My Road Back to Kona: On Deck for 2010...

When I raced at the Ironman World Championship in Kona in 2002, I suffered like a dog.  I left with no immediate desire to come back.  Just a few weeks prior to the race, I had broken the 9-hour mark in an Ironman for the first time at the inaugural Blue Devil Triathlon in Durham, NC.  I put everything I had into that race and it left my physically, mentally and emotionally drained.  At the time, Kona...

Rainmaker Publishing Publishes "50 Great US T...

As a contributor and author coordinator for the book, I am excited to announced that Rainmaker Publishing LLC, which published my book Full Time and Sub-Nine: Fitting Iron Distance Training into Everyday Life has just published a new book titled: From Kona to Lake Placid – 50 Great US Triathlons. Each triathlon presented in the book is written about by a unique author who participated in that particular triathlon....

Vineman 4th Place: The inner game of Ironman...

Vineman Triathlon 20th Anniversary – August 1, 2009 Finish Time: 9:53:38.3 for 4th Overall Swim: 00:57:39.0 T1: 00:02:18.5 Bike: 05:13:44.4 T2: 00:01:27.8 Run: 03:38:28.6 Link to results: CLICK HERE. As I headed out of transition at the start of the 26.2-mile run, race announcer Dave Latourette yelled to me: “You’re 24 minutes back on the leader.” My heart sunk as a surge of disappointment...

My race prediction for Vineman: Indeterminate...

My race prediction for myself at Vineman on August 1st can be summed up as: Indeterminate. This year's race is the 20th Anniversary of the event – the longest running Ironman distance triathlon in the continental U.S. This year will be my 6th time racing the full Ironman distance event (2.4-mile swim / 112-mile bike / 26.2-mile run). In my five prior races, I have 2 x 1st places finishes (2001, 2007), 2 x 2nd...

Reflecting Back on 25 Ironmans: #3 Vineman...

My first Ironman, Ironman Canada, was about finishing. The race was an unknown quantity. I was fairly confident that I could finish the event because I had done the proper training but I had no idea what to expect. My second Ironman, Great Floridian Triathlon, was about recapturing the ecstasy of the finish. I wanted the finish line “high” that I felt at Canada. Vineman Full in 1998 was different. I...

Triathlete Magazine Home Page: My 15 Minutes of Fa...

Image: Triathlete Magazine’s home page with a picture of me crossing the finish line at Vineman I have always joked that my triathlon career would not be complete until I was on the front cover of either Triathlete Magazine or Inside Triathlon. I think Triathlete Magazine’s home page counts. I was interviewed for an article previewing the Vineman Full (Ironman distance triathlon) on August 2nd. If the...

Race Report: V is for Vineman and for Victory!...

So far, 2007 has been a great year for me in triathlon. After an 8:51 PR at the Quelle Challenge in Roth in June, I just won the Vineman Full in a time of 9:17 – a PR for me on this course. My Vineman Results: Swim 00:59:42.2 T1 00:01:33.6 Bike 04:58:29.7 T2 00:01:27.1 Run 03:16:08.0 Finish 09:17:20.6 Pre-Race I received a call from Russ Pugh, the Vineman Race Director, a few months ago. Russ asked me, “Are...

Race Report: 2nd Overall at Vineman...

“Since 1990,” states the t-shirts from the 2006 Vineman iron-distance event. This was the 17th year of one of the oldest Iron-distance events in the country – a classic. Vineman takes place on August 12 in Santa Rosa, California in the heart of California’s wine country – Sonoma County and the Russian River Valley. The race for me began at mile 90 on the bike. Although I swam almost the entire 2.4-mile...