Mar 24
I have been toying around with the idea of renting or buying carbon fiber race wheels for some time now. The cost of new wheels being around $2000-$2500 a set has really taken that option off the list, so that leaves either buying used wheels or renting them on race day. Race day rentals are …
Mar 18
Well another build cycle comes to an end and a welcome recovery week awaits me. Spoiled by a beautiful, Spring-like weekend the week prior, this past week I was not as lucky. I ended up doing a 2 hour trainer ride on Saturday which always tests your ability to handle monotony due to a fresh …
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 …
Feb 10
When the New Year rolled around this year, I thought about the fact I really have nothing to give up anymore. I gave up eating animal protein nine months ago and have been thriving on the plant-based diet. I am at my goal weight and am maintaining it even through the off-season. Starting an exercise …
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, …
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 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 …
