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You hear it every day – “I can’t do that, I’m too busy, there just aren’t enough hours in the day!”. In some cases, those statements can be true. In others, they’re really convenient defense mechanisms for us to avoid challenge. I spent the vast majority of 2018 training for a full Ironman triathlon. In […]
Well, I tried. I tried to qualify for Boston by running a sub-3 hour marathon during the Baltimore Running Festival, and I gave myself 13 weeks to do it. All things considered, those are not favorable circumstances to try to qualify. Especially when you consider the elevation, relative new-ness to the world of marathon running, […]
Well, the hardest part is over. 8 straight weeks of 2 mile increases on the long runs peaked this past Sunday with a 20 miler (that I’m happy to say went WAY better than the 14 mile disaster from my 8 week post). I’ve now completed runs of 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, […]
We all want this. We all want the ability to simply speed up our paces to run & cycle faster (and reduce the chance for injury in the process). Even more, especially if you’re already in the middle of Ironman training, we all want to do it with as little effort as humanly possible. The […]
I’ll cut to the chase with this post – sometimes, training is just hard. Not every session is perfect, some are downright bad, and not every one of them even happens. It’s something I learned all too well during Ironman training. Sometimes life interferes, sometimes you’re just tired, sometimes you’re super motivated and your body […]
This week on the podcast, I’m joined by a close personal friend, Kevin Love. Kevin is an accomplished collegiate runner & junior national cyclist. For me personally, he was an invaluable coach when it came to completing Ironman Maryland. Hours after signing up, I called him, and after unsuccessfully convincing him to join me, asked […]
When Jack, a father figure diagnosed with MS after his first two Ironman races called up Brian and asked him to join him for Ironman Tulsa in 2020, there was only one answer: See you at the starting line. Brian was gracious enough to sit down with me for about an hour and share his […]
If you’ve decided to train for your first Ironman, there’s a strong chance you’ve quickly become overwhelmed by the amount of gear that you’ll need. It’s not as simple as grabbing some shoes, borrowing a bike, and slapping some goggles on. There are dozens (hundreds?) of different things to consider, and it’s made all the […]
Welp, I’m back at it again. Had planned to write an update every 2 weeks but with the due date of my wife and my first child fast approaching, well… I skipped a week. Sue me (please don’t). None the less(!) the quest to run a sub 3 hour marathon continues. In the last 3 […]
I’m joined by Emily Connors, Nutritionist & close personal friend to talk all things Ironman nutrition. What to eat, what not to eat, when and how much to eat, etc, etc. She drops all sorts of knowledge bombs ranging from how to count your macros without counting, and what an awful idea it would be […]