For those of you who are looking for a headlamp for outdoor activities from a company that stands behind their product – I can say hands down, Princeton Tec is the company you want to buy from. I used one of their “Fuel” headlamps during my latest Ragnar Trail race here in Arizona. It is … Continued
Day 2 – Dallas Beast – Sunday I would do a disservice to the race review if I didn’t acknowledge some of the issues that transpired at the end of the first day of racing in Dallas. Saturday, I ran the course by myself. Ended strong and Vicki and I left the venue. However, many … Continued
Dallas Spartan Beast Weekend – Day 1. If Tahoe was race trepidation, Dallas was race retribution. Last month I finished Tahoe strong, however, I knew I could have done better. For the three weeks between Tahoe and my next race weekend, the Dallas Double beast weekend, I buckled down hard. Super clean eating, laser focus … Continued
Getting your head right at 9000′ One of the biggest obstacles I have discovered when racing both my rookie season and this year is my own mental outlook. How you perceive things will affect your personal performance. For example. If I look at an obstacle course that has 6’ walls and a 12’ rope climb, … Continued
Over the 9/11 weekend in 2015 I flew to from Phoenix, Arizona to Newark, New Jersey to race the Tri-State Super weekend. I needed to race both Saturday and Sunday since I got the email from Spartan Race that they were changing the format of the South Carolina Spartan weekend from a Beast distance race … Continued
Hey all, Make sure to read Part I, then Part II before reading this post! Thanks! Many thoughts run through my head during races, however this saying was a dominant force over the entire weekend. Almost my mantra that I recited from time to time on the course. I had put a lot of training … Continued
Day one of the 2015 Hawaii Trifecta weekend ended on a good note. I was happy that I finished, not real happy with my total time, but comparing it to other racers who I respect I was only about 30 minutes behind them – which tells me I could have pushed a bit harder. A … Continued
The 2015 Hawaii Spartan Trifecta weekend is now in the books. The interwebs are buzzing with the positive, the negative and everything in between regarding this race, the venue and the organization of the event. These next few pages will be my recap. I don’t race in the elite heat, … Continued
Spartan Super Barre, Mass – Sunday edition (You should read the Saturday race recap first to get a more detailed story of each obstacle, day one of my two day Spartan Super weekend.) CRAAACK — KABOOOM!!! I awoke at 4:32 AM to the sound of thunder and flashes of lighting through the shades in … Continued
I was recently struck by a comment that I overheard from a discussion going on next to me from a meeting I was attending the other night. The speaker mentioned something to the effect of “I keep failing in my diet, I will always be this way”. Hearing this, I tucked that discussion away in … Continued