The Reason for the 2019 Season

Once again, it’s on like flan! The 2019 race season is here, and I’m kicking it all off tomorrow at IRONMAN Santa Rosa. I finished my first season in triathlon with an IRONMAN in Cozumel on my Max’s birthday, so I figured I’d pick up where I left off this year. But my season will […]

Happy Birthday, Max

Dear Max, I got in the water off the shore of Cozumel shortly after 7am today and never stopped swimming, biking, and running until I crossed the finish line a little less than 12 hours later. More importantly, for a year now I never gave up. Every time my resolve was put to the test […]

IRONMAN Eve

It’s been a while. To be honest, things haven’t been going the way I had imagined. For one, I never imagined that my training would leave me with little-to-no time to post updates on my how my training was going. So I guess it’s been going pretty well. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ In any case, I figured I’d […]

Never Give Up?

In the last post, I mentioned that the biggest challenge of never giving up may be to grok what it means to never give up in the first place. As if on cue, my journey as an IRONDAD took a turn that offers up an excellent case-in-point. It started with the marathon I mentioned. I […]

Happy Father’s Day

And I hope all the IRONDADs out there have had plenty of opportunities to be the best fathers they can be today. I’ve found my own opportunity in building this site to share a journey I’ve undertaken. I’ve decided to complete a full IRONMAN in Cozumel, Mexico on 11/18/2018- my son’s 14th birthday. A little […]