Racing

With the 2010 WCS season now in the rear view mirror most athletes are heading out on a vacation of some sort (or a holiday if you’re from Britain). But not me! With the Pan American Continental Championship still ahead on October 17th most athletes in the western hemisphere are probably continuing their seasons. Here […]

So this is what it feels like to have a good result! I haven’t felt this good about a race in a long time (since November 14th, 2009 to be exact). Of course I prefer the top step of the podium but Mark Fretta stole the race with a blazing fast bike split (on a

I’m not going to get into too many specifics about my race in London as it was another not-so-good result, but I can say that at least I made it to the run this year! The field in London this past weekend was loaded with talent and I simply wasn’t prepared for the intensity of

Things went decently well in Hamburg this past weekend. My only complaint is that my efforts only netted a 37th place. I swam well – I was pleasantly surprised to see names like Docherty, Ben “I only packed one shirt for this trip” Collins and Mark “I own a hamster named Hunter Kemper” Fretta in

A brief race report from HyVee: My swim was excellent! I exited the water in the front pack only 30 seconds down from the leaders. This was great since my swim was off for the first few races of the season. Onto the bike I was in the front pack within half of a lap

The race in Seoul didn’t go as planned but just like I found out in Mooloolaba, Sydney and St. Anthony’s I need to re-evaluate my swim program. Fortunately I have five weeks until my next race (HyVee) – Good thing I have these big training blocks to work with! Although my race was a disaster

For those who asked: I did race in St. Anthony’s this past weekend…but I didn’t finish. My coach and I decided for numerous reasons to not do the race in its entirety. I did leave myself the option of doing the whole thing in case I felt absolutely spectacular…but that didn’t happen. My next race