With the swimming ability in full de-evolution mode, I hit the track for a win of some sort

Before my departure to Riyadh, the weeks featured a constant decline in swimming ability after ditching the fins. Both form and function declined at an equal rate. Unfortunately, today was no different.

Continuing training while traveling can often be a challenge in the United States. My next trip was not in the United States though. No, my next trip was to Saudi Arabia!

I have been riding the mountains near my house in North San Diego consistently for the last number of months and wanted a change of scenery this weekend.  Last year, I rode with a group up to the top of Mount Soledad located between La Jolla and Pacific Beach in San Diego.  I remembered that…

A PR (Personal Record) is a PR and I am celebrating.  There is nothing earth-shattering about a 9-minute mile other than it is about as fast I have ever run per mile in a half marathon.  This is important as I will be running a half marathon in the 70.3 Ironman Canada following swimming 1.2…

After great success last week eclipsing the mile mark, it was time to ditch the training fins and move to the next level of no assistive devices.  No pool buoy.  No training fins.  No snorkels etc.  All items I had used at various times up until this point since October to garner some wins, positive…

The bike portion of 70.3 Ironman Canada will be 56 miles.  The goal is not to stop.  Just keep going and going.  To keep on the bike, instead of stopping for refueling, I needed to expand my total opportunity for on-bike nutrition.  The best way to do this is to have liquid fuel available so…

With client meetings in the back half of the week and more rain on the way, I decided to seize the moment while I could.  It has been almost a miracle of miracles week for my swimming pushing past 1,000, 1,400 and yesterday 1,600 yards.  Still, I was 100 yards short of a mile in…

Ten days ago the moment everyone told me I would have happened and I was actually able to continue swimming for the first time in my life.  That day I swam 1,000 yards.  My earlier report said meters as I believed the pool was a 25-meter pool.  This past weekend I measured the pool and…

With the anticipation of large amounts of calories ahead of me on Super Bowl Sunday, I completed all three of the triathlon sports over the last two days. The first effort began at 7am on Saturday morning at daybreak.  Route highlights included climbing up to Hidden Meadows, riding Lilac Loop the hard way from the…

Confidence was high for a change today.  My last session earlier in the week netted me my first 400 meters of continuous swimming.  Today I was determined to leave that record behind me.  As it turned out, I would not be disappointed. We will keep this post short and sweet.  I was determined, yet calm. …

A year ago I bought my road bike.  I took it for the maiden voyage at the invitation of my friend Chuck (who also talked me into this triathlon thing) and road about 45 miles across Camp Pendleton Marine base, San Onofre State Beach, the South end of San Clemente and back.  At that time,…

  They said it would happen.  They said it would just magically happen.  Today, I think it might have happened.  It didn’t feel magical, angels didn’t sing, but there was definitely a leap forward. It was 75 degrees, noon, and I was very tired of five hours working on a complex analysis for a client. …

Today was the first day that had the promise to return the temperature above 70 degrees since the rains began weeks ago.  That was all the reason I needed to go exploring a new route.  However, with exploration comes the unknown.  This often is the part I enjoy the most and this day would not…

It was cold and rainy on my birthday yesterday.  I was able to find a window in between the dicey weather to get that quick run in.  However, I primarily took the day to hunker down and get the day job work done so I could play today when the elements were more friendly.  My…

The birthday boy got to try out his new toy today.  There is almost nothing the Fenix 3 HR can’t track. It has sensors on the back to track my heart rate.  It can track my sleep.  GPS stats on running, cycling, and swimming.  Swim strokes and laps.  It can show me texts that just…

Headed to the gym at 6AM hoping to hit the core hard today and get in a swim.

I didn’t plan on riding from Escondido to Ramona over to San Elijo through San Marcos and back home. It did the trick though.

The last few weeks I have been trying to get my run back. However, I have been having issues with my shoes.

Following the advice of Coach Chuck, today we have officially dropped the floaty between the legs and advanced to the training flippers!  Forward!