You Only Get To Be A Beginner Once

There was a time in my life when I was enrolled in one of those 3-month programming schools. Right before I dropped out to take a full-time design job with Amazon, Jared Tame, my mentor at Bloc, shared this golden nugget with me: "You only get to be a beginner once." I've thought quite a … Continue reading You Only Get To Be A Beginner Once →

Keep Climbing and Fall Forward

Well before I resume the hustle bustle of the workweek, I like to take a short bit of time to reflect on the things I've done, and the time that I've spent. They say that what you spent your New Years Day doing is you'll spend your new year doing. I wonder if they are … Continue reading Keep Climbing and Fall Forward →

On Fear and Falling

Ladies and gents, I am so happy right now. Like, bursting at the seams happy. So, finally after many months/years of this weird mental game of being scared of clipping in, I decided to give it a go again. And guess what? I did it! I'm still in one piece! It might sound kind of … Continue reading On Fear and Falling →

An Extended Season Retrospective: Remember Why You Started

So if you've been following my training lately, you'll probably notice that I've logged significantly less time swimming, biking, running. After about 11 months of intense training (as well as the ebbs and flows that come with it), and all the stressors that come with life in general, I think my body finally gave in. … Continue reading An Extended Season Retrospective: Remember Why You Started →

My 7-Week Training Forecast

Starts off at 13:30 a week. Tops out at 16:30 a week. The goal is to leave room for two consecutive rest days on the weekend, so that I may actually get a chance to enjoy my weekends doing non-training related stuff. Wednesdays by far are the hardest day since I stack all of my … Continue reading My 7-Week Training Forecast →

Week 6+7 HITS 140.6 Palm Springs Training: Warrior, Not Worrier

Week 6 and 7 are in the books. Only 10 weeks left to go before the big day! I've spent the last few weeks pretty stressed and exhausted. I never knew what it was like to be so tired that I couldn't sleep. My legs and body would be sore but my mind would wander … Continue reading Week 6+7 HITS 140.6 Palm Springs Training: Warrior, Not Worrier →

Week 16 Ironman Louisville Training: It All Goes Up From Here

11 weeks left in my training plan. It was a good week, even though I was short two hours. I was short because one evening, I was coming down with some flu-like symptoms and canned my workout. The other was because of my bike shorts seams digging into me. The two hour ditch was meant … Continue reading Week 16 Ironman Louisville Training: It All Goes Up From Here →

The Great Open Water Swim Plan of 2013

If you know me well, you know that I looooove to plan (and execute on that plan). I had a good (enough) open water swim yesterday. It was a beautiful evening at Harry Todd Park. The days are getting much longer in Seattle now. The sun comes up at 5am now and sets at 9:30pm. … Continue reading The Great Open Water Swim Plan of 2013 →

Week 14 Ironman Louisville Training: All Great Changes are Preceded by Chaos

What. A. Week! I've learned a lot this week...learning a thing or two about making a schedule and sticking to it. Learning to "embrace the suck." Learning to view my goals as non-negotiable. Learning to read my body a little better. I'm trying not to go crazy but my wisdom teeth are giving me problems … Continue reading Week 14 Ironman Louisville Training: All Great Changes are Preceded by Chaos →

On Endurance

Pardon me as I take a bit of a departure from the usual rhetoric of my blog. I've been itching -- really, dying inside -- to be able to lift the veil of what I've been willing to share here. Sometimes, things seem so pixel perfect on the surface, and perhaps they have been packaged … Continue reading On Endurance →