Amusing because there's not much to June.... Bike: 8h 29m 31s - 115.38 Mi Run: 6h 29m 09s - 32.51 Mi Swim: 6h 35m 08s - 16612 Yd P...

(alternately titled "oh shit what did I just do???") I just registered for Ironman Texas .  140.6 miles, May 21, 2011, The Woodl...

I will post a race report later in the week - maybe next week.  I will say it was one of the hardest things I've done.  Swim was perfec...

So, its Tuesday and we fly to Boise tomorrow.  This is my first time flying to a race and I know that I've got tons of stuff to pack and...

Where is this mythical taper that everyone speaks of?  From where I'm at, I just don't see it.  Here's my schedule for this week...

Bike: 22h 10m 36s - 288.42 Mi (3 hrs spinninng) [ doubled my time/miles from April] Run: 17h 03m 07s - 86.15 Mi  [40 more miles running th...

I think last week's stress was a bad bad thing..... My head started feeling funky (sinus issues) Tuesday afternoon and I'm still fee...

I figure I have maybe 1 more "hard" weekend before I taper for Boise.  I'm soooooo ready to taper its not even funny. Thursda...

I'm smack in the middle of my hardest training month ever.  I logged 16 hours last week.... I've logged 7.5 hrs this week and have 1...

My co-worker (A, from Team Erin) has done this race several times and managed to pull together several of us from work to form a team.  The ...

I like to cook yummy and healthy things.  Something we came up with years ag when I was studying for my engineering exam (think Bar exam, bu...

I may have mentioned a few (ok several) times that my coach is trying to kill me this month.  Or at least make sure I'm super-duper prep...

Heat training is on my list for this month.  Its a long hot summer here in Houston, and unforunately, there's no way to escape the heat....

This is a bit overdue... you can blame work for that.  And look - I finally got the name right.  I still prefer Lone Star or Galveston.  ...

Funky month between tapering for 2 races, getting a stomach virus, and scratching a race.  Good times! Bike: 10h 46m 46s - 144.93 Mi (3 hr...

Hopefully my stomach will cooperate.  I finally felt 100% last Sunday - a full WEEK after getting sick.  Weather report is looking warm.... ...

No race report.  Unfortunately, I decided to pick up a stomach bug and spent Saturday night puking every 30 minutes from midnight to 6 AM.  ...

Taper week!  Well, sorta.  Sunday's Oly is really a training race so I'm not doing a true taper.  Workouts this week are easier.... ...

March was a BIG MONTH.  I am ready for a taper.  I hope it comes soon.... Bike: 19h 52m 33s - 266.1 Mi (only 2.25 of those hours were spin...

Busy busy weekend!  Also: the last heavy training before I hit my April race schedule (gulp).  I just realized over this past weekend that I...