2008 - March 2013

Since I can't recall all the details of my experiences between June 2008, when I first got to Colorado, and this spring, I think I'll just list them in the best chronological order I can muster with some side notes. This is more for me so I don't forget...

2008 - registered for my very first organized Colorado bike ride! The always popular Copper Triangle in August. Nope...hit by a car while riding home from work in July. Bike wrecked, hip injured, no Copper Triangle. But I did ride the course that October since I got a jersey for registering...and the code is that you don't wear an event jersey without actually riding the course.

2009 - Iron Horse Classic. Durango to Silverton, CO (50 mile)

2009 - Elephant Rock. Castle Rock, CO (100 mile)

2009 - Tour de Cure Diabetes Ride. Boulder/Longmont, CO (100 mile)

2009 - Boulder Olympic Distance Triathlon. Boulder, CO (and this my friends was what got me into running...)

1st triathlon in the bag

2010 - Highline Canal 10k. Littleton, CO
2010 - Steamboat 10k. Steamboat Springs, CO.
2010 - Triple Bypass. Evergreen to Avon, CO (120 miles)
2010 - Mt. Evans Classic. Idaho Springs, CO (26 miles, climbs to over 14,000 feet)
2010 - Loveland Lake to Lake Olympic Distance Triathlon. Loveland, CO
2010 - Tour de Cure Diabetes Ride. Boulder/Longmont, CO  (65 mile)

2010 - Boulder Heart and Sole 13.1 (literally the next morning after the Tour de Cure ride)
2010 - Denver Rock and Roll Marathon (my first 26.2, and at the time what I swore be my last...)
2011 - Louisville 13.1. Louisville, CO (broke 2 hours)
2011 - MS150 Bike Ride. Boulder to Ft. Collins, CO
2011 - Ironman 70.3. Boulder, CO (a whole new world opens up...)

August 2011 - abdominal surgery on small intestine. 8 days holed-up at Littleton Hospital. Nurses couldn't get past the fact that my resting heart rate was in the 40s and low 50s and my blood pressure was low 100s / low 60s.  They kept checking all the wires and monitors attached to me thinking I was crashing on them. The last time I checked, those numbers were not considered a 'risk.'  Though at one point a therapist got me on my feet and my O2 saturation dropped into the 60s and my BP was like 80/40.  That felt HORRIBLE!!!!

We got pregnant in the fall of 2011 so I was done for about 9 months, not to mention that my recovery from the summer's surgery needed some attention.

2012 - MS150 Bike Ride. Boulder to Ft. Collins, CO. About 10 days before our due date...I wore one pink sock and one blue sock since he/she was a surprise! I made Stacey text me every 4 hours over the weekend to tell me she was fine and not going into labor. It drove her nuts but deep down she knew I was responsible and awesome)

July 10, 2012 - Greatest day of my life. All the rides, runs, and triathlons instantly became a distant 3rd to my wife and newborn daughter Samantha Reese.

July 2012 - EPIC Run Relay. Canyon City to Crested Butte, CO. (3 legs, totaling about 16 miles). My single greatest 'Colorado' moment came while summiting Cottonwod Pass just past 3:00am at over 12,000 feet (picture below). It was a crystal clear night and the stars and moon were intense. I could see the other runners along the switchbacks ahead and behind me with their headlamps bouncing around. A very unique experience.

Sammie and Stacey at the USA Pro Cycling Challenge Time Trial - August 2012, City Park, Denver, CO

November 2012 - joined my first run club at was once the "Boulder Running Company"  and is now "RunColorado". This is my second family and the reason running is now more than just something I have to do for triathlons.

March 2013 - The Dam Run 13.1. Centennial, CO (new PR of 1:50 and change...)

OK, now that I cleared my head of all this, the rest of these entries will hopefully be in real-time, or as close as possible.