I haven’t written anything here in ages and there is a reason for that. I have been in denial. There was no way to write a blog entry without facing the fact that the race is right on top of me and facing what that means, but the question is, what does that mean?

It means that I am a mess. I haven’t been able to sleep through the night in a week (so ...

With Ironman Canada just a week away, I am now into the most important phase of training, known as "Taper". This is the time when the workouts are drastically scaled down to a minimum to allow the body to finally recover and strengthen. This has been fairly restful week, no early morning or late nights but just long days with much to get ...

It's Thursday, August 16th, one week to go before I board the plane to Canada for my second attempt completing Ironman Canada. Many people have heard of the Hoyts and their incredible story and tremendous courage, but the inspiration they give is not diminished by repetition.



Words cannot fully express their family's courage throughout Rick's entire life and future ahead.
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Swimming has been my weakest of the three and after a disappointing swim at Vineman I wanted rebuild my confidence with one last big open water swim in before Ironman. Having just decided to do the Donner Lake Swim, at around 3pm yesterday, I started the long drive up to Donner lake just before 9pm, I arrived in Truckee just gone midnight. Having ...

Today on the training schedule was something called a "Mental Toughness Ride", this was suppose to be a on your own self supported ride without the team. After what could be described as comedy of mishaps yesterday I ended up getting home very late, with a mere 4 hours of sleep I set out early to start my ride. However instead of just doing ...