe of Ironman in Lake Placid and see the determination of this years triathletes as they make their way …
Jul 18
My Plant-Based Diet Experiment-Update #1
It has been a month and a half since I started this plant-based diet experiment and I am surprised to say that I am still going strong. The process has been easier than I thought. It does take a bit more work to prepare and cook the food I need, but I usually spend Sunday …
Jul 13
More Reasons to Avoid Prepackaged, Frozen Foods…
Besides eating healthier, eating whole foods is cheaper than the prepackaged crap in the frozen food aisle. Avoid Frozen and Prepackaged Meals Prepackaged foods require alot more resources to create, package and ship which raised the price and also wastes gas and contributes more CO2 into the sky. I have also noticed that we have …
Jul 12
Hills du Jour
Sitting here watching the Tour de France while Cadel Evans is flying up beyond category(HC for Hors Category) mountain climbs puts my evening ride into perspective. Nonetheless I thought my hill ride tonight was rather challenging with a 3rd and 4th category climb. This week has been chock full of some high intensity training and …
Jul 12
Random iPhone Pictures from the Amalfi Coast
While scanning through some of my iPhone pictures, I noticed a bunch of pics from our Italy trip. Most of them were of food(Actually Pizza and Wine) since I always have this urge to take pictures of my meals before I eat. Anyway, I thought I would share them… [nggallery id=1]
Jul 10
How To Race Ironman Lake Placid from BeyondTransition
Here is a BeyondTransition post on how to race IMLP. It is always good to have multiple perspectives from others on a course. This post also touches on the initial climb from the ski jumps to Van Hoevenberg, which tends to be glossed over many times and can have an effect on your outcome. http://beyondtransition.com/how-to-race-ironman-lake-placid/
Jul 08
LSD….Hallucinogenic or Long, Slow Distance?
One of the side effects of being an endurance athlete is that you have many long hours to just think about stuff. So many ideas float through my head on my swims, rides and runs that seem so brilliant at the time. When I get done I either forget them or they just don’t seem …