When I was 14, I decided I wanted to play the guitar.  I excelled at sports growing up and I think I must have read something in my history class about being a “renaissance man,” so I decided that the guitar would win me the ladies.  The truth is, I really just wanted to to [...] Read More

  My first race of the year is coming up this Saturday March 30th at Oceanside 70.3 in California.  The excitement and anticipation for this race can’t be overstated as I am ready to start a new race year on the right foot.  It has been a journey to get here.  Coming off what was [...] Read More

It’s time.  Sometimes you have to realize that a relationship is no longer in your best interest. These decisions are hard.  Regardless of the difficulty I have made up my mind and I am not going back. Let me back up a bit.  About 3 years ago I started to use the green paddles below. [...] Read More

Arizona is going to have to serve as a starting point.  It didn’t exactly go as planned.  Kinda like my season. I came into Arizona with high expectations as always.  Expectations to PR by a huge amount, and ultimately compete in a way that I never had before.  I knew that the field would be [...] Read More

I HATE to lose.  I DESPISE losing.  I was playing a stupid game on my iphone the other day with my wife and lost so I deleted the game, like a little kid.  Losing is the one thing in my life that consistently can turn me into a child throwing a tantrum… at least emotionally. [...] Read More

  Racing each season usually indicates that summer is near.  This year my season just started a little late.  Calgary 70.3 served as my first true triathlon competing in a professional field because of the NOLA 67.1 and this little bombshell…. Obviously there were some obstacles getting to race a triathlon for the first time since [...] Read More

This is a strange way to communicate something of such magnitude.  Social media truly is engrained in our lives today and I think that the impersonal nature takes away from many relationships.  In this case though as odd as it feels to publicy announce something so personal; there is much about this blog post that feels… normal.   [...] Read More

Quite a bit of build up went into this race for me.  I had made it known that it had been a long time coming for me making my professional debut as a 27 year old.  Certainly not old to start a triathlon career, but much older than I would have ever expected to make [...] Read More

  May 20th 2012 DG Multisports will be conducting  a 2 hour open water swim clinic.  This will be perfect timing to get a jump on the 2012 triathlon season. Topics Covered: -Sighting -Buoy turning -Mass Starts -Cold water consideration/techniques -How to choose proper wetsuit/equipment -Differences of pool swimming vs. open water swimming Information you need to know: [...] Read More

  As most of you know I made the decision late in 2011 to take my pro card for 2012.  With this came the amazing opportunity to be on The Triathlon Squad.  A large part of the benefit of being on the squad is spending close to 20 weeks throughout the year in specific locations [...] Read More