2010 Year In Review

I’ll never have another year like 2010 in many respects.  It was a year I’ll never forget–the good, the bad and the miserable .  I took a new job at my company this year that led to traveling 250,000 miles in nine  months–China, Brazil, Netherlands, even Bahrain, and many trips to India.  I knew my [...]

2009 Transrockies Run

Transrockies Run — Getting There Transrockies Run Day 0 — Check In Transrockies Run Stage 1 — Buena Vista to Railroad Bridge Campground Transrockies Run Stage 2 — Vicksburg to Twin Lakes Transrockies Run Stage 3 — Leadville to Camp Hale Transrockies Run Stage 4 — Camp Hale to Red Cliff Transrockies Run Stage 5 — [...]

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 [...]

Flight of The Monarch Butterfly

After being pelted by thousands of migrating monarch butterflies during a 60-mile ride this week, I knew there must be an explanation for this fascinating phenomenon.  Why are they all flying north and where are they going?  It was kind of cool when I was also riding north as I almost felt like I was participating in their private ritual, but as I [...]

Racing and Training in a Bad Economy

Let’s face it.  We’re all trying to be frugal this year.  Working out on a budget is the second biggest fitness trend this year (after bootcamp-style workouts), according to the American Council on Exercise and reported in Suite101.com.  Lots of people will probably opt to cancel their gym memberships and simply cut some things right out.  [...]

Rest Days

Today is a rest day, one of the hardest days of the week.  I have learned to take my rest days as seriously as the long run or the long intervals or the brick.  That means not heading to the pool for an easy swim or going to the gym to flex my muscles, or spinning [...]

Curing Cholesterol Without Medication

While we’re on the recent topic of heart health, I thought I’d share the fix I have found for high cholesterol.  Two years ago, my doctor wanted to prescribe Lipitor for my high cholesterol (was 214).  I told him I wanted to try a different approach before going on statin drugs that have side effects, so [...]

Why I Do It — Family History

Like many athletes, I have a difficult time eplaining to my family why I swim, bike, run with such intensity.  My older brother sings in four choirs in Tokyo and my twin brother loves to fish.   He’ll drive 14 hours one way from Texas to Colorado to fish…all by himself.  But I’m sure both my brothers don’t spend a [...]

Athletic Heart Syndrome

Like any other muscle, the heart gets stronger with exercise.   Athletic Heart Syndrome is a combination of structural and functional changes that occur in the heart of people who train more than an hour on most days.  Signs include sinus bradycardia (a resting heart rate of fewer than 60 beats per minute), a systolic murmur, and extra [...]

2008 Race Results

01/27 :: National Postal Swim 3150 yards 02/03 :: Kaiser Permanente San Francisco Half Marathon 1:39:32 03/08 :: Way Too Cool 50K 6:52:44 03/16 :: Emerald Nuts Across The Bay 12K 55:32 (PR) 03/22 :: AR50 Training Run 50K 6:28 04/05 :: American River 50-mile 10:06:05 04/12 :: Santa Cruz Half Marathon 1:38:34 04/19 :: Tierra Bella 100K 05/03 :: Pat’s Run [...]