New York Athletic Club
It looks like I haven't posted in 25 days - oops! No, I'm not validating my own theory that a lack of blog posts indicates some sort of season ending injury...I'm doing just fine! In fact I'm headed out to Europe on Tuesday for a couple of weeks of racing in Hamburg and London. I do have an exciting →
Lots of Swimming
Since it is currently the time of year when I realize that my swim is awful and needs lots of work, I am throwing myself into every session I can reasonably attend with the swim squad here at the OTC. This does seem to be a yearly occurance - last year I found myself almost 1.5 minutes down from →
Noosa
Myself and most of the American team from Mooloolaba spent the past ten days in Noosa, Queensland. It didn't make sense to come back to the United States before the first race in the 2010 World Championship Series in Sydney so we just stayed over! For those who don't know, Noosa is a very popular destination for professional →
Day in the Life
I recently wrote an article for Team Evotri about what a day in the life of an Olympic training center resident athlete is like. Check it out: Day in the life article
Orbea
I'm really excited to announce that I will be riding Orbea bikes in 2010! The 2010 Orca. I know what you're thinking - you're thinking, "Hey, didn't you ride Orbea bikes last year and also the year before?" Yes I did, but this year I will be on brand new Orbeas since I am now officially a sponsored Orbea athlete! →
Coaching
A couple of posts ago I mentioned that my coach and I scrambled to make alternate race schedules as it appeared my start spots at the first World Championship Series races of 2010 were in jeopardy. Since that post I received a few questions about my coaching situation and I realized I have failed to mention that I made →
South America Is Nice (But I’m Glad I’m Not Going Back)
This weekend a lot of my friends are heading down to Salinas, Ecuador to race in the ITU Pan American Cup there. The race in Salinas combined with the races last month in La Paz, Argentina, and Viña Del Mar, Chile, constitute the super-early season ITU race schedule in the Americas. I realized last night that this is →
Why Gainesville is Great for Winter Training
If you could go anywhere in the world for a winter training camp where would you go? I think most would answer one of the usual suspects: Hawaii, Southern California, Tucson, South Africa, Australia, etc. What about Gainesville, FL? Don't laugh! It's true: Gainesville is a spectacular winter training destination. In fact I just got →
Wrapping up 2009
The 2009 racing season is finally over and I definitely ended it on a high note. Things went better than I ever expected during my October altitude training block - I definitely learned a lot about training and how to get myself ready to race. Here are some pics. My primary November race was the Huatulco World Cup in →
Training Block
After three months of racing approximately every other weekend it's finally time for a training block! I'm back home in Colorado and putting in a good 30 day altitude training block to get ready for November racing. Being from Florida, however, the concept of 'seasons' is new to me so last weekend's snow was definitely a surprise. →
Altitude
Well I finally made it - I am now a resident athlete at the Colorado Springs Olympic Training Center! "Made it" not only in the sense that my days of epic solo road trips are over (Orlando to San Diego in December and San Diego - OK City - Austin - Colorado Springs more recently), but also in the →
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 →
The New Ride
2008 Orbea Orca w/ full Dura-Ace 7900. Sweet!Florida Bicycle Sports hooked me up with my new bike for the 2009 season a few weeks ago. My first impression is that it is freakin' awesome! I'm packing up right now to go race it in Ecuador - first race on the new ride!
Back to Training
After a fun three weeks of racing in Europe I am now back in the states and back to training. I am lucky enough to be able to spend five weeks in Colorado Springs, Colorado at the Olympic Training Center at a development training camp put on by USA Triathlon. This means access to amazing training facilities, great →
Update
I haven't posted in awhile and that's mainly because I've been hitting some high volume training in the past 3 weeks - this week ended up at 26.75 hours. This seems like a lot to me now but I have a feeling this will probably be normal for me in the near future. My highest previous weekly total was 23.75 →
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 →
