The morning of Ironman Texas I was quite nervous, my ability to get to Kona was riding on a solid finish today. The good thing was I did not need to be perfect, I just needed to race well, forget that…I am not points racing,...
Next week I will talk about the week between 70.3 Galveston and 70.3 New Orleans, but this week we talk about winner winner chicken dinner. At a few minutes after 6am an announcement was made that the race start would be delayed because a few of...
It is funny how confidence in your abilities ebs and flows as training progresses throughout the season. As of late, I have been training hard but not really confident of what I can do in the race. Which meant heading into Memorial Herman 70.3 Galveston...
I have ridden is snow, sleet, rain, wind, sunshine, and most would expect for me to say this winter or this month, but truth be told it all has been in the last 5 days. Now I get to go race in a places that...
While most of my competitors are explaining themselves on why they are changing sponsors...
Did the cannon fire or was it an air horn that started Ironman 70.3 Puerto Rico, I will never know. I was dead focused on the swim start. I was nervous, I knew I had fitness but did I have speed? After Ironman Arizona I had...
Coming off a blistering fast 70.3 Miami just a few days earlier I knew I was bike fit but I was frustrated with the piss poor run I had in Miami. No matter how well I had been running in training, I really started to...
Next week I will post the 70.3 Austin (Longhorn) race report, because I know that I know a lot more people are looking forward to this one even though it will be a lot less entertaining. I really don’t know where to start with this...
I love racing in Florida. There is one thing that has been consistent in my career. World Record bike splits in Florida: 70.3 World Championships Clearwater (2010), Ironman Florida (2012), Ironman Florida (2013), Rev3 Florida (2013), & now 70.3 Miami (2015). Another staggering number is...
Here I find myself late in my 10th pro season realizing that my racing style has become extinct. I am not talking about my hard nose racing style of balls to the wall start to finish, but my training style. For the past decade I...