2008 will be my rookie year as a professional triathlete, and I’m going into it after being named the 2007 US and World Amateur Champion. This site is my attempt at sharing my experiences with the world. Whether you are a retired pro, a future pro, or a pro at heart, this is your looking glass into the career of a professional triathlete. These are the Confessions of the Highly Motivated.
Jul
05
2008
Ok, I don’t want to do a list of 53 not so funny things that make yesterday my favorite holiday, but the number refers to one reason this years July 4th was awesome. It’s a product line called Nutrition53, created by Bill Romanowski, that I’ve been sampling the last few weeks.
Thursday night I talked to my coach. The conversation was short because I was half asleep having expended all my energy watching the US Olympic Trials for swimming.
Dr. Mike: "How do you feel?”
Me: “Tired”
“Dr. Mike: “Good, I want you to do a track workout tomorrow”
Me: “Ugh.”
And so on…
Being in an unfamiliar bed can make my sleep a little restless, so I opened
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Jul
02
2008
Today I posted for the first time to the Garmin Blog. It was all about my new Garmin Edge 705, and the longest story ever about a 15 minute bike ride.
I just wish I had some pictures of me standing on the side of the road, wearing a Speed Racer jersey. It was my birth-week, so I took the liberty of wearing all the obnoxious jerseys in my collection - this particular one was given to me by my "friends" in Hawaii at my going away party. I think they wanted to make sure I would never again make
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Jun
30
2008
I tried to get more done this week than I had time for, so today I am pretty busy still fitting stuff in. Mainly what I still have to do is pack for the next eight weeks that I will spend “on the road”. Tomorrow I go back to Marin where I will house sit and chauffeur for my friend Bob’s kids. From there I go straight to Geneva, New York for the Musselman Triathlon, then to the New York City Triathlon a week later. After those races I fly directly to Colorado Springs for a training camp at the Olympic Training Center I did cross off a lot of my to-do list, however, and even a bit more. Here’s a list of things accomplished this week:
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