Came home from the seeing Jonah at the hospital late last night to find this waiting in the mailbox. In the past I’ve put Roctane gels in my water bottles so I didn’t have to fumble with the gel packets. Although easy on a road bike, it’s not so while negotiating technical trails on the [...]
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Offered for the first time at Tailwind Cycles + Multi-sport is the 4 block, 15 week indoor trainer series by Endurance Performance Coaching. Want to lose those holiday pounds? Want to use the off-season to get ready for your upcoming triathlon? Then check out this kick-ass trainer series! Now you have the opportunity to train [...]
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Race: Augusta Ironman 70.3 Location: Augusta, Georgia Date: September 25, 2011 Distances: 1.2 mile swim, 56 mile bike, 13.1 mile run Result: 12th place in division, 95th Amateur (out of 2700)(Top 4%) Products used: GU Roctane and GU Brew, Synergy Adrenaline Wetsuit, Cobb V-Flow Plus Saddle, Jamis Xenith T1 Tri Bike, Rudy Project helmet. There [...]
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OK. So back at the beginning of August, I mentioned that it would be the busiest month of racing for me. There’s been a few changes, but alas, it was still a busy racing month. One thing about the sport of triathlon is that it is comprised mainly of “age groupers”. Yes, there are some [...]
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Wow. August has shaped up to be the month of racing on my front. Technically, it started with the month of July. It seems to be non-stop racing and non-stop fun. Let’s recap what’s happened in the past few weeks and take a look at what’s coming up. Where I’ve been: July 24 – XTERRA [...]
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Was perusing my good friend, Chris Muddiman’s blog yesterday. He posted an AWESOME post about the reasons behind why he chooses to race. I couldn’t agree more and couldn’t have said it better myself. Check it out. After reading his blog post, if you so feel inspired to race yourself, come check out one of [...]
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On April 9th, Dan and I headed up to the wonderful, friendly town of Brevard, NC to ride the 12th Annual Assault on the Carolinas. It was a beautiful morning, just the right temp and even though the weather was forecasting rain, it wasn’t due to hit until well after the ride. Not being roadies, [...]
Me and several of my friends are all going for a trail run on New Year’s Day and would love for you guys and gals to join us. That I know of so far, there are going to be around 10-15 runners there. It is not an official organized run, as an organized run requires a [...]
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In these neck of the woods, when it rains, the trails close (unlike Oak Mountain). So when an afternoon thunderstorm put a damper on my plans of training on the trail, what was I to do? Train anyway. Just me, my bike, the rain and my CycleOps PowerBeam Pro. Be a Warrior, Marcus
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Boy-o-boy, how do they keep doing it? Every time I get a new flavor from the wonderful folks at GU Energy Labs, I always wonder how they will get any better. Low and behold, each time, they always out-do themselves. Back when they came out with Roctane, and I got my hands on Blue Berry [...]
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