Lots of firsts this past weekend at Monterrey 70.3 – my first race of the 2015 season, my first 70.3 in Mexico, and my first race under the direction of Matt Dixon AKA purplepatch. The only first that didn’t come my way was in the race itself where I came in 2nd to Tim Don. […]
I pulled off a second place finish this past weekend at Austin 70.3. Between the swim and bike Chris Kemp and I gained 4.5 minutes on the rest of the field going out onto the run, but Chris had the better run legs on the day. Only one more race left this season – Challenge
Saturday in St. George marks the most times I’ve ever been called “Andy” in one day. “Go Andy!!!” screamed gaggles of aid station volunteers as I ran by. “So what IS your name?” my lead cyclist finally asked. “Kevin.” I said – easy enough to get out two syllables. “His name is Kevin!” she said
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I raced Timberman 70.3 last weekend (well, two weekends ago now) and being that I secured a decent result I think I can justify writing a real race report! After spending the majority of the weekend stuffing calories into my face at local pizza and ice cream shops and driving my rented Suburu Outback around
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All I can say is that I was doing very well until about 65K into the bike. I swam well and found myself at the front of the race after only about 15K of riding. But being at the front of the race at 70.3 World Champs means lots of race referees watching you and
I definitely didn’t know what I was in for on my trip out to Boulder for summer training. It all started with a short trip to Gainesville, a group ride, and a new 30″ CP followed by a surprisingly delicious Yuengling. Then I was off to Huntsville, Alabama to stay with the rocket scientist (literally)
My race in Clearwater this past weekend ran a striking parallel to my 2010 season as a whole: It wasn’t an exceptional result, but it also had some bright spots. It certainly wasn’t what I wanted and I’m sure I am capable of much more. There were some bad patches (in fact the first two
It’s been awhile since my last post, but to be honest absolutely NOTHING of note happened to me since I arrived home from Mexico three weeks ago. However, with only four days to go until my last race of the season – Ironman 70.3 World Champs – I figured I should at least get a
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