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It Takes a Village to Raise an Ironman

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Ryan and I at the IMCDA finish.
My Mom and I at the IMCDA finish.
My Dad and I at the IMCDA finish.
Ashley cheering me on at our favorite race in Rocky Point!
My sister even made the Coeur D’Alene newspaper for being such a great supporter,
My racelab team cheering me on at IMAZ.

Lately I have been reading a lot about Scott Jurek’s thru hike on the Appalachian Trail. He recently broke the record for the fastest known time to thru hike the entire 2,189 mile trail, hiking from Georgia to Maine in forty-six days, eight hours and seven minutes. I can’t stop reading about it because it combines two things I’m passionate about, endurance sports and outdoor adventures. There are a lot of interesting articles chronicling all the adversity Jurek overcame and other articles explaining how an endeavor like this makes an athlete go deeper than they ever dreamed they could. (more…)

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Finding Inspiration

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“I’d like to do that someday” is a phrase both my wife and I have heard many times when talking about our races with friends. But more often than not they don’t change from their current path, there’s no inspiration to change. That was my situation a few years back. My wife was getting into triathlons and I would go watch and think “I could do that” or “maybe I need to run more” but I never did…I continued to sit on the couch with a beer in one hand and a video game controller in the other. I would occasionally go on a bike ride with her, which I always enjoyed, but never made it a priority. Plus the more she trained the faster she got and the harder it was to keep up…just another excuse in my arsenal to sleep in. I had no motivation, no inspiration. (more…)

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Mental Toughness. Three ways to Elevate your Mental Game.

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IMG_0074Next week I will compete in my second Ironman, in Coeur D’Alene, Idaho.  After completing my first Ironman in November of 2013 and signing up for Coeur D’Alene at the end of 2014, I knew I wanted to improve my mental game this time around.  Looking back, I found training for my first Ironman  to be an extremely emotional endeavor.  I was experiencing everything for the first time, my first 20 mile run, 90 mile ride, 100 mile ride….and that lead to a lot of excitement and pride, but also a lot of anxiety and doubt.  While I worked on visualizing different parts of the race to mentally prepare, all the emotions I experienced in my training left my mental game a bit weak. (more…)

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#KaleForever

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Recently I read an article claiming that the cost of kale has increased by 25% since 2011.  The article attributed this rise in cost to marketing campaigns that branded kale as a super food, and hipsters that made kale trendy!  Fear not kale enthusiasts, while the price of organic kale may be on the rise it turns out that it is super easy to grow your own crop of this super food.  I have a TON of kale growing in my backyard and while I wish I could attribute this to my green thumb, my garden probably survives on sheer luck.  I planted kale almost a year and a half ago, and the plants are now surviving their second Phoenix summer and even lived through a frost this past winter. (more…)

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Healthy Breakfast Options

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I’m not sure if I would call myself a foodie, but I enjoy cooking and I love fresh fruit and vegetables. The sight of roasted kale or butternut squash makes me giddy! As I continue to get more involved in endurance sports I am even more aware of what I eat on a daily basis, so I thought I would share some healthy options that are staples in our home. Here are some of my favorite healthy and practical breakfast recipes. (more…)