A Look Into 2013, A Very Exciting Year!

What’s happening for 2013? Let’s see… Barbie and I are getting married in November, we bought our first house this spring, I started a new job in January, we have 4 other weddings for friends, I’ll become an Uncle 2 more times this spring, I’m helping my brother prepare for his first crack at Ironman, and oh yeah I’ll probably do some races this year too!

Offseason training:

Swimming with the fins is continuously speeding me up in the water. This winter I trained at Breakaway’s RPM classes with the one, the only, the awesome, the Todd, and I can’t wait to see the results on race day. Running has taken a little bit of a deficit but that’s alright because I can ramp this up super quickly.

Preseason Events:

I went Postal swimming for the Fins in January completing 3600 yards in 1 hour. I became a Philly Phlyer in my first ever Time Trial which was in a nice little snow flurry of the cold month of March. A day after the Time Trial I raced through Wilmington at Caesar Rodney in some still frigid temperatures with a lot of leprechauns. Overall I’m happy with my preseason results, and quite frankly just pleased I could even get them in.

I’m so stoked for everything this year, most importantly Puerto Rico in November. And with all of these exciting events this year, the stress of triathlon season and the Ironman will be dramatically depreciated and I’ll be able to just race for fun instead of trying to prove something. Maybe I’ll even have better nutrition and no mechanical problems this year!

Here’s my 2013 Race Schedule:

• May 5^th – NJ Devilman Half Lite (~50 miles)
• May 25^th – Hammonton Tri (tentative if not travelling)
• June 2^nd – RevTri Quassy 70.3 (Connecticut)
• June 22^nd – Philly Sprint
• June 23^rd – Philly Olympic
• July 28^th – Ironman Lake Placid
• August – TBD fun local races if any
• September – TBD fun local races if any
• October – TBD fun local races if any