Conor ended up with flat with only 8 laps left to go while Kevin ended up fifth overall. A bitter sweet race knowing that they including myself knew they could have taken the Overall win. No Doubt!!!!!! Congrats to both of them on an amazing season. You can follow these guys Here: Conor and Kevin
Friday, October 12, 2012
Tour Of Vail
I made this video for my Roommates/BFF's at the Tour of Vail/USA Crit Championships in Vail, CO.
Conor ended up with flat with only 8 laps left to go while Kevin ended up fifth overall. A bitter sweet race knowing that they including myself knew they could have taken the Overall win. No Doubt!!!!!! Congrats to both of them on an amazing season. You can follow these guys Here: Conor and Kevin
Conor ended up with flat with only 8 laps left to go while Kevin ended up fifth overall. A bitter sweet race knowing that they including myself knew they could have taken the Overall win. No Doubt!!!!!! Congrats to both of them on an amazing season. You can follow these guys Here: Conor and Kevin
Thursday, October 11, 2012
Oktoberfest Sprint
Here is a short video recap we put together of my race at the Oktoberfest Sprint triathlon this past weekend. It was my first sprint in over a year and I am very pleased with the result. It felt great to rub elbows again with the gazelles of the sport, taking 9th overall and 2nd in age says a lot after coming off 3 months of little to no training since my injury. Up next is another sprint triathlon in Montrose, CO and then the Desert Edge triathlon in Grand Junction, CO. Ill be sure to bring you guys more race footage, enjoy the footage and let me know what you think.
Friday, September 21, 2012
Summit Assault hill climb.
With a shortage of stones these days I was able to kill two birds with one this last weekend. With Fall fully upon us here in Colorado, we took advantage of the weekend and drove up to the high country to check out the beautiful scenery that Fall has to offer. But not without a good training day included.
Today's training included a 5mile Summit Assault trail running race from the base of Granby Ranch up to the summit of the ski resort. I must say the race organizers of Summit Assault did a fantastic job for their first year. I encourage everyone to include this race on their schedule next season. Well organized, perfectly marked course, breath taking scenery and course, and an amazing staff. You can check them out here at http://summitassault.com/
Today's training included a 5mile Summit Assault trail running race from the base of Granby Ranch up to the summit of the ski resort. I must say the race organizers of Summit Assault did a fantastic job for their first year. I encourage everyone to include this race on their schedule next season. Well organized, perfectly marked course, breath taking scenery and course, and an amazing staff. You can check them out here at http://summitassault.com/
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| .Our ride from the finish back to base camp. |
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| The start: no warm up as the climb begins immediately. |
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| I'm either giving or receiving a pep talk. |
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| And we're off!!! |
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| The "flattest" section of the course. |
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| Single track |
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| Amazing colors to help distract you from the suffer of climbing 2000 ft |
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| Taking 2nd place Overall. More breath taking views at the finish |
Wednesday, September 12, 2012
Photo Dump: Boulder Canyon Ride
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| I worked hard for this shot |
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| An Early Start to the day. |
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| Up the Canyon we go |
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| My first Bear sighing!!! |
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| Over 2,000 riders were on this climb, a very cool scene. |
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| Conor doing his community service, helping a rider who crashed going up hill. |
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| Near the top of Nederlands |
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| A rare moment |
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| One of many aid stations |
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| Business call, or so that's what Conor says. |
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| The final stretch after 4hrs of wheel sucking |
Tuesday, August 28, 2012
A day of Altitude
Depending on who you talk too, Colorado has about 53 Mountains above 14,000 Ft.
Here is a quick photo dump from a recent 14er (Mt. Bierstadt) we scaled this last week. Climbing a 14er is an experience that can't be described. So here are a few photos that made the cut.
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| Early start to an amazing day. |
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| So it begins |
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| Mat, our Tour Guide taking a much needed break. |
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| Mt. Bierstadt in the distance. |
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| Me being me!!! |
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| Staying hydrated with some Scratch Labs Mix. |
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| Summit, 14,060ft |
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| Our tour guide Finally made it. |
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| Mt. Evans on the left |
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Monday, August 20, 2012
A local Road Race Fearuring Kevin Mullervy
I had a fun time making this video of my roommate at a local RR. Stay tuned as there will be more to come.
Thursday, July 12, 2012
M.I.A...
Here's where and what I've been up too since that epic day of Ironman St. George:
The Injury:
In the last few miles of the run at Ironman St. George I began to feel a slight strain just below my knee's. With every step and every mile the pain worsened to the point I had to pull over and attend to with less then a mile to go to the finish line. After the race I knew something wasn't right but I didn't pay much attention to it since I was just happy to be done.
After two weeks of complete rest this pain/tightness was still lingering around. I began to do some research of my own and found out that I had a "condition" called Pes Anserine Bursitis. All the info is here if you feel the need. If not, here is a short version of what it is; its an overuse injury to the tendon (Pes Anserine) that sits on the medial side of the knee. This injury can take up to a few weeks to months to recover from. As most of you could guess with this post, I'm still recovering.
Mental Show:
Having an injury forces one to really step back and tone things down a bit from training. For a few weeks I began to force myself and the injury to some training but the symptoms only continued. So I then forced myself to a few weeks of no training which obviously really helped. I will admit that I have enjoyed the little break, doing things that I usually wound not have done due to training. I've been on both sides of where I want to go from here, either I throw in the towel for the season or I get back to things as fast as possible to finish the season strong. I'm finding myself stuck in the middle but with little complaints. I know I have so much time to prevail as a great athlete in this sport and forcing it, especially with this injury, will only come with consequences. I'm still hungry to succeed but I'm taking this thing one bite at a time.
From DNS to DNF
I signed up for the Boulder Tri Series earlier this year and once you're in you're in. This would have been my 3rd take at the series and I was eager to do some damage. The Boulder Sprint was on June17th, I was at the point of maybe giving it a go but knew a local sprint was not worth the risk of forcing anything yet due to the injury, so I sat out of this one and instead went on to support some friends of mine in the race. It was a new perspective watching a race that you knew you should be racing in.
Just this past weekend was the second race of the series, the Boulder Peak. An Olympic distance race that is always sure to bring in top notch athletes. I've been back on my bike this past week with no discomfort in the knee and have splashed around in the pool for a bit with no structure to the training. I made a last minute decision (meaning race morning) to go ahead and pull the trigger and attempt to race the Boulder Peak. But I told myself I was not allowed to run, NO RUNNING!!
So I arrived at race morning ready to rock, I got in a good warmup before the swim start. We were off by 8:05, knowing that my swimming skills and speed have declined I still toed the line up-front with the faster fish. I had a good start and found a good rhythm to survive my longest swim yet since the Ironman. I came out of the water in 23:06....almost 10 seconds faster then last years time...HUH??? Very odd, and not sure how to explain that one. Anyways onto the bike, I opted to ride with my training wheels and a road helmet unlike my usual setup with my Zipp wheels and aero helmet. The bike felt good but I was hurting, I knew the fitness was obviously not there. I rolled into T2 in a time of 1:13:57...about 8min slower then last year...now that's more like it.
The hardest part about this race was handing in the timing chip, I didn't explain or give my story as to why I was handing in the chip. I just knew as I walked away that bigger things are to come, can't take away my heart and passion to comeback racing with a chip on my shoulder.
Up next is the Boulder 70.3, hopefully the fitness will be back enough to where I can at least finish the race. I have no rush to force it as I know there are bigger fish to catch and fry.
Train Safe and always capture your dreams.
The Injury:
In the last few miles of the run at Ironman St. George I began to feel a slight strain just below my knee's. With every step and every mile the pain worsened to the point I had to pull over and attend to with less then a mile to go to the finish line. After the race I knew something wasn't right but I didn't pay much attention to it since I was just happy to be done.
After two weeks of complete rest this pain/tightness was still lingering around. I began to do some research of my own and found out that I had a "condition" called Pes Anserine Bursitis. All the info is here if you feel the need. If not, here is a short version of what it is; its an overuse injury to the tendon (Pes Anserine) that sits on the medial side of the knee. This injury can take up to a few weeks to months to recover from. As most of you could guess with this post, I'm still recovering.
Mental Show:
Having an injury forces one to really step back and tone things down a bit from training. For a few weeks I began to force myself and the injury to some training but the symptoms only continued. So I then forced myself to a few weeks of no training which obviously really helped. I will admit that I have enjoyed the little break, doing things that I usually wound not have done due to training. I've been on both sides of where I want to go from here, either I throw in the towel for the season or I get back to things as fast as possible to finish the season strong. I'm finding myself stuck in the middle but with little complaints. I know I have so much time to prevail as a great athlete in this sport and forcing it, especially with this injury, will only come with consequences. I'm still hungry to succeed but I'm taking this thing one bite at a time.
From DNS to DNF
I signed up for the Boulder Tri Series earlier this year and once you're in you're in. This would have been my 3rd take at the series and I was eager to do some damage. The Boulder Sprint was on June17th, I was at the point of maybe giving it a go but knew a local sprint was not worth the risk of forcing anything yet due to the injury, so I sat out of this one and instead went on to support some friends of mine in the race. It was a new perspective watching a race that you knew you should be racing in.
Just this past weekend was the second race of the series, the Boulder Peak. An Olympic distance race that is always sure to bring in top notch athletes. I've been back on my bike this past week with no discomfort in the knee and have splashed around in the pool for a bit with no structure to the training. I made a last minute decision (meaning race morning) to go ahead and pull the trigger and attempt to race the Boulder Peak. But I told myself I was not allowed to run, NO RUNNING!!
So I arrived at race morning ready to rock, I got in a good warmup before the swim start. We were off by 8:05, knowing that my swimming skills and speed have declined I still toed the line up-front with the faster fish. I had a good start and found a good rhythm to survive my longest swim yet since the Ironman. I came out of the water in 23:06....almost 10 seconds faster then last years time...HUH??? Very odd, and not sure how to explain that one. Anyways onto the bike, I opted to ride with my training wheels and a road helmet unlike my usual setup with my Zipp wheels and aero helmet. The bike felt good but I was hurting, I knew the fitness was obviously not there. I rolled into T2 in a time of 1:13:57...about 8min slower then last year...now that's more like it.
The hardest part about this race was handing in the timing chip, I didn't explain or give my story as to why I was handing in the chip. I just knew as I walked away that bigger things are to come, can't take away my heart and passion to comeback racing with a chip on my shoulder.
Up next is the Boulder 70.3, hopefully the fitness will be back enough to where I can at least finish the race. I have no rush to force it as I know there are bigger fish to catch and fry.
Train Safe and always capture your dreams.
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