The 2009 Huatulco World Cup was seriously hot. The water was 84, and according to Jarrod Shoemaker’s SRM the average temp was 102 degrees during the bike. During the run it only got hotter. I poured so much water over my head on the run that at times I felt like I was running through […]
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No More Training For 2009
Tomorrow is the Huatulco World Cup. It’s my second World Cup, but definitely my biggest ITU race as far as size and quality of field. Plus, this course is going to kill people. It’s hot, for one, but more importantly, there’s a gigantic wall that we ride up eight times followed by a not-so-flat run… […]
Buenos Noches
A wise man once said, “a little Spanish will get you a long way.†And tonight that couldn’t be truer. [Left: My Parents and I are celebrating the delivery of my new fan-club t-shirts – a big thanks to Taigraphx for the printing!] It’s been a long day of travelling, I left my house at […]
Voy a Huatulco en la semana que viene
It’s finally here: taper. My last taper of 2009. Plus, I’m at the most physically and mentally healthy state of being in my athletic career. Now you might ask, “How can anyone even know that?†To which I would respond, “By reading my blog.†Obviously, if it says it on here it must be true. […]
Klepto’s Getting Greedy
It’s definitely approaching winter in Seattle, as demonstrated by the lack of students at the track. It’s nice that I don’t have to dodge anyone, but now that my special admirers have taken to indoor activities I’m forced to share the track with something much less pleasant. Klepto The Crow came to the track today. […]
K-Swiss Has Some Cool New Stuff
Every time I get a new shipment from K-Swiss I get super excited to find out what new products they’ve released. Since I started working with the company at the beginning of 2008, Kalifornia-Swiss has gone from a one-running-shoe brand (the Ultra-Natural Run) to a full line of innovative and performance-geared running shoes. In that […]
Toyota Cup US Open Triathlon
On Sunday I completed the coveted, little-known triathlon trifecta. I have already been the star amateur, and the fearless guide to Aaron “Megawatt†Scheidies. This weekend I came back from a season-wrecking injury to prove that my transition to professional status was no mistake. Forty kilometers south of Dallas, miles from the nearest street lamp, […]
Finding a Pool to Train In while Traveling
This week I decided to stay in LA for a few days before heading to Dallas for the Toyota Cup Lifetime Fitness Triathlon this weekend. It was either that, or head back to Seattle right after the race, train at home for a few days, then fly to Dallas. The extra travel time would probably […]
Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles Triathlon Presented by Herbalife
Please excuse all my typos. I’ll fix them when I’m not posting via iphone. My predictions for this race were right on. I had decisively the worst swim of my career, despite outsmarting the surf and getting to the first buoy third. I followed Andrew Starykowicz and Chris Foster (wish i has his swim coach, […]
Kaiser Permanente Presents
Tomorrow I’m racing in my first premier triathlon since May. I’m surprisingly not nervous, despite a world class field of athletes, like Javier Gomez, Greg Bennett, and a dozen other elites from overseas. Perhaps my lack of nerves is because I’ve been training hard leading into this race, and I’m not rested at all. My […]