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The Super Nuge

So I have my own sports drink now. Yep thats right … you can ‘Be Like Nuge’ now with a bottle of The Super Nuge from Infinit Nutrition. This is a pretty interesting company which allows you to create your own custom mixed sports drink to eliminate the need for complex nutrition regiments. Nutrition is [...]

Ironman Week 5 of 20 Complete

Back to some significant training hours after a much welcomed taper week.? A big week on the bike going over 100 miles for the first time this year.? Part of the fun with training is finding new routes to take which offer a safe and enjoyable workout.? I have built a few new routes which [...]

Ironman Week 4 of 20 Complete

This was a welcomed taper week, letting some of the bumps and bruises heal as I finish up the Prep phase of my training and enter Base 1.? The first month was all about establishing a routine, not only for training, but for adjusting to life with the demands of training.? Finding time to grocery [...]

USA Triathlon National Championships

Today I officially registered to compete in the 2008 USA Triathlon Age Group National Championships. Its an honor that I even qualified to compete in the event as you have to win your age group in a USAT sanctioned event, something which I have been lucky enough to do twice now. Im entering more for [...]

Ironman Week 3 of 20 Complete

Hours were down this week just slightly coming off of the performance in the Mini Marathon.? Running that distance is doable, but racing that distance puts a few days of hurt on ya.? I decided to take things slow and not worry about missing a workout as I was having some significant discomfort in my [...]

Top 10 Reasons My Dad Rules #3

RODGER L. McAlister, First Lieutenant, United States Army, awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross for extraordinary heroism in action on 18 December 1966, while leading a section of aerial rocket artillery helicopters on a medical evacuation cover mission, in the Republic of Vietnam. The intended pick-up zone was surrounded by enemy automatic weapons positions, making it [...]

More Ironman Advice to Follow

This came from a post on www.beginnertriathlete.com asking what people put in their mental toolbox for the day of the race. My favorite reply was: 1. Why Ironman? – You need to know why you are doing this. When you are on the course and feel alone, knowing your reason for being out there and [...]

This is one of those days

Im sure there are days, probably the overwhelming majority of days in fact, that having kids is harder than having a pet. Kids are much harder to let’s say, keep alive, cost more money, will suddenly turn from Mommy’s little angel into a clown faced goth kid who hates their parents for the next 15 [...]

And another thing …

To give everyone a respite from all of this triathlon training hoopla … how about this. Even though this New York Times article claims that ” Sharp increases in the price of commodities worldwide, particularly record wheat futures and soaring flour costs” are sending the cost of a slice up in NYC … how the [...]

Ironman Week 2 of 20 Complete

I started wearing my knee brace during my runs and it does seem to be helping.? Looks like Ill have an even awesomer tan line this summer.? I didnt wear it in the mini on Saturday, and I wont wear it in races, but I seem to have suffered no ill effects thankfully.? Training hours [...]