Sunday, January 24, 2010: First big race of the year is under my belt…and many of my friends and teammates. A lot of great performances at the Greenville News Downtown 5k. The weekend was also the brithday of one of my longtime sponsors: Fleet Feet. Happy Birthday, Fleet Feet!
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Monday, January 04, 2010: Kudos to TeamKattouf teammate Chris Olsen on his 59:58 at the 10-mile 'Hair of the Dog' race and to Fleet Feet Teammate Matt Pryor on his 3rd overall finish at the Resolution Half Marathon.
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Sunday, January 03, 2010: The year is starting well with a victory this past weekend at a local half-marathon. I'm looking forward to the coming season! Two of my sponsors have some exciting things going on...click on the Rudy Project link on the right side of my home page to see some crazy deals that Rudy is offering right now. Also, TeamKattouf coaching has some great things lined up - some upcoming tri clinics and some nutritional DVDs about to come out. Become a fan on Facebook for the latest (search for "TeamKattouf Coaching")
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Monday, December 07, 2009: It's official! Fleet Feet has already returned as my running sponsor in 2010 (and my season is about to start!) - but I will have a new multi-sport team in 2010: TeamKattouf. Rick has been coaching me for just over a month now and things are going great. We realized almost at the same time that we would make a great fit together. Since I am more of an all-around endurance athlete, racing on a team that is triathlon specific has always had it's challenges for me, but Rick's expertise and clientele span all forms of sport and I feel much more comfortable being able to now focus on triathlons, duathlons, running events and whatever I want. Rick's coaching also spans a greater geography - with clients all over the county AND the world - so travelling to events outside the local area still has impact for him. This all adds up to what I hope is a great relationship and great 2010 season!
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Wednesday, December 02, 2009: 2010 preliminary race schedule is complete. An announcement is forthcoming on Monday. My training under Rick Kattouf is going well. It's all good. My schedule should be posted here in a day or two.
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Wednesday, November 11, 2009: It's been a couple of weeks since I started training under a coach (Rick Kattouf - http://www.teamkattouf.com/) and things are going well. The plyometrics program and swimming are two strong points of his program for me right now. Time will tell. Right now I am getting excited about my schedule for next year...
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Thursday, October 29, 2009: The season is officially over. Rest time. It was such a topsy-turvy season that I'm looking forward to writing my Year in Review/Year in Preview once I get all settled in for the Winter. Lots of new stuff coming in 2010!
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Monday, October 05, 2009: It's funny how I can be training for a marathon and yet I feel like I'm relaxing because I only have to concentrate on one sport. I had already begun to drop off on my lifting, swimming and cycling the last couple of weeks but until the end of Ocotber, I'll be running almost exclusively. My 56-mile week last week was proof of that. I'm pushing for one more big miles week before tapering. My goal of a 2:50 marathon should be a fairly easy goal to meet.
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| Sunday, September 20, 2009: Between life being so busy these days (including a huge project at work), my big dip in motivation, and the weather change...it's been hard to do anything; the least of which is keeping the website up to date. I got her all caught up after nearly missing another 2 weeks. I have lots going on right now: I just got my Team USA outfit in the mail this week to wear at next week's World Duathlon Championships. I'm pretty unhappy with the fact that a size medium is ultra-tight and a 10-year-old boy would have trouble wearing it. I'm hoping my decrease in training the last couple of weeks will make me well rested for the event, but I doubt it. Because of my motivation drop, I've decided to cut my season one race short and skip the South Carolina Half Iron race. That was a huge weight off my chest. Janis and I have also been working on our Fall/Winter calendar and we have lots of fun events planned that I am really looking forward to. Here's to cooler weather!
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Monday, August 31, 2009: Well, it was that time of year where I seeming fall off the face of the earth for a few days - although this time it was the longest I have spent away from the website; allowing it to lapse for 2 weeks. This started out because I was unhappy with my Greenville Tri results but accidentally progressed when work got in the way of life ;-0 (I've been on a stressful project at work). I'm back and I've got 6 very big and diverse races left for the season starting with last week's National Trail Championship, so...let's GO!
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