A few weeks back on the Sunday before Thanksgiving, I did my first triathlon in over two years, my first since I broke both of my wrists in September 2019, my first since the pandemic descended, my first since the birth of my son, Graham, who turned a year old in October. Appropriately, and mostly by design, my first race back was a return to my first ever triathlon, the Turkey Tri in San Dimas.
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Check one off the old bucket list. I ran my first marathon this Sunday, my own hometown LA Marathon, and my first marathon time was much faster than I ever would have wagered. I pushed harder and dug deeper than I have for anything else in my life, and it paid off.
Goal time: 4:10:00 to 4:30:00
Actual time: 4:00:00Read More »
Last Saturday morning, I ran the Trick or Tri olympic distance for the second year in a row. This was my second Olympic distance race of my 2016 season, and my third of four races overall. Let’s get into some stats of my results, shall we?Read More »
Saturday morning I completed the second triathlon of my 2016 season, the Malibu Triathlon, International Distance. (Or, as it was drilled into my head dozens of times between 5:15 AM and 10:15 AM, “The Nautica Malibu Triathlon presented by Equinox, Herbalife International Distance.”) This was also my first Olympic distance triathlon of the season.
So it’s time once again to reflect on the event and my performance in it. Let’s get to it!Read More »
Today’s post will be a little different, because the “game” in question may not actually qualify as a game to most people, but is still nevertheless a competition: the 2016 Pacific Coast Triathlon, which I completed on Sunday morning.Read More »
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