Battle at Midway (BAM) triathlon

Last week I ran in the Vikingman in Burley, Idaho, which is a half-ironman (1.2 mile swim, 56 mile bike ride, and 13.1 mile run).  When I signed up for BAM awhile ago, I thought that if I didn’t push very hard at Vikingman, then I would be just fine at BAM.  Well, during the [...]

My first OLYMPIC distance triathlon

This is my 2nd year of doing triathlons, my 2nd triathlon of the year, and I placed 22nd in my age group (that’s a lot of 2’s). But most importantly, I successfully completed my first olympic distance triathlon (roughly double the length of a “sprint” triathlon). An olympic distance triathlon usually includes a [...]