Category: Racing

Goodbye Canyon Lux

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While prepping my bike for Leadville, I completely screwed up and managed to strip the hex head of the shock mount bolt. I subsequently used an easy out to get some grip on the bolt and start applying some rotational torque. In doing so, I missed the fact the bolt could be seized in the shock bushing 🙁 So while I thought I turning the bolt out, I was implying “pushing” the back of the shock stay outward, and it cracked the frame 🙁

Sweating I reached out to Canyon, explained the situation, and they kindly warranted it! Part of the claim process was to destroy the old frame so after ~ 4,814 miles, it’s gone in the trash can. Some good memories on this bike for sure! read more

2024 – 70.3 Ironman – North Carolina

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3 years of doing 70.3 IM NC. Such a fun race in one of my favorite coastal towns of Wilmington/Wrightsville beach. Overall, a great race. 6th this year compared to 5th from last year, but due to the fast swim current, I improved my swim 8 minutes. On the bike I had a major rookie mistake and forgot to load my nutrition bottle on the bike, which meant stopping at the first aid station and loading up as much as I could carry, giving up some time, but also really important. There my bike was 2 minutes slower than 2023. On the run, I was right around the same as previous years with a 1:28. The 5th place finisher was over 2 minutes ahead of me, so I needed quite a considerable improvement to catch up to them. read more

List: Helmets

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A list of my past motocross helmets which I kept for nostalgic reasons 🙂

YearHelmetNote
1995BieffeDidnt keep it 🙁
1996Axo RX-5
2003Fox – RC ReplicaKate bought this one for me 🙂
2004Troy Lee Designs – Ryno Blue
2007Troy Lee Designs – SE-2 – Limited Edition – Doug Henry
2004 Troy Lee Designs Helmets | Tony Blazier | Flickr

2024 – Ironman – Texas

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Race Report

Trip wise everything went super smoothly. Arrived Wednesday, no delays or issues with baggage or car rental etc. Thursday, fun little cruise around the Airbnb in Spring and did packet pickup, and had a nice evening with the Fillnow folks. Prepped some of my bags and had a good amount of sleep. Friday got up and went to the practice swim, did a really easy few hundred yards (15 mins) and felt OK. I picked out some landmarks to sight off. I used my wetsuit and felt very normal. Had some breakfast, got to meet Natasha from NVDM as mentioned, and took it easy. Had some pasta for lunch and in the afternoon did bike drop off, and took it easy for the rest of the day. Ensured I was getting in plenty of hydration (LMNT + water) and carbs. Friday evening got to bed really early (9pm) since I knew I was going to be up at 4am, ended up waking up at 2:30 and felt ok. Found parking pretty easy, got into T1, loaded nutrition/hydration. I had a minor issues getting air into my rear disc, but got it sorted out pretty easily. Walked over to Swim start, got into my wetsuit, and started just behind the main pack. Also no real delays, issues or surprises 🙂  read more

2024 Ironman Texas Training Review

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It has been a great 16 weeks training for Ironman Texas coming up next week. One small injury (foot) from either running or pushing too hard off the wall while swimming. Some interesting stats through these training blocks:

Longest week: 18 hours
Max CTL: 116
Max TSS: 144
Cumulative Miles: 2161
3 week blocks, with 1 week rest. 2 week taper into the race.

Compared with past Ironman races, used the sauna during the last 3 weeks to get more heat adapted, and did a little more strength based workouts. (Not tracked in Intervals). I also focused more on Z2 efforts while running. The Oak Island Half Marathon got me running a lot more early season. Overall, I had some good PR’s during the last 4 months: read more