It’s happening right before your eyes, and you can’t stop it. There’s a panic episode on the swim, you regroup and make it to shore. When you hit T1 you press the start/stop button instead of the lap button on your Garmin. You get out on the bike and everything on wheels is passing you. …
Best mile: While the finish and mile 26 would be an easy answer, mile 1 takes the top spot for me. The adrenaline, the NYC skyline off the Verrazano Bridge, and Frank Sinatra singing “New York, New York” on the loudspeaker make it impossible to beat. Worst mile: Mile 15 and the 59th street bridge …
Your favorite colors are mud and goose poop green. You claim that you were once chicked by a squirrel. People have asked how you knew this. People are impressed by your ability to identify most trees just from the exposed roots. You own t-shirts that say stuff like: “Have you shoulder checked a tree today? Pavement …
My friend, Nate Dove shares 10 lessons from training for and running the NYC marathon. 1. You must have a good support system ,,, and I have an AMAZING support system! 2. High fiving a total stranger will give you more energy than a GU packet. 3. Who knew “a race” could completely humble you …
Monday Motivation: Skill is everything. My last race season was tough. A badly executed season-opening race shredded my confidence. Injured ankles limited my run. Training missteps and an unwillingness to be flexible compounded my problems. What can you take away from a season in the suck zone? The most important lesson for me was the …
Monday Motivation: My Fears Are Far From Invincible I know a lot about fear maybe more than most. I am by my own admission an anxious person. I’ve had panic attacks on the swim, dark moments out on the bike course, and ran for the finish line with the cutoff breathing down my neck more …
You like awkward tan lines and now your kids refuse to go to the beach with you. You enthusiastically join conversations about your ability to pee while doing other things. Much to the horror of your spouse this has moved beyond swimming, biking and running. You write in to TV show and movie producers to …
Monday Motivation: “Be somebody nobody thought you could be.” – William Chapman. Motivation is slippery to me. It seems to exist in a quantum state. Somedays I have more than enough. Other days I seem to have none at all. For whatever reason this video makes me think about my runs in Tanglewood Park in …
This is by far my favorite motivational video. What’s yours? Favorite Moment: “You’re on your way now But this is no time to dwell on how far you’ve come. You’re in a fight against an opponent you can’t see. Oh but you can feel him on your heels can’t you? Feel him breathing down your neck. …
My Favorite Motivational Video: Nike’s Rise and Shine Read More »
I saw a bike in transition that had six gels and a ziploc bag containing a pork chop and what appeared to be Shake ‘N Bake taped to the top tube. Out on the bike course a squirrel ran across the road in front of me and burst into flames. It took an entire bottle …
