The Anti-Christ endurance training plan

I’ve finally gotten around to writing about what my training approach will be for the 2009 racing season. It’s time to shake things up a bit. Partly out of necessity and partly out of a desire to see if what people say is true. Can an age-group athlete see a dramatic performance improvement by doing everything the near opposite of what the Gods of Triathlon have declared to be true? Will my Lycra be repoed?

On Running with Bears

On my Saturday long run, dancing along the shoulder of the road in the hard-packed dirt that is the foundation of the Las Vegas Valley, I remembered with great fondness my trail run through bear country in Vancouver. Bounding along through the pines and dense foliage was indeed a special treat for this [...]

Best Pre-Race and Post-Race Restaurants

I am once again on a quest. I want to compile a list of the best pre-race and post-race eateries. Everyone seems to be looking for a nice starchy, carb-heavy restaurant the night before the big race and I know that I am usually starving by the time I get my gear packed up after [...]

Hak is back!

My second chemistry exam from earlier this week:

Hak’s brain is coming back to life after years of dormancy.
Jumping from a 66 to a 94 feels great. I just had to re-orient my brain. Scratch that. I had to kick-start my left brain which has apparently been dormant for quite some time. Glad to see [...]

The dog days of pre-season racing

Man, coming out of a base season I feel like I never really started is rough. My motivation level throughout March was low and three weeks out from my first sprint triathlon of the season, I’m still not as fired up as I should be to get out and train.
Over the years, I’ve come to [...]

Getting ready for the 2007-2008 season

What a busy, busy week this is turning out to be. Everything that I put off to the side in my life as I prepared for the Mt. Taylor Quad is now coming to the forefront and demanding my attention.
After returning from Grants, New Mexico on Feb. 18th, I spent the next 36 hours wrapping [...]

Updated 2007 race calendar

Hak may be a busy beaver in 2007.
I just completed the 2007 race calendar and dang…that’s a lot of traveling.
And a lot of diverse training.
My major suck is in cycling and running. Since the most positive impact on my overall time will come on the bike, that is the discipline I will focus my energies [...]

A fork in the road

In our brief time on this earth, we are presented with many choices. When approaching a fork the road, you can take the left fork or the right. Or, you can just sit on your ass and whine about having too many choices. I’m starting to think a good chunk of my fellow citizens on [...]

Race Report: Soulstice

Many apologies for the delay in getting this posted. Some may consider it shameful to post a race report five weeks after the race. I, however, consider my actions to be merely irresponsible and bordering on lazy. If you are still interested to read about my first trail race, continue. If not, I’ll be back [...]

The Zion training weekend

I’d love to be able to write down the following words: “I had a wonderfully productive training session while my family and I took a long weekend vacation in Zion.”
But, I can’t.
I had a great time with the family and that took precedence over all of my training plans, which included trail running in Zion [...]