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Welcome to my personal homepage, as the header suggests, this is really just a culmination of various aspects of my life, some things I am proud of, others not as much. It’s a blog, WIP, and an uncultivated digital garden of snippets, interesting links, pictures, things that have inspired me, hobbies, projects, key moments, travel, work, and nostalgic lists of material, and immaterial things that have made me who I am.

DIY: Triathlon Product Idea

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Using elastics to keep your bike shoes attached to your pedals during T1 is standard practice in triathlon racing. It saves you from running in cleats, which is slippery and slow. The catch: setting up elastics at 4 AM on race morning is fiddly and cumbersome. They snap, they break, and the whole process is finicky right when you want stress-free prep. It’s an unnecessary stressor.

My idea: replace the elastics with a magnetically retractable cord. Think retractable key or badge reel, paired with magnets. Setup becomes nearly instant, and you can practice T1 transitions repeatably without rebuilding the rig every time.

After a few iterations, here’s the design I landed on. A small plastic enclosure mounts to the rear chainstay on either side of the bike. Inside is a retractable string with a magnet on the end, and your bike shoes carry a matching magnet on the heel. A torsion spring (with variable tension and string length depending on setup) holds the shoe in position parallel to the ground. As soon as you start pedaling, the magnet releases, and the string retracts back into the case. read more

Travel: Southern Pines Golf Trip

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A mate organized a golf trip to Southern Pines and was kind enough to schedule it during a open weekend where I could not say no … so after a 6 odd year hiatus of no golf, I jumped into a trip down to Southern Pines with 4 rounds of golf in 3 days. My game was rusty and the parts which were not great prior to me taking a break were worse than ever, but it was as such a blast. Great friends, great location made for great times!

Pine Needles, Mid Pines, Southern Pines and Tot Hill Farm

Last Day @ SAP

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Just over 11 years at SAP and can’t be more grateful for what I had, and accomplished. It was a great run but I am looking forward to joining Wells Fargo and taking on a new challenge. I am going to miss the folks I worked with, but staying in the SAP ecosystem, I hope to see and chat to the, on the odd occasion but from a slightly different customer perspective.

Onward 🚀

Some of my more memorable moments:

  • Visiting the Github HQ in SF
  • The visits to San Ramon, Walldorf and one of my favorite cities, Heidelberg
  • The numerous “Offsites” we did – filled with lots of work, but also lots of fun
  • The people – 99.9% of folks I got to work with, were awesome.
  • The opportunity to hire people
  • The trust every single one of my managers instilled in me
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    Race: 2026 70.3 Ironman Chattanooga

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    Another year back in Chattanooga, I knew I wanted to come back after the swim leg of the triathlon was cancelled in 2025, and I really enjoyed the course and the city.

    My mom and I arrived on Friday afternoon after a beautiful drive through the Appalachian mountains and a short stop at the Nantahala Outdoor Center. We stayed very close to the start/finish which was convenient since it was her first time attending an event like this. I stayed there the year before with Wes and it an absolutely prime location. Saturday after bike check in and info session I drove the bike course and did some sight seeing. We went up Lookout Mountain on the Lookout Mountain Incline Railway (Steepest part is 75% gradient!) and had a short walk around Point Park. After multiple visits to Mellow Mushroom for carbs, race morning came pretty quick. read more