I have never been hunting, but last year I bagged a Moose…Mooseman that is. Training in the spring can be tough, but knowing that this race is coming up gives a little extra motivation. Tucked away in quiet Bristol, NH is pristine New Found Lake where in early June the triathlon season officially begins inNew England. Moving toDurham, NC almost threw a kink in my plans to defend my title, but Ashley and I managed to arrange our travel/moving plans to accommodate this awesome race! Keith Jordan and the whole staff at Endorfun Sports do a great job with this race, as well as Mooseman’s big and more popular brother, Timberman 70.3. So if you get the opportunity make your way toNewFoundLake this June, I’ll see you there.
After 5 years and I lot of blood (literally) sweat and tears my wife Ashley and I graduated from medical school this past Sunday! So, now I can remove that asterisk from my name when I say “almost a doctor!” Now Dr. Ashley, Zoey (our puppy) and I have to pack up our lives and spend the next 2 weeks homeless, bumming off of family and friends, attend our 5th year undergraduate reunion at
Connecticut
College.
In the same 2 weeks I’ll race Mooseman buy our new Prius and then drive down to
Durham,
NC!
J It has been a busy week and there is no end in sight!
I’ll keep you all posted!
Graduation garb is pretty ugly and uncomfortable…but I at least perfer this hat! 
This past Saturday I went out for a 4+ hour ride in the dreary cloudy weather with a temperature hovering around 50. It was cold, gloomy, windy and I was pretty grumpy. I didn’t see another cyclist the entire ride. On the flip side, yesterday it was sunny and 70 degrees and I saw a plethora of cyclists! It makes me appreciate those nice spring days even more. So what do I do for motivation when the weather is not helping? I think of the quote I heard awhile ago, but can’t remember where…”good athletes train when they want to, great athletes train when they don’t.” So go out there regardless of the weather and (as PowerBar says) “Be Great!”
