I set a goal this year to qualify for the Las Vegas 70.3 World Championships. To be completely honest, I thought the chances for me to qualify were slim to ...
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Desert Classic Du – Elliot Meets Madison
First multisport race of 2012 … the Desert Classic Duathlon! Last year ...
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PF Chang’s Half Marathon ’12 – PR!
Well, I finally listened to my coach and stuck to my own race strategy. I kept repeating to myself at the start: Don’t be the rabbit, don’t be the rabbit, don’t be the rabbit. My coach said to one of my other teammates: “Elliot will go out too hard and blow up.” I wanted [...]
My Top 10 of 2011
2011 was fun. No injuries. Lots of races. Several Linsey encounters. Here’s my top 10 of 2011: #10- EPIC training workouts. Two rides stick out above the rest. 1) May 28th- 161 mile solo ride training for Ironman Coeur D’alene (Fountain Hills, to Bartlett Lake, to Mesa, a Usery Loop and back)… almost 8,000 feet [...]
A Dream Come True – Ironman AZ 2011
On Sunday I watched my first Ironman since I began this sport in 2009. Race Week: I was super excited because 1) I could catch up with all my triathlon buddies, 2) I had tons of friends and teammates racing, 3) the weather was going to be awesome, and 4) my girl, Linsey Corbin, was [...]
Amica International Triathlon
Amica 19.7 Phoenix – International Course 2011-11-06 Chandler, Arizona United States Eident Sports Marketing 64F / 18C Sunny Triathlon - Olympic Total Time = 2h 07m 58s Overall Rank = 6 Age Group = 25-29 Age Group Rank = 1 Pre-race routine: Amica decided to switch venues this year from beautiful Lake Pleasant to the gasoline-smelling, salty Firebird Lake. Seriously, this [...]
First Bike Accident
I had my first serious bike crash this past weekend… I was house/dogsitting for a friend over the week and she owns tubulars. She hadn’t rode them since Ironman Coeur d’Alene. Before this past weekend, I knew very little about tubulars so I had no clue what to check for. I pumped them up and [...]
The #1 Linsey Corbin Fan
There has been recent speculation on my commitment to being the #1 LC fan. There have been many doubts lately… and many accusations that I have lost my #1 ranking. These accusations are bogus. Here is a list I’ve made that proves I am the NUMBER ONE Linsey Corbin fan. Warning. Creeper mode: ON #10: My [...]
Two Men and a Baby – SOMA 2011
Red Rock Company’s premiere event, SOMA triathlon, was supposed to the grand finale battle between “Father and Son.” Dan had beat me at Marquee Triathlon and I won at Ironman Coeur d’Alene earlier in the year. This was going to be Round 3… for all the marbles. Unfortunately, I didn’t feel I could get ready [...]
May the DURAFORCE be with you
I joined DURAPULSE Performance Company AKA “the Academy” June 2010 with the goals of becoming more competitive as a triathlete. I have progressively moved up the ranks, beginning as a young Jedi initiate. Jedi order from lowest to highest ranks: 1) Youngling: Course clutter. 2) Padawan : Athletes who go through rigorous training by the Jedi master [...]
I’m going to Boston!
Wow, I suck at blogging. I’ll try to be better at this… —— Earlier, this year I had qualified for Boston at the P.F. Chang’s Marathon with a 3:06:40. However, shortly after, Boston Athletic Association implemented a rolling admission system, allowing the fastest qualifiers to enter the earliest. The 2012 Boston marathon “rolling registration dates” [...]
Mt. Lemmon, Giant Cookies, & Pizza
My marathon is less than three weeks away and I’ve been consistently running 40-50 mile weeks. My coach told me “I’m not a triathlete for the next few months but strictly a runner.” I’ve been trying to maintain fitness on the bike and swim, mostly going to the Durapulse spin and Phoenix Swim Club Master classes. [...]
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