Friday, May 17, 2013

So much to do, so little time

Between work, training, blogging and everything, something had to give. This week, the blogging got put on the back burner. The upside is that the training is going well. I'm hoping to get it rolling again tonight or tomorrow.

Monday, May 13, 2013

Bump in the road

Rachel had hoped to compete in the Denver Triathlon for some early summer training, but apparently that won't happen. Bummer.



Race Postponed

The Denver Triathlon is moving to September 22nd

Due to circumstances beyond our control we are having to move the date of the Denver Triathlon. We are working to inform all parties involved as quickly as possible. You, the athlete, are our top priority. We have attempted to personally contact each athlete coming from out of town and would like your help spreading the news throughout the triathlon community as well.

Registration for the Denver Triathlon will close for a few days and then re-open once all our proper updates have been completed. The announced courses, including cycling on Speer Blvd will remain the same. If you are already registered your registration will carry over to September 22nd.

We are hopeful that the change to September 22nd will be positive news to you and gives you the opportunity to train longer this summer with more open water swim training prior to the race. If you have any questions, concerns or comments, please email us here.

We thank you for your participation and support in Denver's only urban triathlon, past and future. As a young race we are experiencing growing pains and endeavor to continue to create the best possible experience for our athletes.

If you still need a race in your schedule for June 9th, we have worked out an opportunity with the Greeley Triathlon happening June 9 as well. For details please email us by May 17th.

Thank you,

Chris Laskey
Race Director



Friday, May 3, 2013

First big event of the season

I will be running my first ultra, the Greenland 50K.  I posted it here, on my other blog.

Thursday, May 2, 2013

Looking the part

In preparation for doing an IRONMAN, we figured that we ought to look the part.  This, of course, is not for aesthetic reasons (though no one wants to look like an obvious clueless newbie), but rather comfort and performance.  Given all of our expensive interests, we didn't want to spend too much and got what we could find on sale.  Nonetheless, I'm pretty happy with what we have so far.  I got a red Zoot suit (I love saying that) that fits me well and seems to work.  We just ordered Rachel a Orca Women's 226 Kompress Race Suit (see right) and it sure looks and sounds snazzy.
We'll have to see how well it works once we finally get it.

You can get away with less than ideal gear on short runs, rides and such but you can really pay the price in longer events.  I don't need to spend a fortune but I need to have the right gear.  Of course, everyone is a little different and will have somewhat different needs.  If I were to run a marathon in a cotton tee and without compression shorts, I'd be a limping, bloody mess by the end.  Now that I have a tri suit, I need to make sure that it works for me, in the pool, on the bike and while running.  Very excited to give it a try and an hoping that I have what I need.

Wednesday, May 1, 2013

IRONMAN material?

Thanks to the generosity of Got Chocolate Milk, my wife Rachel and I will be participating in our first IRONMAN competition this year.  As members of their Team Refuel, we were granted entries into IRONMAN Wisconsin, at our request.  That was the easy part.  Now, we are embarking upon what will likely be our greatest physical challenge.  That is saying something, for we have both lived very active lives.  I played rugby in college and have since embraced a number of individual sports, including running, cycling, skiing and mountaineering.  I've run almost 10 marathons, ridden several cycling century rides with 10,000+ feet of climbing, was recently selected as a candidate for the Loveland Volunteer Ski Patrol and have climbed Mount Kilimanjaro and over forty 14,000 foot peaks.  Rachel swam competitively in high school, played rugby in college and has also complete almost 10 cycling century rides in the mountains of Colorado.  However, neither of us has ever swam 2.4 miles, cycled 112 miles and then ran a marathon all in one day.  This is the challenge that awaits us in September of this year.  The training begins now.