Ah, recovery week. Like a refreshing gulp of icy cold water while your ass is baking in the hot sun sitting atop a saddle as you pedal your way across…
Fear not, I will not tell you how many grams of carbohydrate I ate in the days leading up to the race (lots), how many salt tabs I consumed (11),…
Memorial Day weekend came and went. We headed up to Michigan for a weekend away. The in-law family has a summer home in Michigan. It’s about a 2 hour drive…
(enters small, dark wooden box, with silhouetted man on other side of screen) Forgive me, for it has been 2 weeks since my last blog. (enter years of Catholic guilt…
Because racing isn’t stressful enough, we decided to travel to this past weekend’s race with Max, 9 months old. Before we set out on the trip, I considered asking other…
Training is such a series of ups and downs sometimes. We have good days followed by bad days followed by really bad days. The days where you are swimming your…
About the title – I couldn’t help myself. Right now, I’m writing to you from 6,000 feet. Colorado Springs It was back in January that I last traveled to the…
Today was the last day of the coaching mentorship. The morning started with short-term and daily planning. The details. We viewed some of the specific workouts the elites were doing….
I’ve spent two days living like an Olympic hopeful athlete. I’m living in the dorms with the athletes, eating at the dining hall, working out with them in the same…
There is no greater adventure than learning, is there? You hear a different perspective, a question is raised, maybe you simply hear something repeated that you already know but the…