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Bonnie D. Ford of ESPN wrote an excellent piece on the Tour. In it, she talks about Sastre and Evans and the rest of the top-10 riders being escorted to doping control before doing any of the media events. Can you imagine that in baseball? Or football? Imagine the entire NY Giants team filing into … Continue reading The Canary In The Coal Mine

So after one of the best and most exciting Tours in recent years, with only a small smattering of scandals that were shut down refreshingly quickly by the teams themselves, I think the Tour may have indeed been taken back. It was nice to see people struggle and crack. It was good to see the … Continue reading Le Tour

As you, Mr. or Mrs. Interweb Surfer, may or may not know, I do a little bit of coaching for TargeTraining of Westport, CT. As is typical in the internet world, I am rarely in Westport. But such is the miracle of the web. Recently, one of my coachees just finished her first Ironman in … Continue reading Pictures Say It All

NYC Triathlon2008.07.20 - New York, NYHeat, humidity, hills, and Hudson River jellyfish. Or, as a friend of mine put it, a typical day in the Big Apple. Even before 6am, the temperature was already in the 80's with a humidity index that was probably also in the 80% or higher range. I used a port-a-john … Continue reading The Blob(s)

He just is. It's like watching two different races. Cavendish sprints at one speed. Everyone else goes at another speed. You really have to see it to understand. Four stage wins so far this year. I really hope he makes it to Paris. At only 23, I think he's got a lot of green jerseys … Continue reading Cavendish Is The Man

Some of you may have been following the story of Oscar Pistorius, the Paralympic sprinter who has been trying to qualify for the Olympics in Beijing. Pistorius made the shift to the 400m, which his coach believed would mitigate his slower starting speed due to his prosthetic limbs. The results in his races have been … Continue reading No Legs. Huge Heart.

Imagine this. You are a top collegiate diver. One summer, you are with your brother and some friends at a swimming hole back in the woods that you've dove into many times before. Somehow you break your neck and split open your head pulling off a dive that you could do in your sleep off … Continue reading Luck? Miracle? Courage? All Of The Above…

In the form of pictures... Just wanted to share some awesome pictures I culled from the web. I spend a lot of time looking at photos from races and just the general world of the interweb. The internet has allowed a ton of really great amateur lensmans (and womens) to share their pictures. And you … Continue reading 1000’s Of Words…

Lifetime Fitness Triathlon2008.07.12 - Minneapolis, MNTo make a long story short, I got schooled. There were some small highlights though. First and foremost, my best friend and training partner Mr. SQW won the race with a brilliant all around performance, including an awesome run. So congratulations to him. Secondly, I think I had a good … Continue reading School Of Hard Knocks

I did another interview with Mimi Boyle of True-Motion that XTri was kind of enough to publish. Apparently people actually read and enjoyed the last one. Hopefully I can con some more people into reading what goes on inside my brain once again! You can find the article HERE.Not too much going on here right … Continue reading XTri Interview #2