Training Weekend: 108.5
Ironman Louisville fast approaches and training has been spot on. My 2 previous Ironmans had decent training, but nothing like what I have designed for Doug and I this time around. Last weekend we rode 75 miles and then ran…
Category Training: Swimming
Previously, on Beyond Defeat
The year 2011 was one hell of a year for me in many ways. Some were triumphant, others heartbreaking. I set off the year with the Goofy Challenge. Saturday’s Half-Marathon portion was ran with my mother who chose to celebrate…
I’m a Sponsored Athlete!
In 2008 when I decided to take up running and attempt a marathon, I had no idea it would take me this far. Running and Triathlon are an everyday piece of my vocabulary now and my world revolves around races.…
‘Professional Athlete Simulator’ day
Training for your first Ironman is anything but easy, especially when your Coach is dedicated to making you the best athlete they can. The last few months have been 10-15 hour training weeks, which have hopefully resulted in improving my…
Fall Races – Pep Rally
Isn’t life funny? We get so wrapped up at times in what ‘we cant do’ or what we ‘don’t have.’ I sit here writing this on the eve of the Rev3 Half Ironman in South Carolina, with Ironman Arizona a…
On Fear
What are you afraid of? I have spent a lot of time thinking about fear these past few months, especially after watching my father pass away right in front of me with nothing I could do to stop it. Was…
Bike. Swim. Cheer. Run.
55 degrees and sunny both Saturday and Sunday? I’ll take it, and you better believe everyone else in NYC will too! Coach had me queued up for a 2 hour trainer ride, but after running an errand outside I was…
Appetite for… Progression?
Over the last week my appetite has become ravenous. I find myself walking to work, drooling at all the cafes, in some sort of glazed over zombie-like shuffle. “Will I make it to work, where my precious oatmeal lay waiting…
Swimasaurus Rex
Yesterday, as my errands finished at noon, I wondered what fun thing I could do in the city seeing as I had no plans. Just then, like something out of Twilight Zone, my phone rang. “Hello?” “Bakes, it’s Todd, what…
2010 in a nutshell…
Around this time of year I think all of us like to look back on what our year entailed, then look to see what may be in store for the future. SIDENOTE: This may be long winded, sorry. It’s more…