Mike's triathlon journey

My son and I spent the past week visiting my parents in Yuma Arizona. It's been unseasonably cold this week but still warmer than St. ...

This is my second year doing the Lil Woods Ultra . It is a "last man standing" format where we all ran 4.1 mile loops with each l...

I think this is my third (maybe fourth) time doing XLMIC's Jingle Bell Hell race (virtual version). I love the idea and love the fact...

I took the week off running after the marathon last weekend. My first run in a week was today and started off with a bit of a scare. I figu...

We took the train from Alton Illinois to Chicago on Friday so we wouldn't have to mess with a car in Chicago. They were doing track mai...

I started tapering last weekend with my last double digit run (11 miles) and a 5 mile run. The taper continued this week with two missed we...

Another solid week of training. The plan was another big week 0-5-10-5-0-10-20. Actual was 13-0-6-6-0-20-4. Yep, biggest training week ever....