Since I am technically a physician, I feel ethically obligated to start this blog with a disclaimer: if you are sick, you should not race.  That being said, my specialty is psychiatry, so I'm obviously crazy.  After discovering the pro race at Galveston 5150 had been cut, I canceled my flight to Texas and decided to look for a local alternative instead.  A good friend, Jef Mallett had told me about the Come Clean Duathlon so, despite the fact that it is a duathlon, I decided to sign up.  I ...

It took me a little longer to sit down to write this blog because I wasn't sure what direction I wanted to go with.  My past two blogs were pretty personal and I wasn't sure where to go next.  Luckily I can always count on a tri buddy to help me out!  I woke up Monday morning to get ready for my usual 5 am swim and saw a text on my phone from Angie Spayde.  First of all, I just want to say how amazing Angie, and all triathletes with kids, are.  I get asked a lot "Oh my gosh, how do you do i...

I find myself in another stretch of 3 races in 3 weeks, so I best get to writing this blog before it's already time for the next race!  As many of you know, this is my first full season with my "pro" card and, believe me, this was not how I pictured this season going in my offseason fantasies!  But God has his own plans and I have to say I have learned a lot about myself as an athlete and a person this season.  Despite all that, racing slower than last season when I'm racing the big dogs in...