Category Archives: Random Thoughts

Last weekend I got to see Courtenay – which was awesome – but the bitterness of saying goodbye to her for the next few months marked the start of an unexceptional week. I had some knee pain that started after running in the snow in Boulder over the weekend, then right as that was subsiding […]

A few weeks ago Courtenay got into a graduate program at CU-Boulder. This week they flew here out here to visit, so naturally I drove up from Colorado Springs to spend the weekend with her. I haven’t spent much time in Boulder before this weekend, but I’ve certainly heard plenty about it (more pro triathletes live here than anywhere else in the US). On Thursday I jumped in the water with Dave Scott’s group at Flatiron Athletic Club. The club is pretty cool. Plenty of cardio equipment, frequent yoga classes, open pool time and a well stocked weight room. The swim practice itself was a pretty typical master’s practice. Don’t get me wrong, it was cool to be in the same lane as Matt Reed and next to several other pro athletes (you’ll have to forgive me for not recognizing a lot of ironman athletes), but it wasn’t some mind blowing experience that made me rethink the way I’ve been swimming the past 20 years. Otherwise it was a well organized master’s workout (full range of abilities) with a famous person dishing out the sets to six outdoor lanes

This isn’t the first time I’ve been to the Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, but it always seems to surprise me how awesome it is here! And now that I’m taking up residency at the Training Center, there’s way more cool stuff that’s open to me. I got here Saturday after a long three […]

I moved into the Olympic Training Center today as a resident athlete. Unfortunately, the resident dorms were flooded a few months back and repairs are not yet finished, so I have been relegated to the barracks. These three cinder block buildings – relics left from when the campus was an air force base – are […]

Monday morning I said Aloha to my Canadian friends after a relaxing dip in the ocean and a muddy last jaunt through the cane fields of Paia. I came back to Oahu and decided that I would basically repeat the workouts from the week because I felt strong and ready to handle 7 more days […]

Ok, it’s not really party time when everyone has just done three 30 hour training weeks in a row. We are slowly cleaning up the mess we’ve made in the rental house and getting ready to fly out tomorrow. Today was out last workout, a 14 mile run with an hour of the fastest pace […]

I arrived today to Maui. It was a short flight over, but still tiring. I arrived hungry and without food, then went grocery shopping at a health food market nearby. I spent a lot of money, filled a camping backpack with food, then rode back up the hill to the house I’m staying in with […]

After a month in Hawaii, I’m certain that everyone needs a little sunshine to start off training for the new year. Hawaii may be a long way away, but I bet you can find a cheap ticket to Austin. Check out the Austin Endurance Ranch put on by Chris Tremonte – a professional triathlete from […]