Growing up in Colorado you can't help but love the outdoors. Something magical happens with 300 days of sunshine and the Rocky Mountains in your back yard. My athletic endeavors started on the bike, I would get out and ride whenever I could. In 2011 I moved to Oxford, England for work. I missed the sunshine and mountains, but discovered my passion for running. When I moved back to Colorado I started combining cycling and running, so it was only natural that I started competing in triathlons. I took second place at my first sprint, and caught the bug. Today I'm training for my fourth Ironman.
The Boulder Sunrise Triathlon was my second olympic distance triathlon. I was looking forward to this race because it was on a semi-familiar course around Boulder Reservoir. My sister and brother-in-law were also going to be there running the 10k that was happening concurrently. Race week was busy for me. I started the week off with a…
I will start off this post with a warning; my nutritional approach differs greatly from the norm. You might be very surprised with what I suggest, and even more surprised how well it actually works. I don’t suggest anyone try a new approach without testing well before the day of the event, but I do…
The Rage Triathlon was my first triathlon of the season, also my first olympic distance event. I singed up for the race an a whim, not really knowing what to expect. The timing was good and I wanted to get an early start to the season, as well as a lot of extra triathlon experience. With a location…
I’m continuing to progress with my long runs, and now have reached the 24 mile mark. I can feel confident that I’ll be able to finish a marathon. This run wasn’t easy, but it was a very smooth run. I was able to keep pace and didn’t have to walk at all. I did stop…
The Great Aerobic Ketogenic Experiment, Week Six is in the books! This will be the final week I evaluate the experiment in such detail. I plan to continue tacking my progress daily, and will start providing monthly updates. It’s a lot of work to track all of these stats, and now that I have a strong baseline,…
Week Five of the Great Aerobic Ketogenic Experiment. This week felt good. The volume went up, my speed went up and I was able to get back into ketosis. I did something a little crazy and singed up for the Rage Triathlon at the Hoover Damn in just two weeks. Olympic distance too! It’s a little sooner…
After my 20 mile run, I was feeling really good. Unstoppable, like this marathon would be no problem. Unfortunately, that’s not how I was feeling after 22 miles. While I made it through all 22 miles, and without incident, my body was not entirely happy. The last two miles were there hardest. I could not…
Week Four of the Great Aerobic Ketogenic Experiment, the second and last week of a micro intensity period. This week started off kind of blah. For some reason I was just not feeling 100%. I wasn’t sick or tired, just not at 100. I went to the Rocky Moutain Tri Club Season Kickoff Party on Monday night. It’s…
Thinking back as to what lead me down the path to run the Colfax Marathon, unveiled a chain of events that I would have never imagined 10 years ago. It was actually about 10 years ago that I changed my life and turned to health and fitness. I woke up one morning looked at my 200…
Week Three of the Great Aerobic Ketogenic Experiment, the first of a micro intensity period. Things definitely worked differently in this micro period. I missed running at MAF pace, but some good things came out of the intensity. A PR in a 5K and I was able to get some strength work back in. Overall though…