Mid-Summer Update

Just a quick update for my friends and sponsors.

I can truly say that summer is my favorite part of the year. Especially here in South Carolina. To get ready for training one doesn't have to think twice what to wear. To go run - just a pair of shorts and sunglasses. To go for a bike ride – shorts, jersey, socks, sunglasses, and that's it. The heat doesn't bother me a bit. Just the memories of winter months bring chills to my skin.

With the year being focused on 3 important races – IM Louisville, IM Wisconsin, and Ultraman Worlds, the biggest training has to be done during the summer months. So after a minor bike crash back in May, I decided to do the best I can with my preparations for these races. No messing around, no excuses, no feeling sorry for myself when I get tired. The last 13 weeks of my training have been the best, and the most consistent in the last 15 years of me racing triathlons. The goal is to be standing on a starting line and not being able to find even one thing that I would want to change about the preparation.

Well – now I have to get rested and see how it works.

On another note…I’ve started to work with Robert from First Endurance and testing/using their new Prototype Optygen. Just to compare it – it's like having an Espresso, and then somebody comes with a Double Shot Espresso, so when you think that's the “Shit” – then somebody else shows up and has a Triple Shot Espresso. All I can say – the new Prototype Optygen is the “Shit”.