I've been coming across various articles about napping which made me curious to try it. The one thing I couldn't figure out though…

For about a year, Danielle and I have been following the CrossFit exercise program. We're definitely not up to doing full workouts, but…

Inspired by Patrick's design I made a pair of squat stands for Danielle and I to use. Because two people of different heights are…

Yesterday, Juliette threw Andy a surprise birthday party. When I got the invite earlier this week, we were told to not park in the driveway…

You just finished you're first triathlon! What are you going to do next? I'm not sure. After my initial somewhat negative feelings about…

Two more days to the tri... I skipped out on last night's bike ride because my back was acting up a bit. Today and tomorrow are my scheduled…

Today I finally did another ocean swim. I've been wanting to do one for a while, but it's been raining most weekends. There have been dry…

Did my second brick today, and it was hard. I rode the longer way home, which is 14.5 miles and hilly instead of 12 miles and flat. It took…

After a week of a kind of hurt back (swam once), and a week of vacation on the east coast (ran once), I'm back on top of things this week…

After a week of not doing anything, I was feeling OK on Friday. So Saturday I swam, and today I ran. I think my back is back to its only…

This morning I got up kind of early (although not as early as Danielle, who ran Roses to la Playa this morning) to get in a yoga work-out…

On Wednesday night I had an awesome bike ride home. I ended up working a bit late, so it was completely dark when I left. Getting out of…

After every swim, my nose is running for the next twelve hours. I'm not sure how, but my sinus system gets cleaned with chlorine every time…

I seem to be getting a lot better at running. I've been measuring my heart rate after each run (by timing how long 40 beats take), and it's…

I had this all written up, and then Firefox crashed. Anyway, I went for an ocean swim yesterday. Here are the highlights: My wetsuit works…

Here are seven little things I've enjoyed during the past week: Monday: The powerful feeling of biking through the elements. Tuesday: Swam…

On Saturday I went to swim in the ocean, just to get used to it. It turns out that the ocean is very cold in January and, worse, it'll only…

My beautiful beach route has turned into an army-grade obstacle course. The dirt right after the train tracks has turned into slick mud…

It's been raining on and off for the last two days. This afternoon, during a dry spell, I went out for my first bike ride of the year. It…

He sees you when you're sleeping. He knows when you're awake. He knows when you've been bad or good, So be good, for goodness' sake. I'm…

A while back I started doing yoga. One of the benefits of working where I do is that there is a free yoga class twice a week. The class is…

I had an excellent swim yesterday, which has me quite excited. When I started swimming about 6 weeks ago I hadn't swum in forever, and had…

This blog entry almost didn't get written. A few weeks ago I decided it'd be fun to have a blog. I've been reading a lot of them (most the…

Being sick can really mess with your training plan. Yesterday an upset stomach kept me in bed or in front of the TV for most of the day…

An friend pointed me to a site with some very graphic pictures (really, don't click if you have a weak stomach), telling me to be sure to…

Thanksgiving seems to make everybody post lists of what they're thankful for. Instead, I will just describe all the good things about today…

This morning I biked to work (12 miles) for the first time in quite a while. I still took it fairly easy, keeping my cadence high. (A…

On Thursday I did my weekly bike ride, after work. Thanks to evil clock-people, it's dark by the time I get home from work. (I would…

Commitment is a thrilling experience. Every time you commit to something, you're announcing to the world: "I'm going to do this thing…

My old watch drowned a few weeks ago. It was a cheap Casio with 3 buttons, an alarm, a stop watch, and it knew what day of the week it was…