The best rides start with a bump. I’m talking about a hill. Not a large hill but enough to get your blood moving on the way up and the wheels spinning on the way down. It reminds both your body and mind what is most fun about the bike and carries you through when [...]
It reminds me that it is better to be up in the morning challenging my weaknesses than up at night drowning my insecurities.
Whatever the science behind it, scientists agree that these flaming purple and green socks are guaranteed to make you faster*.
I ordered 10 dozen pairs of flaming socks in TNT purple and green from the Sock Guy as a fundraiser. They are veeeerrrrrrry cool. They have “Go Team” written across the back so people can see your team spirit when biking or running. Take a look at them here. You can read a review [...]
The funny thing about triathlon is that triathlon races aren’t really that fun. Unlike mountain bike racing or cyclocross, triathlon for me isn’t really about the race itself. I don’t find myself smiling during a triathlon. Triathlon is all about training and suffering and what kind of shape I can get myself into. I keep [...]
There are rides and there are RIDES. Some rides are great for their sheer magnitude, speed or climbs. Todays ride made it into the all-caps category without any of those properties. Today’s ride was like a poem or a short story in its short perfection.
I was meeting the ironteam in Paradise for a swim, [...]
We had our first practice triathlon today. It was a sprint distance at Treasure Island. It was confidence inspiring to do all three sports again. Most of my training up till now has involved either biking or running and occasionally “a brick” which is two sports back to back.
As usual I came out of the [...]
This image is strong motivation. It was taken by a friend of mine at the end of a motorcycle ride a few years ago. It looks bad enough at first glance with my pasty white skin and healthy layer of “insulation”. It looks worse when you realize that he Photoshop’d away my gut. If you [...]