Pro Triathlete by Day, Product Manager Also by Day
I’m posting this with few notes and even fewer photos, but I feel like there are still some good nuggets in here, and I like reading back on my older posts to understand where I disengaged mentally and physically and take those
When I did my first pro race in April 2018 (Oceanside 70.3!), I went into it with my eyes wide open. I remember being in a room with Jan Frodeno thinking I had made it to the top level of 70.3 triathlon.
On June 26, I did my first half ironman in almost 2 years. Luckily, I got to dust off the cobwebs in a local race 90 minutes north in Franconia. Despite training hard throughout the pandemic, there were more cobwebs than expected.
The sun blinded me with every gasping stroke. Pull, breathe…SUN! Pull, brea…SUN! I focused on exhaling in the water – not something I usually think about – in order to dedicate each head turn to getting as much oxygen as possible. We
It’s fitting that it’s Canada Day as I start this post. Well, that’s as far as I got when I started that post. It’s even four days past U.S. Day, a.k.a. July 4th, that I pick up on this again. (It’s July
When I got off the bike almost 14 minutes down from the leader at Toughman Championships in my last race of the season, it was impossible to ignore the simple of math of what it’d take to win: over 1 minute per
You know when Forrest Gump starts running for the first time in his leg braces? He forcefully bends his legs in a frenzy, willing to move forward despite the metal cages holding him back. That’s exactly how the start of Eagleman 70.3
Imagine you’re running in a desert and you’re not carrying any food nor water. You’re dehydrated and there is zero cell reception, not that you have your cell phone on you anyway – in fact, all of your personal belongings are 5
I was on the “NYRR RUNTalk: A Runner’s Leap into Triathlon” panel at the NYRR RUNCENTER this evening. It was sponsored by Women for Tri, an organization aimed to encourage more women to embrace triathlon. I was shocked by the first stat: Just over half of
As I think more about my rookie professional triathlon season, I find it to be more inspiring to look outside my world of swim, bike, run. With the 2018 Winter Olympics going on, there are so many amazing events and athletes that