Angills Can Fly

Well this race was definitely a challenge. I did not hire a coach this year though I was coached last year so I had my guidelines to follow. First off I’d like to thank my wonderful wife and daughter for their continuous support along with my mom and very good friend Stephi for coming out on this [...]

This race continues to present challenges to me as well as the family. As most of you know my daughter was born on the the day of this race in 2009 so I was unable to compete; this year the weather threatened to delay or cancel this race as we watched the thunder and lightning [...]

Well boys n girls I’m back! I haven’t had a chance to see where I left off my Racine 70.3 post but rest assured I’ll be digging it back up since i’m doing it again in 2 months. none the less this one is for the Chicago Spring 1/2. I have greatly improved my running [...]

Well this was a warm up race for Racine, recommended by Rich Haas of the BCLC and another one of my regular inspirations to be faster. I was expecting a normal sprint distance but found out 2 days prior that the distances were not standard. It was however sponsored by Runners High n’ Tri which [...]

I’m BACK! It’s race season folks and I decided to kick off this season with an attempt to better my 1/2 marathon time from Philly last year. I am registered for a 1/2 iron distance at Racine this year so this was the perfect opportunity to taste the run portion of that race. My neighbor [...]

Back at it again, this was my first of many 1/2 marathons. Preperation was slightly skewed by picking up the Lake Geneva Triathlon at the last minute 3 weeks before this race, however the overall training of the entire season made this race possible I think. One thing is for sure, it is alot easier [...]

Well Race fans, this one was much more enjoyable than Pleasant Prairie. I didn’t really have any more time to prepare than I did for the last race but this time I made time. I put in approx 130 miles of riding and around 20 miles of running in since last weekened, and I felt [...]

If there is one thing I learned in this race it is the value of consistent training. I had a goal of 1:20 on this sprint coming off my last race, but work and life in general did not allow that to happen. Training for this race began as planned… but with the increased success [...]

The long awaited first tri… all the training, all the reading and research and youtube videos on techniques… the day was here. 2 days before the race I loaded approx 800 grams of carbs after reading various carb loading techniques. Oatmeal, pasta, fruit, wheat bagels, energy bars, gatorade / cytomax, rinse and repeat until I could [...]

I started the year out right by running the Disney 5k with my friends Mike and Nick Ewbank in Orlando, which we turned into an awesome vacation with the whole Ewbank family and we watched Mike run the marathon on Sunday. Was absolutely a fun race through Disney’s animal kingdom, nice and early in the [...]