When it comes to fitness and racing, I know from past experience I have the natural tendency to target a relatively significant goal, focus on it, attain it, and then IMMEDIATELY get consumed by all the crap life and work stuff that I have (out of necessity) ignored in order to accomplish said goal. Note that I said “crap” life and work stuff: I am talking about the stuff that takes over just because we let it; it is mostly stuff that probably should go ignored or …

Reader’s Digest Condensed Version

Finishing time: 11:59:17
Overall Rank: 706 of 2502 starters
Age Group Results: 75 of 326 (34th out of those electing not to wear wetsuits – more on that below)

Slow swim, slower transitions, awesome bike (despite a crash), roadside bike repair, separated shoulder, awesome run, training and nutrition plan worked perfectly, cannot imagine having a better race, but will none the less tempt fate again next year.

Epic Novel Version (unapologetically long)

Pre-Race Routine
IMLP pre-race really started Thursday the week prior with …

Back in December when I restarted this blog, I committed to myself that I would write 100 posts in 100 days. I completed that back on March 31st, and then immediately took an unintended hiatus. What ever happened to “old habits die hard?” Writing posts for 100 days straight in a row only felt like a chore maybe four days total (I will let you figure which days those were). The only real problem with being so slavish and dogmatic about it is that I began to …

“Would you marry the same person again?” This was the question that Readers Digest posed to readers in an international poll conducted in 15 countries. The survey concluded that 68 percent of all respondents would say “I do” again to their spouse. Surprisingly, it was only slightly lower in the United States at 63 percent. The same survey over at Answer.com has a much more depressing result, revealing that only 29% of respondents would pick the same spouse if they had to do it over again. I …