http://billythekidtriathlete.com/blog Just another WordPress weblog Wed, 07 Jul 2010 04:04:51 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en If you read below or spoke to me in the last 10 days, you know I am not pleased with my performance at Ironman CDA.  Although it was a really fun weekend and I had the best support that one could hope for at an ironman, I fell short of ... http://billythekidtriathlete.com/blog/updates/4-weeks-between-an-ironman/ It's been awhile since I wrote a long race report, but figured I had to explain my happiness with my continued average performances.  For perspective, I am at Calypso in downtown CDA being subjected to some really, really bad coffee house music.  Nice people at the shop, but a guy ... http://billythekidtriathlete.com/blog/updates/im-cda-report/ 'Twas the night before Collegiate Nationals, and I wish I could rhyme; but it wouldn't be worth it, and I haven't the time. Seriously, I am staring straight into another awesome day for the Naval Academy triathlon team.  I have been having a hard time sleeping leading up to this race (a ... http://billythekidtriathlete.com/blog/updates/twas-the-night-before/ I am now four days removed from the official week of spring break that was spent with the Naval Academy Triathlon Team.  It has taken me a couple days to recover.  It has nothing to do with what might put the ordinary spring breaker down, as I had none of ... http://billythekidtriathlete.com/blog/updates/spring-break-2010/  Fridays are pretty good for me, I swim and run early in the day and do some gym work. However, over the last two weeks I have had to substitute PT time for gym time due to a tight IT band nagging my hip. I have successfully been receiving relief ... http://billythekidtriathlete.com/blog/updates/good-job-you-are-doing-great/  I don't mean this literally (in this post), but poop happens in training.  It seems that has been the theme of training since I got back from Kona.  It has been a pseudo-easy week since some of my training has been hampered by mechanicals and silly miscues on my part. ... http://billythekidtriathlete.com/blog/updates/poop-happens/ As I type this, I am watching the Shaq vs. Michael Phelps and getting ready to do a swim from the pier in Kona. First of all, HOLY CRAP, Shaq is an athlete, I am pretty dam impressed with his ability to swim. That dude is huge and doing really ... http://billythekidtriathlete.com/blog/updates/taking-yet-another-approach-to-swimming/ I began my fascination with Kona back in 1989, probably because I was too young to see or appreciate the Julie Moss ’82 crawl. Over my formative/adolescent years, I watched Welchy fly across the line and Peter Reid do some dominating. Post 9-11, I watched as Tim DeBoom finally won ... http://billythekidtriathlete.com/blog/updates/running-at-noon-on-alii/ I have some goals this year that include overcoming some pretty big obstacles that I have had in the sport of triathlon. I have travelled to the big island of Hawaii to do some training as a part of the steps in achieving these goals. This will likely be my ... http://billythekidtriathlete.com/blog/updates/kona-weirdness/ Lara and I got back from Australia about two weeks ago.  It was our honeymoon, but was more like a high-speed exploration of all of eastern Australia.  I don't really have time to go into detail about the three week adventure, but know we spent significant time in Sydney, Tazmania, ... http://billythekidtriathlete.com/blog/updates/australia-and-the-holidays/