FINALLY! Ellie and I have FINALLY completed the oldest consecutively held footrace in the world. That's right folks, the 127th annual Buffalo YMCA Turkey Trot. It did not disappoint. In an exceedingly rare event, Ellie and I were actually home in Buffalo for Thanksgiving this year. Usually we are working our way back and forth [...]
A week or so ago, I wrote a post up that reviewed a couple of years of my personal data in Training Peaks. Today, along the same vein, we dig into my lovely wife Ellie's data. For those of you who know Ellie, you are probably aware that she is probably the most consistently active [...]
Right before the COVID-19 pandemic completely changed the world, I was training for my first marathon. During that process, I started to upload my data to a training platform called Training Peaks. This tool, popular amongst both amateur and professional triathletes is designed to ingest workout data and provide an estimate of overall training load. [...]
Hello World! We still exist! It's been a while since I last posted ... basically missed the entire summer of activities, but fear not, things have been quite busy! To quickly recap the last 5 months since our trip to Scotland for the Edinburgh half marathon and Cheese Rolling event -- Boilermaker 15k - Ellie [...]
Surprise! We did our very first international half marathon! Our philosophy for vacation has always been, "how much stuff can we pack into a trip to make it as crazy as possible." At the end of May, Ellie and I went on an amazing two week voyage to the United Kingdom with our awesome friend [...]
That's right folks, spring is here and training starts now! More to come 🙂 [...]
Now that the holidays and New Years have come and gone, I'm trying this new thing where I read this old school type of content called books. Revolutionary, I know. To start the year off right, I cracked open a book I picked up while in Nashville at Parnassus Books, one that I will fully [...]
Well, 2021—what a weird year. There was so much hope back in April, when Ellie and I gleefully trotted down to Orchard Park (across the street from the Bills stadium!) for our first and second doses of the COVID-19 vaccine. Man, were we riding high and thinking things were headed in the right direction. Fast-forward [...]
Surprise! I raced my first in-person triathlon of the year, competing in the always amazing Tri In The Buff. I raced this a few years ago with my friend Karstin, and decided two weeks before race start to sign up! Training for this sprint triathlon was a bit more laid back than typical for a [...]
It typically starts with either a google chat message or text, often with a link to a website like New England Triathlon. This was the case back in January when my brother texted our thread that a September triathlon out on the cape was on the table. See exhibit A, B and C. Not only [...]
