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The passing of my father, Donald Rauschenberg

2012-01-23T10:54:00.000-07:00

I thought trying to find the words to describe a challenging race or a hard-fought victory was tough. I was wrong. Trying to encapsulate how you feel when your own father dies makes everything else seem like a walk in the park. I do not often go into details of my private life in public, and will hardly open the vault in this post (you can, however, see my father’s obituary by clicking here).

Transitions

2012-01-19T00:40:00.000-07:00

Recently, I had a friend mention they really enjoyed an article I wrote about a year ago and would like to see it again. I do enjoy making my friend happy so the following is that article. *********** Transitions. Life is full of them. I am learning, as a newbie triathlete, that they are almost as dreaded in this sport as they are in real life. We figure out our swim time, bike time and run

Impressions from the Olympic Marathon Trials

2012-01-17T10:55:00.001-07:00

In a word, Wow. At the Olympic Marathon Trials in Houston, we all knew it was going to be an unprecedented day. First and foremost, this would be the first time in trials history that the men’s and women’s race would be held on the same day, let alone the same course. With a multi-loop course layout, this meant standing in one spot allowed a spectator to see the runners no less than four times.

Weight Loss

2012-01-10T10:00:00.000-07:00

With the New Year comes the resolutions. With the resolutions comes the desire to “lose weight” and “get into shape”. Very arbitrary goals which allows them to easily be forgotten, changed or given up on. The problem is many people are looking at the wrong things when it comes to weight loss. When we say we want to lose weight, most people mean they want to tone up or cut down on the amount of

Hydration Products

2012-01-04T16:46:00.001-07:00

This past weekend at the New Year's Revolution Run a few runners were talking about how they were surprised when they had miscalculated their hydration in a race where you could get a drink of water about four times a mile. I mentioned I had learned the hard way this myself and we began talking about ways to hydrate. Recently, I had experimented with two new products and I wanted to share them

New Year's Revolution Run Recap

2012-01-02T16:41:00.001-07:00

A Runner's Ramblings: Volume 6; 45th Edition 713.1 miles raced, 7480 meters swam and 202.3 miles biked in 2011 Race: New Year's Revolution Run Place: Kearns, UT Miles from home: 15 miles Weather: Indoor With the turning of the year, I almost forgot to write this recap. Don't worry. As I am already full into 2012 this will be relatively short. My only goal for this race was to run 30

New Year's Revolution Run

2011-12-28T13:38:00.000-07:00