Lake Placid Training Camp Day 2-Makin’ Good Time

The alarm clock went off at 6am this morning. I cobbled together some different items for breakfast before meeting up with the group at 7:15am for our morning swim. I had planned on having some granola with hemp milk, but was lacking utensils and a bowl…doh! Instead I funneled the granola down my gullet and …

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Lake Placid Triathlon Camp Day 1-Can’t Spare A Square

  This morning I packed up the Honda Fit and made my way to Lake Placid for Troy Jacobson’s Triathlon Camp. I made it all the way to the Plattekill rest stop on I-87 before I needed a bathroom break. The rest stop was more empty than it usually is on treks up to LP, …

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USADA’s Travis Tygart Plays Prosecutor, Jury and Judge in Lance Armstrong Case

Hoax agency wasting taxpayer dollars on Lance Armstrong witch hunt! What a bunch of crap! USADA’s Travis Tygart Plays Prosecutor, Jury and Judge in Lance Armstrong Case.

Open Water Swim at Dutch Springs with GPS

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 …

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No Meat For You!!! My Plant-Based Diet Experiment

A couple months ago my wife and I watched Forks Over Knives on Netflix. I was warned beforehand that if I wanted to keep going out for dinner that I should not watch it, but after awhile we eventually did. I have to say that watching the movie does make you want to throw all …

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Independence Sprint Triathlon 2012

I wasted no time kicking off the 2012 Season with the Independence Sprint Triathlon in the first official training week. It was actually smaller than the typical sprint distance with a .25 mile swim, 10 mile bike, and a 2 mile run. It was a free race for me since Piranha cancelled the bike leg …

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The 2012 Season has Begun…

Back from our excellent vacation in Italy and right into my training plan. The season will be more of a preparation for next season, but will be fun nevertheless. I will be starting the season off with a min-sprint at the Independence Triathlon at Nockamixon on the first weekend. It is pretty short but should …

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Amalfi Coast Day 10-Heading to Naples

After another great breakfast at Hotel Savoia, we packed up our stuff and then headed down into Sorrento for some last minute souvenirs and, of course, another gelato. While we enjoyed our gelato’s it started down-pouring and the shop instantly filled with people. We waited out the rain for 10 minutes and headed back to …

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New Sprockets Dieter!

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 …

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Portman Nutrition Calculator

Portman Nutrition Calculator for helping to estimate your race nutrition needs…. http://www.portmancalculator.com