sporadic stories from an American pro triathlete

Archive for May, 2009

Austin Pan Am Cup…Second Place!

I'm excited to report I placed second in yesterday's Austin Pan American Cup! Despite a poor swim, I was able to stay in contention on the bike and battled it out for the win with New Zealand's Callum Millward on the run. It came down to a drag race style sprint in the last 100 meters and he →


Pics From Pan Am Champs

Swim start. Exiting the swim about 20 seconds off the lead. Just crossed the finish line for ninth. Photos courtesy Rocky Chen.


Mexico – Next Right… and Pan Am Champs

It was about a week ago today that I finally piled all of my earthly belongings into my car and departed the Chula Vista Olympic Training Center. It was definitely a bittersweet departure - I will miss training in Chula for sure. On the other hand it was starting to get ridiculously hot there (I think it capped →


Florida Fun

After St. Anthony's I decided to spend a little bit of time in my home state visiting friends and family and generally having a ton of fun in Florida! Here is a little bit of what I did: I stayed with my coach Jen Hutchison in St. Pete for a few days. She made me a pancake breakfast the →