Dec 23
As 2012 comes to a close and we managed to survive the end of the world, I thought I should see if I achieved all of the goals I had set for the year. Looking down the list I realized that I only achieved 4 of the 8 goals. This may seem to some like …
Dec 19
Last Friday we made our way down to Bethlehem for the Aardvark Sports Shop’s Friday Night Lights run. We got there a bit late due to traffic, but we called the shop and they actually kept somewhere there to wait for us. Pretty nice of them. We started off in front of the Bethlehem Brew …
Dec 02
[singlepic id=180 w=320 h=240 float=right]Ok this past week totally sucked! I developed a bit of a head cold the Friday after Thanksgiving from what I think was the drastic change in temperature. During the day on Friday it was sunny and fairly warm. We were out for our Chirunning tune-up in shorts and t-shirts, but …
Nov 30
The off-season tune-ups seem to be the order of the day lately. Last week was my bike fitting and this week is a running tune-up. One of the Chirunning instructors from our workshop at Kripalu in 2009, Ann Margaret McKillop, had read my previous post about analyzing my form. She emailed me and said that …
Nov 24
This part of the off-season is a great time to tune-up on your form and technique before training starts. Coming out of this past race season I had developed some IT Band issues in my left leg and also some what I like to call “weirdness” in my left knee while biking. The “weirdness” was …
Nov 22
Race Name: Independence Triathlon – Piranha Sports Race Distance: Sprint – 1/4 mile swim, 10 mile bike, 2 mile run Race Location & Country: Lake Nockamixon State Park, Quakertown, PA Date: June 3rd, 2012 Race Category: Male 40-44 Why did I do this race? I had a free race credit with Piranha Sports due to …
Nov 19
[singlepic id=179 w=240 h=180 float=left]The tri bike is in for maintenance and re-fitting upgrades. The running shoes have moved to the back of the closet while I heal my IT Band. So now it is time to get out the old mountain bike which has not seen the light of day probably at least a …
Nov 17
Race Name: Steelman Olympic 2012 Race Location & Country: Lake Nockamixon, PA US Date: August 12, 2012 Race Category: Male 40-44 Why did I do this race? Close to home. Very well organized. Third year I have done this race(1 year Sprint, 2 year Olympic), so provides good test of fitness and improvements for me. …
Nov 14
Article about WGME-13 news anchor Jeff Peterson. ANother success story about a guy that made the switch to a whole foods, plant-based diet. via Natural Foodie: Making the vegan switch proved to be a win-win-win | The Portland Press Herald / Maine Sunday Telegram.