Race Recap - Elite Nationals

Nationals were last Saturday, and although I didn’t finish terribly well place-wise, I accomplished the performance targets I was trying to achieve, and I was actually in a position to be competitive going into the run.  Here’s how it played out:
Swim
It was an overcast day at Hagg Lake outside of Portland and in the upper [...]

Sitting in Portland Ready to Race

I’m sitting in my room at the Extended Stay Deluxe in Portland right now…well, actually it’s in Hillsboro, OR, but the race course is about 1:15 from the airport and only 30-45 minutes from where I’m at now. Despite waiting until the last minute, I got a really good deal on Hotwire for this [...]

Six Days Until Nationals

Nationals are only six days away. I’ll be flying out to Portland on a mid-day flight on Thursday. It’ll be really nice taking a non-stop flight to a race for a change! The men’s race starts at 2:15pm on Saturday at Henry Hagg Lake, and there will probably be quite a few [...]

Almost Time to Taper

I forgot how much a four hour harder bike ride could take out of me! On Sunday, the day after that ride, I managed a short swim and a run. On Monday, I did a 1500m tempo in the swim, but postponed the run and strength training because my legs were pretty shot. [...]