http://billythekidtriathlete.com/blog Just another WordPress weblog Fri, 05 Mar 2010 23:07:21 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en  Friday's are pretty good for me, I swim and run early in the day and get some gym work in, but over the last two weeks I have had to substitute PT time for gym time due to a nagging hip from a tight IT band. I have succesfully been ... http://billythekidtriathlete.com/blog/updates/good-job-you-are-doing-great/  I don't mean this literally (in this post), but poop happens in training.  It seems that has been the theme of training since I got back from Kona.  It has been a pseudo-easy week since some of my training has been hampered by mechanicals and silly miscues on my part. ... http://billythekidtriathlete.com/blog/updates/poop-happens/ As I type this, I am watching the Shaq vs. Michael Phelps and getting ready to do a swim from the pier in Kona. First of all, HOLY CRAP, Shaq is an athlete, I am pretty dam impressed with his ability to swim. That dude is huge and doing really ... http://billythekidtriathlete.com/blog/updates/taking-yet-another-approach-to-swimming/ I began my fascination with Kona back in 1989, probably because I was too young to see or appreciate the Julie Moss ’82 crawl. Over my formative/adolescent years, I watched Welchy fly across the line and Peter Reid do some dominating. Post 9-11, I watched as Tim DeBoom finally won ... http://billythekidtriathlete.com/blog/updates/running-at-noon-on-alii/ I have some goals this year that include overcoming some pretty big obstacles that I have had in the sport of triathlon. I have travelled to the big island of Hawaii to do some training as a part of the steps in achieving these goals. This will likely be my ... http://billythekidtriathlete.com/blog/updates/kona-weirdness/ Lara and I got back from Australia about two weeks ago.  It was our honeymoon, but was more like a high-speed exploration of all of eastern Australia.  I don't really have time to go into detail about the three week adventure, but know we spent significant time in Sydney, Tazmania, ... http://billythekidtriathlete.com/blog/updates/australia-and-the-holidays/ The season is over and it ended with a couple pretty bad races.  I very rarely race badly and it was very discouraging to come up really short in my last two endeavors.  I never really reported on Savageman because I had quickly put it behind me and then focus ... http://billythekidtriathlete.com/blog/updates/10-under-10-and-looking-forward-to-2010/ The end of the triathlon season for me is less than four weeks out, with one prep race, Savageman, this coming weekend.  For those that have not heard of Savageman, it's pretty frickin' sick.  Feel free to google Savageman bike or Westport Wall.  You will see videos of people attempting ... http://billythekidtriathlete.com/blog/updates/gettin-savage-as-navy-dominates-and-lara-is-on-a-rampage/ The other night I was chatting (via computer) with the Mark Van Fish and he was asking me about my post Placid training.  He was pretty impressed that I was going into a second week of easy training.  Well, I can't take all of the credit for this genius move ... http://billythekidtriathlete.com/blog/updates/post-ironman-what-not-to-do/ Last weekend was definitely my best ironman showing with an overall P.R. and P.R. run and a P.R. effort on the bike (wattage wise).  As much I don't want to signal this as a pinnacle for me, it was a significant race in that last summer was so bad and ... http://billythekidtriathlete.com/blog/updates/a-couple-more-thank-yous/