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My first Xterra..

Swim: Awesome, best open water swim of the season!  1300 m, started out
strong but didn't kill myself, figured out how to draft, stayed on course, kept
strong til the end, getting out of the water was awesome with the TriCats and
my mom there to cheer me on!

T1: Slow but no screw ups, saw Rachel in transition and got a shout-out for
the TriCats from the announcer

Combined Swim/T1: 31:24.00

Saguaro Lake Triathlon

Friday, April 25

10:21:57

10:21:57 in Ironman Arizona, after a long day of Hot and Windy weather. Honestly, I had a great day. My swim was solid in the 65 degree dirty water of Tempe Town Lake. I wore a sleevless wetsuit and fealt good. Not too cold, not too warm. It was a bumper car ride the entire 2.4 miles though. I really thought things would separate out a bit more, but I guess 2000 people in the water at the same time doesn't leave much room for space. Nothing too bad though. One heel kick to the left eye. But the goggle lens took most of the hit. I have a few more finger nail scratches on my wetsuit!

Collegiate Nationals Baby!!

So collegiate nationals is this Saturday in Tuscaloosa, Alabama.  For some of us (like myself) this will be our first experience racing at a big time event.  I'm totally psyched and ready to destroy destroy destroy, but more than anything I'm impressed with how far i've come since beginning triathlon in august 07. two goals i set for myself shortly after joining the team were to do an olympic distance triathlon and to put myself in a position where I would be able to go to the collegiate nationals.  i've accomplished both goals, but i've got one more in mind for this weekend--leave it all on the course when its all said and done (while having a FUN time and enjoying the fact that i can do something like this).

Lake Havasu Triathlon

Saturday, March 22, 2008

This was my first Olympic/international distance triathlon and my second triathlon of any distance. Overall I felt good about my race, completing the 1.5k swim, 40k bike and 10k run in 3:16:31. My splits were 35:54 swim, 2:17.4 T1, 1:36:06 Bike and 1:02:14 run (due to technical malfunction they did not record T2/Run split).

Awesome job Theo!!!!

I'm a bit late with this, however, before this long work day starts and the week is over, I wanted to take some time to say that it was awesome to see you finish an incredible journey!!!!! All the way from Seattle we were on line and you looked very strong considering you were kick'n serious butt for 10hrs 21min. and 58 sec. on a seriously hot Arizona Ironman day!!! You are an amazing athlete Theo, especially considering the very, very light run training you did due to a long term chronic leg issue that finally resolved itself. With your vast amount of experience, you trained for the run, the marathon in an Ironman, with perfect precision!!! Strong work!! Hey, also looking forward to seeing you and the kids in a couple weeks for Anna's First Communion, very cool!! Love you Bro!!

The night before Ironman

Well, tomorrow is a long day coming.........so it will be, a long day. Here in Ironman village and hotel, there is an interesting energy combined with a calmness. All different walks of life have led to this path. From all corners of the world. Some to win, some to dive into a personal agenda. Some unfinished turmoil that needs to be let go through the exhaustion and intensity of a day of Ironman. You can see the different stories in people's eyes as they walk, talk and stare..........

One more week down

Last week was a run focus week. And I ended up a little short of my goals in the swim and bike. Overall for the week, I had 7250 for the swim (goal was 8-9k), and only 80 for the bike (goal was 120). For the run I was just wanting to get total of 26-27 with a couple of quality runs and a long run of atleast 13. I did some pick-ups on the track on Tuesday. Not much, but a couple of mile efforts: One at a 6:40 pace and one at a 5:50 pace. They fealt good but my calves were feeling it the next day. No cramping though.........WOOHOOO!!

Good week

Well last week was a good week for training. For a rare time, I exceeded my plan! 11,000 in the pool, 242 miles on the bike, and 14.5 running. The last and big workout was a 112 bike with headwinds and sun from 10:30 to 4:20. I did a weigh in before and after and kept track of my fluids to help manage myself for the race in 3 weeks. I drank 120 oz of gatorade over 5 hours and 50 minutes and came home still down 9.5 pounds!!

Officially a Triathlete!

As of March 16, 2008, I can no longer say, “never have I
ever competed in a triathlon.”

The Tucson Tri was awesome and I had a blast (the sun even
came out for my wave)! Yes, it was hard
but sprint distance is fun and I only had to run once! It was great having so much support on race day
not only was my team out there cheering for me but my mom too. You all kept me going and it really meant a
lot to me.