Tell us about yourself:
I was born in Maine. A grade school teacher once told my parents I might be disturbed, but she was wrong, I'm a mainiac. I'm married to a non-triathlete-which is nice because we never argue about who's turn it is to work out aaaalllllll weekend-it's always my turn. I'm a civil engineer. Other hobbies include camping, fishing, hunting.
How long have you been doing triathlons?
My first was a sprint in Hudson in 2004.
How long have you been a Bluff Buster?
How long have you been a Bluff Buster?
2008?
What is your triathlon background?
What is your favorite race distance?
What is your triathlon background?
I was a swimmer from age 6 to age 8 until the club went belly-up. My folks were into road running so I ran 5k fun runs as a kid. If they had a 12 & under age group my best friend and I got ribbons. Apparently there were only two of us who were forced to run by their evil parents at such a young age. In high school I could not get myself to train. I skipped cross-country practices and hid at the mall with my other lazy friends. We called ourselves "the loungers". I remember the coach giving us a terrible verbal reprimand one day and I knew my lounging was over and I'd have to quit the team. Luckily, I sprained my ankle a few days later and couldn't run. I've been doing a few tris a year for a while now.
What is your favorite race distance?
I like long races-I just don't have the right stuff to compete at sprints. I think 140.6 is becoming my favorite distance, although the olympic/international distance probably plays best to a weak biker like me.
What are your triathlon goals for 2014?
What are your triathlon goals for 2014?
Lower my Ironman PR at Wisconsin.
What is an interesting fact about you?
What is an interesting fact about you?
I love to hear about people's races. The details are fascinating. I wish Garmin could capture suffering and mood right along with time so I could see graphs of that and know how people really felt.
What is your favorite song or album to workout to?
What is your favorite song or album to workout to?
Heavenly Day by Patty Griffin. It's strange, but that song gives me some of the most powerful visualization time-I always visualize myself running the part of a marathon or Ironman where it really starts to get painful, but where you still have a choice. Sometimes you run into your physical limit before the finish line and your body breaks and you don't have a choice. But sometimes you can occupy the fuzzy area right at your physical limit for quite some time and the only things that exist are pain, the road, cups of water, gels every 24 minutes and the finish line somewhere up ahead...and you choose to push-oh heavenly day-that's what I visualize.
What motivates you?
Fear, if you don't train, it's gonna hurt like hell. Scratch that. If you do train, it's gonna hurt. If you don't train, you might not finish-scary. Sometimes guilt-not everyone is physically able to do this.
What accomplishment are you most proud of?
There have been two or three times where it seemed I was really able to help someone in a race or training, and that was very satisfying.
What is your favorite workout?My favorite workout while I'm doing it is track work. The best post-workout feeling is after the 112-mile training ride. It always seems like an accomplishment-you get done and the anxiety that was there leading up to it goes away and you get to recover and relax.
What can’t you live without?
Fear, if you don't train, it's gonna hurt like hell. Scratch that. If you do train, it's gonna hurt. If you don't train, you might not finish-scary. Sometimes guilt-not everyone is physically able to do this.
What accomplishment are you most proud of?
There have been two or three times where it seemed I was really able to help someone in a race or training, and that was very satisfying.
What is your favorite workout?My favorite workout while I'm doing it is track work. The best post-workout feeling is after the 112-mile training ride. It always seems like an accomplishment-you get done and the anxiety that was there leading up to it goes away and you get to recover and relax.
What can’t you live without?
Running
If you could have any superpower, what would you choose?
If you could have any superpower, what would you choose?
I'd be VO2 Maxman
What is one book that everyone should read?
Winterdance by Gary Paulson is a great read.
What is your biggest Pet-Peeve?
What is one book that everyone should read?
Winterdance by Gary Paulson is a great read.
What is your biggest Pet-Peeve?
Poor parenting. It's too important!
What chore do you absolutely hate doing?
What chore do you absolutely hate doing?
Making the bed. Seriously, what's the point?
If you could learn to do anything, what would it be?
If you could learn to do anything, what would it be?
Snowboard. I've tried. I suck.
Where’s Waldo?
Where’s Waldo?
What? I have no idea.
What is something you learned in the last week?
My glutes are not completely asleep.
If you could throw any kind of party, what would it be like and what would it be for?
What is something you learned in the last week?
My glutes are not completely asleep.
If you could throw any kind of party, what would it be like and what would it be for?
A fishing and running party. We'd all go for a run and then go fishing. In the evening we'd have a big fire, Scott would cook for us...it would be great.
Do you have any hidden talents?
Do you have any hidden talents?
I can ....not think of any
What is one question you wished that we would have asked you but didn't. And what is the answer?
The question: What is one triathlon thing I'm mad about?
The answer: I'm no faster with my TT bike, aero helmet, fancy $400 watch, new tri-suits, etc, than I was without them. I want my money back.
What is one question you wished that we would have asked you but didn't. And what is the answer?
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