Just back from the Monticello (Utah) Winter Triathlon - the winter World Championships for me!  And it went great, Healthfx users placed 3 out of the top 4 in the overall solo mens class (Team rider Andrew Ferguson placed 4th, and I managed to survive the run and win the overall)!  How's that for a testamonial - endurofx and lifefx work!  I started out with a good ski, finishing just behind 'Fergie" and  - get this - a 13 year old Durango Girl (watch out Lynda).  That's right, I got chicked on the ski by a 13 year old girl!  But this is not your normal girl, or your normal 13 year old - Alicia Rose Pastore is a dedicated and addicted skier, biker and runner who trains year round and is likely to be the next World Champion in whatever sport she picks - awesome!  Anyway, I tried to go just hard enough on the ski to stay close, but not so hard that I blew up and couldn't ride - hint to Fergie - and I started the bike feeling great.  I passed Andrew early on and just put the wood to it as I knew everyone behind me could out run me.  Near the end of the bike I got a split that I had 4 minutes on Tom Ober - a guy who I figured I would need at least 4 minutes on in order to hold him off in the run! Shit - I had to get going  and no holding back now!  The run was pure torture - I had gone so hard on the bike that within the first mile of the run both quads had comletely torn and all I could do was take baby steps...try running 7 minute miles with no quads!  I did though, and was really happy to hang on until the finish.  I never looked back, and the only split I got was at 2 miles to go when someone said "you better pick it up - those guys are gaining fast!".  Great - I couldn't go any faster, so I just kept it smooth and tried not to cramp - I had dropped my bottle the first time I drank and so did the whole race on 2 sips of water and a sip of the Drip - can you say BONK?  And no, I still can't walk 2 days later!

Lynda and Dave gave me some grief about my last post where I called myself the opposite of them and just an "everyman".  So to clarify - an "everyman" is someone who has more than 12% body fat - mine is 13 and I love to eat, some would say I train to eat - trains less than 12 hours a week - and does not do super human tricks like riding 24 hours races or 11 white rim training rides solo in the snow.  Sorry Dave and Lynda, you two are not "everyman"!  I do race adventure races that last 24 hours (I've even tried 3 day races but never finished) but I don't WIN them!  And when I break my collarbone - twice-I cry for morphine and crawl into bed - though I was happy in a wierd way to read that Lynda is actually feeling pain!  Let's face it Dave and Lynda -you two are aliens posing as humans!  I'd still love to go on some of your epic rides with you though - just leave me a good map when you leave me in the dust!

Rick