The Latest, Early June

30/30/30 Challenge
Swim 9
Bike 0
Run 30+


The job hunt continues.  Everything still rolling with the Hawaii-gig, but no offer yet, so hoping there's a decision either way soon.

As far as training goes, I've settled into a decent routine each week: 1 trail run (10-20k), 2 road runs (10k), 1 or 2 swims (1k) and 4 strength and conditioning sessions.  The only thing missing is at least one bike!  But, that all ends this week.  Wed morning, I'm getting up early and heading out on the bike.  The forecast says rain, but I've been making excuses for 5 months, so nothing is going to keep from getting out there.

While I'm enjoying this routine, the lack of clear training goal is frustrating.  I can't wait til we find a place and settle, then I can sign up for races and have a few goals.  Can't wait!

On the professional triathlon front, the ITU season is underway having finished 4 events with some great races and a few surprises (at least surprising to me).  Javier Gomez leads the points for the men while Gwen Jorgensen of the US leads for the women.  The surprising thing for me is that Alistair Brownlee, the 2012 London gold medalist, has not finished on the podium in either of the two races he's competed in.  I'm sure it'll start going his way at some point in the season, and I can't wait to see those fireworks.

Read more HERE or check out the videos below.  If you like all out sprint finishes, I highly recommend the first video.

Switching over to soccer, in case you missed it, Arsenal ended their 9 year trophy draught by taking home the FA Cup trophy last month!  This is a totally different and more mature team than in recent years.  On several occasions this year, they've gone down early only to charge back and take the victory.  The FA Cup was another example of this going down 2 goals in the opening 10mins only to come back for a 3-2 win.  Let's hope they carry this into next season!

Finally, with the World Cup around the corner, click HERE for a nice site giving previews of all of the teams.  Of course, I'll be rooting for Team USA with a bit of love for Japan too.