Sunday was the 5150 Mont Tremblant Triathlon – the first of four professional triathlon races held in Mont Tremblant, Quebec this summer, which culminate in the Ironman 70.3 World Championships on September 7th. I won the race decisively, posting the fastest split for each of the three disciplines and finishing in 1 hour, 55 minutes […]
Category Archives: Races
The Beauty and the Beast
The St Croix 70.3 bike course is known for being one of the hardest courses in triathlon. This segment, which is .75 of the 56 mile bike course is what people here call “The Beastâ€. I recorded it in real time on a training day. I averaged about 6 watts per kilo for this climb […]
San Juan–Ironman 70.3 Puerto Rico 2014
I faced my fears at Ironman 70.3 Puerto Rico this year. One year ago I collapsed from dehydration at mile 10 of the run. If you didn’t read that race report, it’s worth looking back to. It highlights some of the more scary things that can happen when you push your body too far and […]
Lifetime South Beach Triathlon
On Sunday I raced the Lifetime South Beach Triathlon. It’s one of my favorite races, and this is the sixth time I’ve done the race. In the past I’ve done really well here. It’s a really fast course, mostly flat and it comes in the beginning of the year when I’m anxious to get out […]
Racing Triathlons With A Running Watch
I just looked at my Training Peaks dashboard and realized that the Monterrey 70.3 file recorded by my Garmin 620 measured 70.6 miles – pretty accurate for a running specific watch! I don’t have one of the new Fenix 2 triathlon watches, so I used the Forerunner 620 – a watch meant just for running […]
Monterrey Ironman 70.3
I wrote a race recap a week ago on my flight home from Mexico, but at the time I was still really confused about my race and I didn’t know how to describe the race without sounding like I was making up excuses. Now that I’m pretty sure I’ve figured out what happened I’ll tell […]
Miami 70.3 Race Video on YouTube
Here’s a video that City Bikes Miami 70.3 put out. There are a some great shots of me from the helicopter. (I’m the guy wearing mostly white on a black Cervelo P5. I’m also the guy without other riders near him.) If I had a dance remix soundtrack playing during the race I think it […]
UWC Triathlon a.k.a. my surreal Bahamian weekend
A few times in Triathlon I’ve been invited on trips that seemed too good to be true. Like in 2007 when I received an email from a former Olympian, Victor Plata, asking if I’d like to go an an all expenses paid trip to Brazil in order to race on live Brazilian television and in […]
Miami 70.3
A week after finishing up the Lifetime Triathlon Series, I headed to Miami to prove that I could finish a half ironman. I chose Miami because I wanted to compete against the best field (there were two smaller 70.3 races to choose from the same weekend) and because I LOVE racing in Miami. I finished […]
Oceanside Lifetime Fitness Championship
The seventh and final race of the 2013 Lifetime Fitness Triathlon Series was the most unique experience of the series. I came into the weekend feeling secure about finishing top three in the series, but knowing that I could move up into second or first if I earned three points more than Hunter Kemper or […]