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For 2012, the organizers of Interbike are considering something new - opening the show to the public. For those of you wondering whether it's worth making the trip to Las Vegas next year, we decided to give you a little sneak peak behind the normally closed doors of the Sands Convention Center. There were a … Continue reading Interbike On Fast-Forward

En route to Interbike 2011, I stopped in at the Valley of Fire, part of the iconic bike ride of the Leadman Tri Life Time EPIC 250. It is certainly the most spectacular section of that course and would be a great part of any bike ride. Currently, of the three races being held in … Continue reading Return to the Valley of Fire

From all-you-can-eat buffets to credit card debt, it seems that as long as it's couched in the guise of "more," human beings want more of it. I think that it's very possibly related to our internal hardwiring that guides us towards behavior that demonstrates loss aversion. Loss aversion is most commonly demonstrated by two games. … Continue reading Less is Less: the Myth of More Recovery

[The following is a copy of the review of R. Barker Bausell's Snake Oil Science: The Truth about Complementary and Alternative Medicine which I posted on Amazon. Let's hope now that taper for Ironman is over, I can write about more interesting things than the books I'm reading while I try not to go crazy … Continue reading Confirmation Bias

I was asked on the Slowtwitch Reader Forum, "At what point would I shift my focus from races like IM Canada to Kona?"In my most ideal world, I'll never have to shift my focus to Kona. That doesn't mean that I wouldn't race Kona, or even make it a priority, but I believe that the … Continue reading Stewards of the Sport

[The following is my speech from the 2011 Ironman Canada awards banquet. I provided a copy to several other media sources, so if you have already come across this somewhere else, it is the same speech, and I certainly don't expect you to read it twice.]Reading a book about the progress of science over the … Continue reading Reach For The Stars

I can't actually believe I'm going to write a "book review" on my blog, but I am. Or, rather, I'm going to write a review of two particular subsections of a book. I just finished reading, Superfreakonomics, the followup to the immensely popular and successful Freakonomics, both Dr. Steven Levitt and Stephen Dubner. I was … Continue reading SuperFactCheckerNomics

Five hundred twenty-five thousandSix hundred minutes,Five hundred twenty-five thousandMoments so dear.Five hundred twenty-five thousandSix hundred minutesHow do you measure, measure a year?In daylights, in sunsets, in midnightsIn cups of coffeeIn inches, in miles, in laughter, in strife.In five hundred twenty-five thousandSix hundred minutesHow do you measureA year in the life?How about love?How about love?How about … Continue reading Five Hundred Twenty-Five Thousand Six Hundred Minutes

I was going through my blog, adding some labels to some posts, and I stumbled across this, which I had saved as a draft. The original email was sent to me by Mark Van Akkeren, who received it from Mac Brown, who got it from a friend of his. I don't know how I didn't … Continue reading Divine Discontent

I'm a dad. I know it may be cheating to backdate a post on a blog, but on his three week, "birthday," I thought it appropriate that I chronicle the event, and have it be on the day that it happened.Born 4:28AM, Kelowna General Hospital, Kelowna, BC, Canada. 8lbs, 0.8oz.