Following Kelowna was the third Lifetime Fitness series race and I had figured out the whole non drafting TT biking thing a bit more by then. I had a solid swim bike getting off behind the leaders by a minute or so in 6th or 7th and set to work running them down. I worked my way up until I …

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After returning from Charlotte I headed off to Kelowna for Nationals the same weekend as the Olympic triathlon. This was a bit hard knowing I wanted to be racing elsewhere and where I was racing there were the top guys missing. Regardless I put my mind to having a strong race and pushing my fitness up for the rest of …

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I was really impressed with how Blue so early in our partnership wanted to get me into the tunnel so I could improve my position from what I rode in Nfld. We also did some photos for the 2009 Catalog and current and upcoming ads (Upside Down ad in Nov Triathlete). So I headed to Charlotte North Carolina for a …

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I recovered fairly quickly after going to the hospital in New York (thank goodness for personal health insurance) with 3L of IV solution and then I it was off to Corner Brook Nfld. the next day. Corner Brook was my first crack at a 70.3 Half Ironman and I was excited and fit but a little behind the ball having …

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So umm, yeah, not so good at the blogging when I am busy on the road traveling lots. However, I have a new Mini laptop and this will follow me everywhere now and hopefully I will be more likely to blog. We’ll see I guess. Anyways, this is what I have been up to since July 17th blog: I traveled …

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With being such a dramatic finish to the NYC Tri I ended up peaking a lot of peoples interest. This included prime time TV show Inside Edition who wanted an interview about my dramatic finish. They did a feature story on the 2nd of September. Here is the archive of the show: http://insideedition.com/news.aspx?storyID=2066

When racing consecutive weekends in a row on the road, (3 this time) there is always the week in between races that needs to be filled. This can be expensive and tedious as you stay in a hotel by yourself twiddling your thumbs. However, sometimes you get lucky and your friends Nate and Sara have family in the city and …

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This past weekend I did my first US non drafting triathlon. It has been a very long time since I have done a non drafting race and this was also going to be the first on a Time Trial bike. Having not done any of this racing before I had to borrow a TT bike from my Doctor (Thanks Dr …

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As a result of not qualifying for Beijing I needed to think long and hard and discuss with my coach where I was headed for the rest of the season. With no obligations from Triathlon Canada to fill other then racing at National Champs in Kelowna I could choose what I wanted to do. This was a freeing but daunting …

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After recovering from worlds and doing a trip to Toronto to do a media tour and event for the Reactine Allergy medication I was off to Des Moines, Ioah for the biggest prizemony race in Triathlon. The goal here was to take the fitness and prep from worlds and put down another good performance and hopefully pick up some cash. …

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