Training

End of the 2010 Season and some other good news!

Posted by on October 13, 2010 in Training

What a weekend.  I completed my 79th triathlon, saw the movie Social Network, and oh yeah, got engaged!  First, the race: After proposing Saturday night, there was no time to celebrate since I had to get up super early to race Sunday.  Being in bed by 11 p.m. or so didn’t achieve the desired result […]

An Electronic Monument to Narcissism

Posted by on October 6, 2010 in Training

This post’s title was provided by Grace who hails from some place that affords access to the internet.  She posted a comment earlier today that, for some reason, can’t be located within this website otherwise I would have simply published it.  Then again, it might not have gotten the proper attention had it remained as […]

Maintaining the Status Quo

Posted by on October 5, 2010 in Training

The status quo:  my definition means not making any forward progress.  Sure, I was able to complete the Red Bank Triathlon this past weekend, #78 of the career, but I didn’t train at all in the week leading up to the race.  I neither gained speed nor did any of the core strengthening exercises to […]

Long time no talk…

Posted by on September 28, 2010 in Training

It’s just one of those things where you are so well-intentioned but fail to deliver simply because it will require so much catching up.  I’m speaking of course about my neglect of this blog.  It’s not like I have sophisticated tracking tools that reveal the demands of the masses to read more about my vain […]

No Eagleman

Posted by on June 17, 2010 in Training

Well, despite all of the hype I put into competing at the Eagleman half-Ironman, I didn’t compete.  Eight days earlier, on June 5th, I had a sports injury that caused some rather severe muscular trauma to my right mid-back section.  I went to the ER to ensure that there were no broken bones or organ […]