sporadic stories from an American pro triathlete

Archive for April, 2008

St. Anthony’s

The 25th edition of the St. Anthony's triathlon was this past weekend in St. Petersburg, FL - this is about as close as a major triathlon event comes to my hometown of Orlando, FL. St. Anthony's was my first race as a professional two years ago in 2006 and I have come back each year since. It's hands-down →


Title defense

It was exactly 365 days ago today when I won the 2007 Collegiate National Championship, and this past weekend marked the 2008 version of the event. So I was back up in Tuscaloosa, Alabama with the University of Florida triathlon team to defend my national title. I knew beforehand that the race was probably going to come down to a race →


Yesterday’s workouts

So I'm pretty much getting back into the swing of things in terms of training. Here is what I did yesterday: 2 x 4 hour nap intervals. I couldn't quite finish the second because I was awakened to fill out customs forms. 2 mile tempo walk w/ luggage cart. This is the approximate distance between the United and Southwest →


Not-last-place

Overall my first world cup was very much a learning experience. There were ups and downs but overall it was an O.K. day. I had a small mechanical issue upon getting on my bike - my shoe came unclipped and was dangling from my foot. It took awhile to fix it (a good 20 seconds) and being that I was the →


In New Zealand

Hi there, I've finally had the time to set up this webpage for myself - all it took was a taper from training and getting as far away from school as I could possibly get!  Anyways, I'm currently in New Zealand for the New Plymouth World Cup.  It's going to be the first world cup race I have ever done.  The →