We had a beautiful day for the California 70.3 in Oceanside! We got to the race early to get a good spot for our bikes in our designated age group racks. I don’t get nervous before races (why should I when I am an age grouper out there to challenge myself, not there to win [...]
Heidi and I raced the California 70.3 (aka Oceanside half Ironman) yesterday. Our original plan was to race the Carlsbad half marathon in January, the CA 70.3 in March, and then the Coeur d’Alene Ironman in June. We both decided to skip out on the half marathon due to injuries, which left the two triathlons. [...]
It’s been a crazy few weeks so I fell behind a bit on my weekly recaps. I’m working off the assumption that no one is really reading my blog, but I’m still interested in getting stuff posted if simply for the fact I’ll be able to reference it in the future. At any rate, the [...]
Race week. I missed my weekly update last week, but will have a two week recap in a couple days. (We’re celebrating Heidi’s 35th birthday tomorrow.) Had a less-than-stellar training week this past week due to a nagging leg issue. But, after a few days of rest feel like I’m on-track for a strong race [...]
This second job I have doesn’t pay but it has good health benefits (in theory). I’ve been putting in 16 hours per week the last four weeks which is approx. 64 hours. Good thing most of the hours are on the weekend and Matt is also doing the second job so he understands us not [...]