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Ironman Eagleman 70.3 – Race Report
The Eagleman is one of the oldest sanctioned 70.3 races in the world. The race began in 1981 as the Oxford triathlon, moved to Cambridge in 1990, and was branded by Ironman in 1997 as the Eagleman. The race is known for 3 key attributes; heat, wind, and a lack of elevation. This can lead…
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Cartagena Cycling – Not for the Feint of Heart
Colombia Cycling Colombia is a cycling country. The mountains in the center of the country around Bogota and Medellin offer some of the best riding in the entire world and produce some of the premier cyclists in the pro peloton. Fresh off of a Colombia cycling adventure in December (that I discuss here.) I was…
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Cycling Sinaloa – Research Your Routes
A critical lesson recently taught to me by the School of Hard Knocks on a recent trip to Sinaloa, Mexico. Poor route research and planning combined is a lackadaisical complacency built up over years of riding safe cycling-friendly areas of the globe landed me in a frightening situation and taught me this all to important…
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The Longest Climb in The World, Alto de Letras
alright, alright… technically the third longest climb in the world behind an extended Mauna Kea route (#1) and Wuling Pass (#2), but those nitty gritty details failed to make it to the sign at the top of Letras proudly proclaiming it as having the coveted “est” qualifier. Letras does still get the consolation prize for…
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Just Start.
2 words… so simple of a concept. Just start. It’s so easy to become stuck in a rut of overanalysis leading to the constant thought of pursuing your goals sabotaging your ability to actually achieve them. The idea that you need to know every minute detail of a plan from cradle to grave to even…
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