On Sunday Kerry and I completed the 20th Annual America’s Most Beautiful Bike Ride, a 100 mile ride around lake Tahoe. Beautiful yes and also a little brutal too…as you can see from our muddy faces. We awoke at 4:30am to the sound of heavy rain outside, not fun. With temperatures in the low 40′s it [...]
Wow, holy cow, oh my god, *add your own exclamation here*, was that hard! But I’m pleased to report I am officially an Ironman, 140.3 miles in 14 hours, 44 minutes and 38 seconds…the hardest 14 hours, 44 minutes and 38 seconds of my life. What started 10 months ago reached fruition this Sunday with [...]
It was a foggy start to race #7, the Triathlon at Pacific Grove. Not only that, but the kelp seemed extra thick this year too! It was great to be back in Monterey, the location of my first triathlon 2 years ago and a great benchmark to see how much I’d improved over the last [...]
I escaped from Alcatraz and it only took 45 minutes! On Sunday I completed the San Francisco Triathlon at Alcatraz, it’s one wild race! In fact I had such a blast I think it’s one of my favourite triathlons to date. It all starts in the wee hours of the morning, setting up transition in [...]
On Sunday I took part in the Vineman Ironman 70.3 triathlon in Sonoma, a triathlete’s version of a trip to the wine country. This is my first 70.3 mile event, you might remember my previous attempt at this distance ended with my bike crash two weeks before the race last October. A 70.3 Ironman consists [...]
