Category Archives: Triathlon Central

Heart and Soul

Posted on March 4, 2013 by Al

What’s going on here? We know that 1-2/100,000 citizen marathoners die during a race, usually near the finish, from cardiac events. And triathlon more frequently encounters deaths during the first segment of a race, the swim. Maybe 2-4/100,000 participants don’t make it out of the water. Just three days ago, another man was lost during the iconic Escape From Alcatraz Tri in San Francisco Bay. Continue reading →

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The Princess

Posted on March 2, 2013 by Al

“His thing is going further, longer and sometimes faster. If you are not half dead and out of food by the time you get home, you haven’t gone far enough.” Continue reading →

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2013 Goals

Posted on January 24, 2013 by Al

I like short, snappy, easily repeatable and understood goals, which I can point to as a North Star whenever I doubt what I’m doing all the training for. But they don’t just pop out of nowhere. Continue reading →

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Safety in Sports

Posted on January 16, 2013 by Al

Judging other people for their choices is something I try to avoid. But helping people make better choices – that’s something that does have value. Continue reading →

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Running Fast and Slow

Posted on December 10, 2012 by Al

Without going into the molecular details of muscle contractions, what’s going on when we train at different speeds is really all the same thing. We are increasing all the elements necessary to make muscle contract. Continue reading →

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Ironman World Championships [aka Kona] 2012

Posted on October 17, 2012 by Al

One of the songs on my pre-race playlist since 2001 has been U2’s “I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For.” I don’t know what it is that I’ve actually *found*, but I’m more at peace now than at any time during that whole adventure. Continue reading →

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The Orange Tribe

Posted on October 10, 2012 by Al

I can feel the stiff breeze coming in from the northwest, bringing soft little specks of rain. One lone lighhtening flash plays of the coast near Captain Cook to the South. I almost feel at home here. Continue reading →

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Kawaihae

Posted on October 6, 2012 by Al

Kawaihae is a dirty little place, and I seem more snake bit by it than usual this year. Situated at the crossroads east to Waimea and the road upcountry over to the Hilo side of the Island, south to the … Continue reading →

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The Boogeyman

Posted on October 4, 2012 by Al

Before I was a triathlete, I was a mountain biker. As a matter of fact, my tradition of coming to Hawaii in October for a triathlon World Championship started in 2000, when I first signed up for the Xterra race … Continue reading →

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Touchdown

Posted on October 2, 2012 by Al

September 29th, 2010. I’m lying in a grotesquely uncomfortable hospital bed, which seems to purr and vibrate whenever I try to move, attempting to prevent bedsores, I guess. I’m preparing questions for the doctor’s morning rounds, questions I want to … Continue reading →

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