First Coast Kids Triathlon…and on to Seoul!
I grabbed my first win of the season yesterday - at the First Coast Kids Triathlon in Jacksonville! Actually, since I was around in Florida for some sea level training and St. Anthony's (kind of) before Seoul I made my way up to Jacksonville to help out and be a 'celebrity big kid' for the second year in a →
Sydney
Well I'm back from Australia and after a whirlwind of jet lag, taxes, and trying to organize all of the new gear I got from Shimano, Orbea and Rudy Project I finally have some time to blog! If nothing else the races in Mooloolaba and Sydney gave me a big list of things to work on before my next →
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 →
Moo
Finally - internet in Australia! Despite being a fully modern country getting on the interwebs has been a huge issue. I am very happy with my ninth place finish, although I would describe my swim, bike and T2 as 'technically unsound.' Getting ninth with the sixth fastest run isn't a great statistic! Felt good on the →
Vacation Time
A couple days after my last race in Clearwater I took off for a little vacation in Japan. It was pretty fun - three days in Tokyo, three in Kyoto, and then back to Tokyo before coming back to the US. Japan is an amazing country, especially this time of year - it's Fall there and the leaves →
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 →
2010 World Champs Series
In case you haven't already seen it, check out the 2010 World Championship Series schedule. With Sydney, Seoul and Budapest being added for 2010 it should be pretty awesome. Not awesome, though, is the complete lack of races in North America. Looks like I'll be spending a lot of time in Europe next summer!
In Gold Coast
I arrived here in Gold Coast on Saturday after some pretty exhausting travel - 14 hours from L.A. to Sydney is rough! I can't complain, though, because I have plenty of time to recover since my race is seven days after my arrival! Life is pretty nice on the Gold Coast. My first four days here consisted of waking →
Headed to Gold Coast
I'm currently en route to Gold Coast, Australia for the World Championship Series Finale. The last time I was in Australia was for the Mooloolaba World Cup in March. As you can see that was a poor performance - I need to redeem myself in Australia! Yes, I was #17. Oof...
London Sightseeing
Mark Fretta, Jill Petersen and I went out sightseeing in London the day after the races a few weeks ago. It was a lot of fun - It's not often we get to stay a day later and actually do touristy stuff! Mark Fretta and me in front of Westminster Abbey. If you're wondering about our facial expressions, →
One Weekend, Two Races
I'm currently sitting in West Des Moines, Iowa, awaiting a weekend full of big races. The first is the Hy-vee Elite Cup on Saturday. It is actually a World Cup in terms of ranking points but it gets the special designation of "Elite Cup" because it has such a huge prize purse ($1,000,000). With $200,000 to the →
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 →
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 →
Ecuador…So Weird!
"Why are you here? That's so weird!"This statement pretty much sums up the whole experience in Playas, Ecuador last weekend. I suppose if you are a middle-aged Ecuadorian visiting your favorite vacation destination with your family, driving around the Playas downtown area in your Ford Pinto-esque vehicle (with a passenger to seat belt ratio easily exceeding 1.0), and →
