'08 Looking Back - '09 Looking Forward

2008:

1. Did 4 sprints
2. DNSed a 5th sprint because it was raining
3. DNFed my first Oly-turned-du attempt
4. But completed my first century, albeit slowly, but unscathed And for charity too!
5. Got better at running
6. Learned to love running
7. Then got hurt and couldn't run and marathon plans were quashed for the moment.

2009:

1. Hopefully retrain my running and build a good base
2. Get better on the bike
3. Finish an Oly or two
4. Marine Corps Marathon - take 2!

2007:

2 sprint tri's

2008:

1 sprint

1 mixed (1/2/22/5.2)

2 OLY's

1 half marathon

Seattle to portland (200 miles in 2 days) 

1 5 k race

1 5.2 mile race

This year was good for me, i am starting to get on a good run plan, after dealing with some shin injuries early in the season. also, got my biking #'s up for a couple months (may-july were good).

Next year, my goals are: (2) 1/2 marathon's, (2) HIM's, prolly some oly's and sprints sprinkled in and maybe a marathon in november or december depending.

Keep up the good work everyone!

2008

• Learned to run
• 2 super-sprints (and got 2nd place in my age group in one)

2009

• a March Half-marathon
• a handful of sprints
• an Olympic distance race
• Half-Ironman in September
• a handful of running races, starting with a Resolution Run on Jan 1

2008: Learned to run. First year training and competing

Did: 1 super sprint Duathlon

1 sprint Du

1 half marathon

One 175miles solo bike ride

1 pretty serious runner knee

 The runner knee came got bad real late in the season, so, all things considered, I am very satisfied. Only shadow is the end of season 10k run... got there on sunday morning... and realized... the race was on saturday morning!! I guess I deserved that brake lol

 2009 objectives:

Increase power on the bike... enough so I deserve a new war machine... work already in progress

Increase endurance enough to run a marathon and a quasi half-iron du (10/90/10)

~4-5 sprint du and an Oly

Make sure I actually get to race site on race day

'08:

3 marathon attemps, 2 finishes (DNF from the flu for one, Boston and Baltimore the finishes)

1 IM (Lake Placid, beat my IMFL time on only 6 weeks of real training)

3rd place relay team in an oly, set fastest bike split for the relayers (and 27th fastest out of the whole race which included Chris Legh and Chris McCormack in the field, not bad company!)

1 HIM attempt (DNFed because of heat and lack of fitness)

2 olys (one turned into a Du - got 13th overall in that one, 9th in AG in other)

1 sprint (also turned into a Du - 7th overall, 2nd in AG)

Numerous running races with a 5k and 5 miler still to go

Got my USAC coaching certification and going to get my USATF one next weekend.

'09:

Year of going short and fast baby!  Looking for AG or overall placings in almost all my smaller races and PRs in the bigger ones.  Maybe another marathon or two to keep the streak going - but not Boston even though I still have a BQ time available.

This was my first season of tris and it was an interesting one:

• Lost 20 pounds between Christmas '07 now
• Learned to swim in May after never having a lesson in my life
• Did my first tri, a sprint, June 29
  
• Did my first oly July 20
• Did my third tri, a spring, August 3
• Crashed my bike August 10, ended my season
• Managed to keep training for the NYC marathon and did my first sub-4 November 2
• Ran 3 10Ks, 1 10-miler, 2 half marathons, 1 4-miler, 1 5-miler and 1 18-miler

My big goal for 2009 is Ironman Wisconsin. I volunteered this year and am signed up. Other than that, I have IMNO 70.3 4/5, NYC Tri 7/26, a few sprints, a couple centuries, some swim races and hopefully the Horribly Hilly Hundreds as part of my IMWI training. I'm also getting entry to the NYC Marathon again and am considering doing a back to back series in the fall. We'll see how my body holds up.

Just having learned to swim and being able to get into this sport has been a gift. I couldn't be happier.

2008 was a great year.

6 Tris

2 Olympic, 4 sprints

2 10k runs

2 5k runs

Qualified for AG Nationals in Portland and had a great race. 

2009 - don't know what to do.  Will have to figure out something.  Probably a shorter easy season with just a few shorter races.

2008

2 Sprint Tris

2 Half Marathons

1 Ironman (14:19)

2009

4 Sprint Tris

2 Half Harathons

1 HIM

2 HIM Aquavelos

1 Ironman (goal 12:XX)

A few 5K and 10K RR

2008 was great:

Found a great Tri group to train with.

Did my first full marathon.

Did my first HIM.

Won my AG in my A race. 

2009 Goals:

Run the RnR marathon faster (hoping to BQ)

Run a 5k under 20 minutes.

Complete my first Ironman - IMAZ

Everything else will just be icing

2008:

DNF'd my first HIM (bike problems )

1 Olympic Tri

Upper the bike mileage A TON!

First winter season training block!

DNS'd another HIM (caused by Vial Meningitis

 Calf Injury preventing running for most of November and hopefully only a little of December

2009:

 1 Half Marathon

4 HIM

1 Sprint Relay (Swim portion)

More run races next fall

Sign up for Ironman Canada 2010!

After a shaky start 2008 was my best season yet.

Did American TTT.  Got tired of hearing my fellow competitors comment on how amazing it was to see a guy like me at that event.  The result: dropped 45 pounds between Memorial Day and Labor Day.

Placed in my first race - 2nd in the Clydesdale division in a sprint.

Followed it up a month later with an AG placing.  Look out skinny dudes!!

Went under 6 hours at Longhorn 70.3.  That knocked over an hour off of my previous PR for the distance.  Amazing what droppign a few pounds will do for you.

Finished Tour das Hugel - 110 miles and 13,000 feet of climbing.  It's a great ride if you're ever in Austin in November.

My goals for next year: 11 hours at IM Austria; not feeling like death before the 1/2 IM leg of TTT; more AG placings in sprints and maybe at an oly; and be humble about any results I may get.  I'm learning that last one from some of my training buddies.

2008

 March - 1 10k (first place AG in 1st one)

April - 1 Duathlon (1st place AG)

May - 1 Sprint Tri (beat my time from 2007 by 10 minutes)

June - 1 Oly (1st Oly- didnt place but felt great about)

July - 1st HIM (crashed on the bike and gutted it out to the finish)

August- 1 Sprint tri (1st overall- very small race and I hadnt train at all for it because i started a new teaching job)

Sept-  WORK, WORK, WORK, no training

Oct- 1 Oly (severely undertrained + brutal course = me walking alot on the run)

Nov- 1 10k  (started training a bit before racing and it went ok)

2009

Main Goals:

Complete Marathon (March)

Redeem myself by staying upright on the bike in a HIM (June or July)

Find and keep a balace between my new job and training/racing.   (rest of my career)

Josh

2008 was a crappy year for me. 

Slight tear to achilies tendon late in 2007

Then pulled muscle in back

then developed Plantar Fisitis (sp)

2008:

Ran full mary on Jan 1st (injured-see above, took over 6 hours)

IMAZ in April (DNF)

2 sprints (did not enjoy the 1st one, the 2nd was OK)

Got registered for IMAZ 09

2009:

Will stay injury free

A full mary

A few sprints/Olys

See finish line at IMAZ

And most of all, enjoy being in the best shape of my life

2008 was primarily a year of recovering from injury, getting injured because I started into it too early, recovering again, and having a pretty sketchy schedule because of a large amount of travel. I did organize a Metric Century for my club.

2009:

I'm still kind of waffling between a HIM and Lotoja (206 miles), but I'm leaning toward Lotoja as my A race. That means a lot of bike time. I'll probably ride a few road races leading up to Lotoja and even run in a few 5ks. I'm also supposed to run on a Ragnar relay team, which means that I do need to spend at least a little time running. That's my other A race, but either Lotoja or the HIM will take priority

2008 was a pretty bad year for tri's - 1 Olympic DNF due to bike crash & 1 sprint DNF due to still recovering from bike crash

Running wise - I completed 2 half-marathons & 2 5K's

2009 will be better - I will be the best biker on the roads!  Registered for Eagleman 70.3, Philly Distance Run.  I will probably due 1-2 sprint tri's in the later summer months and probably some more running races.  I'm just trying to figure out some financial matters before I register for more.

2008 - By the end of the year I will have done about 40 running events ranging from 2 miles to a marathon. I BQed the marathon, had 15 PRs, several AG wins, and a bunch more AG top 3s. I should end up logging more than 2500 miles of running for the year.

I did 3 bike TTs, winning one, second in another. Biking was not a focus this year.

1 sprint duathlon where I was 2nd in AG.

2009 - My focus is on running well in Boston, where I hope to PR even though I don't really plan to do Boston again.

After that I plan to get involved in triathlon once again, perhaps doing the 5430 series and several others. I used to get beat out for AG top 3 on the run and I think my run has improved to the point where I can be competitive with the top guys in many races. If all goes well and I have available funds I may do an independent iron distance next fall to get a feel for the distance.

My lone HIM was done in 2007 in just under 6 hours on very minimal training. A more consistent dedicated effort should put me much closer to 5 hours.

2008

No races, lots and lots of studying, got back into working out, started to love running

2009 (Hopefully)

2 Sprints
1 Oly
1 HIM
3 5K's with my wife

2010

Among other races...an IM