One of the things that happened in the break between posts (after 2013) is that I became a triathlete. I started this journey in 2016, first completing Ironman 70.3 Augusta in the sweltering September Georgia humidity and escalated from there to complete two half-IMs and my first full Ironman (Coeur d’Alene) in 2017. At this point I’ve finished 3 full Ironmans and several half-IMs. The COVID pandemic slowed things down in 2020, but I managed to do three half-IMs in 2021 and was planning on another full in 2022 until a bike crash left me with a separated shoulder.

I’m sure there will be plenty of blog posts from here talking about my various triathlon activities, but it occurred to me today that I posted three long answers to questions about cycling, swimming and triathlon that I should preserve. I’ll follow this post with those questions and answers for the future reference of others.