I don't know where to start with this post.  This would have been my fourth Ragnar Del Sol.  For those of you unfamiliar, it is a 202 mile relay through Arizona with 12 people on your team.  This year, we decided to just hook up with another van of 6 people that we didn't know, so that we would only have to worry about coordinating things for our van.  Great decision!

As some of you know from prior blogs and tweets, I got injured in early December, 10 days before running Tucson Marathon.  I co...
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It's been way too long since I've blogged on my site.  I decided it's time to explain why I took so much time off and saddle up again.  Here goes:

September 26, 2010 was my last triathlon of the year.  Amanda and I kicked off the end of the year with a blast at the Las Vegas Triathlon in Boulder City, NV.  It was at the Hacienda Resort and Casino.  If you've driven from Phoenix, it's that first big casino you see when you get through the Hoover Dam.  It's a bit of a hole in the wall, but man i...
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It's been a long summer already.  For me, it's hard to train here in Phoenix over the summer, due to the heat.  The problem is, that's the time to train for fall triathlons and half-marathons.  This year, I've been trying to do a good bit of training outdoors, to adjust to the heat during the run on some of the triathlons this fall.  I've learned that there should be a good balance of indoor/outdoor training.  I get discouraged when I feel terrible on outdoor training runs or rides.  But, I a...

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Ok, so I will start this post by saying it's probably not a good idea to have many adult beverages on a Friday before a Sunday race.  I've learned my lesson.  'Nuff said.

Sunday's Vistancia Triathlon kicked off at 8am.  It was a pretty perfect day, other than wind. 

Swim
The swim was in a 4 lane pool.  Everyone lined up according to their approximate finish time for the swim.  You swam 4 lengths of the pool.  Each time you hit the wall, you would swim under the lane markers into the next lane. ...
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