The 2013 Portland Marathon was the second marathon that I’ve ever run. The first was the 2011 Seattle Rock n’ Roll which was an absolute nightmare of a race. At about mile 17 both my knees were shot (I blame the Seattle viaduct) and I needed to have them wrapped afterwards. I hobbled across the […]
Events & AARs
GORUCK Light 108 Joint Base Lewis McChord (JBLM) AAR
Preface: After writing this AAR I feel like I need to preface it. I won’t be talking much about all of the awesome stuff we did during the event (unlike my other AARs which are very detailed) but will focus on why this event kicked so much ass. The Joint Base Lewis McChord (JBLM) Custom […]
Escape the Rock Triathlon 2013 Recap
The Seattle (Mercer Island) Escape the Rock Triathlon was the last triathlon of my 2013 season. It started out on Mercer Island with a 1/2 mile swim that composed a triangle. After that it was a 12 mile total out and back on the closed I-90 express lanes. We finished up with a ~2.5 mile […]
GORUCK Light 067 Seattle AAR
A small preface to this AAR: I have completed four GRCs and one GR Heavy. I train a good deal with TRVLSQD and know my way around these types of events. It’s hard to take the smile off of my face and I generally look at everything in the most positive way possible. This was […]
Lake Stevens Half Ironman 2013 Review
On July 21st, 2013 I competed in the Lake Stevens Half Ironman, which was my second triathlon to date. This was an interesting event for me both mentally and physically and I’ll try to explain why in the coming review.
GORUCK Heavy 009 Seattle AAR
Summarizing this challenge is going to be more than difficult. GORUCK Heavy was unlike any other event (including GORUCK Challenges) that I’ve done to date. We were fortunate enough to have Cadre John (aka Big Daddy) fly out and put on the event of a lifetime. He promised that we would each hit our wall […]