2009 Year In Review

2009 was a nearly perfect year for me, and I am very grateful for it.  I had set some lofty goals: 1.  PR at all distances, all events (swim, bike, run, tri) 2.  Complete the Transrockies Run 3.  Qualify for the Boston Marathon 4.  Register for a 2010 ironman 5.  Become a RRCA certiifed running coach [...]

San Mateo Masters 1-Mile Openwater Swim

Well, let me just say I won my age group!  That doesn’t happen very often…like never.  With just a week away from my half ironman, this openwater swim was a great reminder of what it’s like to not hit the wall every 25 meters.  I had tried to do an openwater swim a couple times [...]

Incredible Feats of Endurance

Recently, there has been a series of unbelievable feats of endurance that caught my attention and captivated my imagination.  It’s probably been going on around me for many years, but it’s like when you buy a new car and suddenly you see it everywhere on the road.  Ever since I signed up for the Transrockies Run this [...]

One-Hour Postal National Championship

United States Masters Swimming holds ten National Long Distance Championships each year. The competition includes open water and postal events as follows: One mile (quarter-mile straightaway or open water course) Quarter-mile straightaway (2 miles) Open water (greater than 1 and less than or equal to 3 miles) Open water (greater than 3 and less than 6 [...]

Paso Robles Splash n Dash

This weekend I entered one of the smallest races I have ever done while visiting my in-laws in Paso Robles. Just a week before the Silicon Valley Marathon, I was tapering and thought a 500m swim and a 5K run was just the right combination of aerobic effort and speed work. There must have been [...]

Sentinel Triathlon Results

I wasn’t exactly ready for a race today, but I had missed the Triathlon at Pacific Grove a couple weeks earlier and wasn’t ready for tri season to end, so I decided just a couple days ago to do the Sentinel for a second year in a row. It helped a lot to have my [...]

Morgan Hill Splash 2 Dash Winner!

Today, at age seven, my son Cayman won the 7 – 8 yr.-old age group at the first annual Splash 2 Dash Youth Triathlon in our home town. He didn’t train for it at all and it was his first triathlon. It was a 50-yard swim, a 3-mile bike, and a 3/4-mile run.We didn’t even [...]

Marathons, Triathlons, Ultras

I have already spent considerable time on long rides and runs thinking about what kind of events I want to do in 2009. The plan includes marathons, triathlons and ultra marathons. I’ll probably throw in a century ride or two. But in talking through this with some training partners, I now have a better understanding [...]

Training in Maui

I’m in the middle of two weeks in Maui with my family, enjoying every minute. I’m officially training for the Silicon Valley Marathon where I want to qualify for Boston but I’m still considering the Big Kahuna 70.3 this year and another Olympic distance or two, so I am still tri training in Maui. It was [...]