sporadic stories from an American pro triathlete

Archive for April, 2009

St. Anthony’s v. 4.0

This past weekend I raced St. Anthony's for the fourth year in a row. St. A's is definitely my favorite race - it's one of the biggest triathlons in the world, the field is always stacked, the course is flat and fast, and it's right in my home state! It's also a great way to evaluate fitness in →


I’m Spoiled

Chula Vista is awesome. My time here is almost up and I will soon be moving to my "long term" resident location at the Olympic training center in Colorado Springs, and even though Colorado Springs is equally awesome I will be the first to admit that I will miss training in Chula. The warm San Diego weather, the →


Carlsbad 5000 – What Makes It So Fast?

The Carlsbad 5000 claims to be the "world's fastest 5K," and having raced this 5K road race yesterday I can say that it is very fast. I ran a PR of 15:12, more than a half minute faster than my previous best road time of 15:51. During the race I think I also set a PR in every →


Australia

The Mooloolaba World Cup was last weekend. I crashed out. I had a decent swim, a so-so first transition, and then crashed out on the first lap of the bike. It's tough traveling halfway across the world and coming back with nothing, but overall I'm pretty happy about the way things turned out after crashing: I'm →