Race Report: My first DNF at the Kinetic 1/2 Ironm...

Kinetic 1/2 Ironman (1.2-mile swim, 56-mile bike, 13.1-mile run) at Lake Anna State Park near Fredericksburg, VA. I knew going into this race that my left calf muscle might give me trouble. A week and a half before, the lower part of the soleus (inner calf muscle) had tightened near where it attaches to the Achilles’ tendon. I finished my run but the muscle did not loosen up. When I ran again a few days later,...

Crashing Through My Glass Ceiling: What Does It Ta...

David winning Blue Devil Triathlon #2There is an invisible ceiling out there that I can’t see but I know it’s there because I run into it every time I race. Bam! I hate it because it’s limiting my potential as an athlete. I’ve lived with the ceiling now for about four years. The ceiling was set four years ago that I broke under the nine hour barrier in the Ironman-distance at the inaugural Blue...