Archive for March, 2009

Gimp Update

Sunday, March 22nd, 2009

It has now been 10 days since my operation and I am feeling much better than the "uncomfortable" weekend experienced not too long ago. I did quite a bit of walking this week and saw Gino every day for PT as well. Between the cold laser, electro stimulation and ice, ...

Post Op

Saturday, March 14th, 2009

Surgery went well on Friday and I now have a piece of synthetic mesh in my abdomen so my intestines do not poke through my ab wall! I am pretty sore and did not sleep well last night, but my amazing wife has been helping me through the process . ...

Psychology of Sport

Wednesday, March 11th, 2009

Last week I participated in a coaches round table discussion at Coastal Wellness where we discussed various triathlon-related subjects. Each coach had their own "training principles", but when asked about the most crucial part of triathlon, each coach, including me, spoke about the psychology of the sport. I feel that ...

Coming to grips - Surgery

Wednesday, March 4th, 2009

The title of this post is hard for me to write because of the multiple injuries I have had since January of '08.  As I wrote about this past Summer, I fractured my pelvis last Winter and trained through it for the first half of last season. Long story short, ...