Various projects I’m working on and what I’ve learned from them
Here’s an update since a few weeks back on my progress for the 2019 St. Elizabeth Triathlon. I’ve made some huge progress with a few minor setbacks. First off, moving my workouts to the morning was a great idea. I’m currently switching off between running at home/spinning in the basement and swimming/cardio machines at our …
I shot this video with my iPhone and uploaded it to YouTube. It’s simply a nice evening walk through the fields of Dutchman’s Rod and Gun Club. For a while I’ve wanted to shoot video snapshots of my favorite places to share them and keep them for posterity. I have two nicer cameras capable of …
It’s been roughly thirty days since my last post on the subject of my preparation for the 2019 St. Elizabeth Triathlon. Things are going OK. I have a webpage on my iPhone that I refresh that counts down the days to the event so I’m staying on top of the urgency of it all. I …
Last year I completed my first ever triathlon. It was the shortest of events known as a “sprint”. Since most people ask, it starts with an open water 500m swim, a 20 km bike ride, and ends with a 5k run. I barely finished in the allotted window, but I finished. It took a lot …
We live out in the suburbs where a trip to Costco, our favorite grocery store, can be up to a thirty minute drive. Kroger’s, our local grocer, is about fifteen minutes. If you take the drive there, the time to get in an out of the store, the checkout process, and the unloading/putting away of …
I am on a project binge at the house right now trying to make it a more interesting place for my two sons to live in. Right now we’re more than half way through the transition period from DINK (dual incomes, no kids) to straight on family zone. Before our sons blessed our home, our …
I finished my first ever sprint triathlon over the weekend and I feel amazing. I completed the sprint event, which consisted of a 500M swim, a 20KM bike ride, and a 5KM run. I have written about training and preparation on here before, so I wanted to follow up with how I did. Note: before …
Time for a check in towards my first sprint triathlon race coming up in a month. You might remember me choosing this as my 40th birthday challenge this year. My goal is still to get to the start line. Notice I didn’t say finish line! Let me elaborate. Progress So far I’ve been tracking my …
For my 40th year I wanted to choose one last athletic endeavor before my body began that inevitable decline that’s caused by time. To quote John Glenn, “there is still no cure for the common birthday.” So far as an adult I’ve played in recreational leagues centered on basketball, soccer, softball, volleyball, and golf. For …
