Well its been a less than ideal end to my 2015 season. After completing the first 10 Ironmans I entered, I had my first 2 DNF’s at the end of this season. Since I didn’t complete either race, I’m going to roll them up into a combined race report. Training Camp I put on a […]
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Welcome Eli!
Hi Everyone, Just wanted to add a quick post welcoming my 2nd child, Elijah Kolten Cook, to the world. He was born on Tuesday, February 17th. He was 19.75 inches long and weighed 7 pounds, 13 ounces. He and his Mom are doing very well! I have certainly been a bit sleep deprived over the […]
Good Start to the Season with an Age Group Win at Raleigh 70.3!
2015 Raleigh 70.3 Race Report I flew into Raleigh on Friday and stayed with my friend Chad and his wife Sammy in Cary. It was tough leaving the family at home, but Kristen wasn’t quite ready to travel with our 3 month old yet. However, I’d being lying if I didn’t say I scored some […]
Timberman 70.3 and Currently Ranked #1 for 70.3’s in my Age Group
On August 16th, I competed in the Timberman 70.3 which is located in my home state of New Hampshire. Leading up to the race, I had a lot going on. My buddy Elliot Kawaoka flew in to do the race. Elliot lives in Arizona so I don’t see him too often, but he is a […]
Good Times in Nantucket Doing Some Short Course
On July 15th, my family and I started our voyage to Nantucket for the weekend. I had never done any of the races on the island before, but Nantucket is a special place to me. With the exception of the last 2 years, I had been going there every year since I was in 3rd […]
Breaking Tape in Syracuse!
Prerace: The fam and I traveled to Syracuse on Friday. My parents grew up in the area so they came as well. We took separate cars and they offered to take Calvin, our two and half year old with them. There were no arguments at all from my wife or I on that one. We […]
PTC Heads to the Pool for Some Swim Technique Work
On Saturday, 10/25/14, PTC rented out the Winning Swimming Endless Pool for 5.5 hours to work with our swimmers to help them improve their stroke. This is part of a “Before and After” series we are doing as we help clients improve their stroke during the winter/out season. Each was swimmer was given 20 minutes […]
Tough Conditions, but another Kona PR!!!
I am proud to report that I had a great showing at the Ironman World Championships in Kona, Hawaii a couple weeks ago. My wife and I headed to Kona about a week before the race and had an amazing week of R&R, a little snorkeling, and soaking up the surreal environment of Kona the […]
Timberman 70.3 Race Report
On August 17th, I raced Timberman 70.3. Timberman is New England’s premier triathlon and this year did not disappoint. I was fortunate enough to spend the weekend with some of my clients, thank you so much Mike and Cindy Walsh!!! They have a beautiful place in Laconia and its only 15 minutes or so from […]
Time in the Wind Tunnel
At the end of January, I had the thrill off spending some time in the wind tunnel. It is always very exciting to get in the wind tunnel and do some testing. I had starting working with Armand, the founder and owner of Speed Merchant Aero, a few months back. We both had expressed interest […]
At the beginning of the month, my wife and I headed down to St. Croix to compete in the Ironman 70.3. Please find my video race report below: Here are a few clips my wife took during the race: Here is a link to some video from the race as well as our experiences […]
70.3 World Championships Race Report
Last week I competed in the Ironman 70.3 World Championships in Mont Tremblant, Quebec, Canada. I’ve been excited for the opportunity to head back up to Mont Tremblant because my wife and I just love the venue. Its a great, challenging course, but the village is just awesome. Everything is so close and its very […]