ITU Vina del Mar Pan American Cup Race Report I kicked off my 2012 quest to get to Olympic Trials this past weekend at an ITU points race down in Chile. Vina del Mar is a tourist town right on the coast where I have raced once before in 2010. The South American Continental Cup… [Read more…]
January 17, 2012
This past year at the ITU London World Championship Series race, which served as an Olympic Qualifier for many countries, the difference between 8th place (which would qualify for the Olympics by most country standards) and 28th place was exactly 60 seconds. You literally had a guy crossing the finish line every three seconds, on… [Read more…]
January 4, 2012
After my final race of 2011 I took a relaxing two weeks off from training and then quickly jumped back into things. With my first triathlon of the year approaching on January 22, I was forced to build my training load rapidly. After my first three-week build, I had a recovery week going into New… [Read more…]
January 3, 2012
[Nov 21st] After one week at home it was right back to Logan International Airport to board a plane to New Zealand. The ITU Auckland World Cup was my final race of the season. I slept surprisingly well on the 13-hour flight from LA to Auckland and got to my hotel Wednesday morning feeling refreshed.… [Read more…]
November 9, 2011
As I stated in my last blog post, the next couple weeks on the road were a two-week training block in Colorado Springs, CO. The goal here was to get a solid block of altitude training in before racing the Guatape, Colombia World Cup (altitude: 6,600 ft). I got out to the Springs on Wednesday,… [Read more…]
October 31, 2011
The second week of October marked the beginning of my “crazy year-end racing extravaganza”. This involves four races on four different continents AND a two-week altitude camp in the span of just six weeks. On October 9th I raced the USAT Elite Series Finale in Myrtle Beach, SC, then the following week I flew across… [Read more…]
October 4, 2011
Two weeks ago I drove out to Buffalo to participate in my fifth USA Elite Nationals race. This was not a key focus event for me, and I had a heavy training load going into race week. Nevertheless, I was still confident that I could perform well as I had finished in a strong sixth… [Read more…]
September 18, 2011
Racing Tri-Cal Style My past two races have been the San Francisco Triathlon at Alcatraz on August 21st and the Triathlon at Pacific Grove, CA on September 10th. Both races were put on by the veteran race company Tri-California. I love doing these races. I always say that Tri-Cal is a big-time race company with… [Read more…]
August 8, 2011
Coming off of a pair of successful Pan-American Cups, which I tapered for, it was time for me to go “back to base”. I’ve spent the past four weeks doing lower intensity aerobic training mixed in with a few strength/core sessions per week. For the most part, it has been a boring training block, absent… [Read more…]
July 18, 2011
Here are a couple youtube vids from the past two ITU races I did: Coteau-du-Lac San Francisco
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January 24, 2012
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