20% There – Still Need Your Help
If you hadn’t read the post, I have earned a charity slot for the REV3 Triathlon in June. Now that I’ve got the slot, I need your help fighting cancer by donating to the V Foundation. I’ve made it easy for you, there is a widget in the top right of this page that will take you to the donation page.
This isn’t about me, it is about everyone that is fighting cancer. Every grandfather/grandmother, father and mother, son and daughter, and grandchild. Help me help Jimmy V.
A Small World!
The internet has a great ability to mashup people that would probably normally never meet, and I am grateful for it. Recently, I was contacted by Thad (pictured here) after he saw my information on a triathlon website, Athlinks. We started communicating via PM and Email and learned that we both lived in the same area.
He was nice enough to feature me in a story on his website about my time and training in Afghanistan. You can read the story and some of Thad’s great content by visiting RunnerDude’s Blog. You won’t find that story anywhere else and it sheds a little bit more light on my background and philosophy.
I’d like to thank Thad again for his kind words and his willingness to spread the word about what we are doing here. I promised that I’d line up next to him one of these days, and I’m looking forward to it.
Thanks Thad!
-Nathan
REV3 Tri – Who’s Coming With Me?
I read about the Revolution 3 Triathlon when I was doing some blog browsing and was blown away by the sales page. As someone who saw the Ironman as the pinnacle of the Triathlon world, it hadn’t occured to me that there might be other options available to me. Since my goals for this year include a 70.3 Triathlon, I thought that this would be a perfect opportunity to get my feet wet.
I’ve earned a charity slot for the Rev3 and am looking to raise $1,000 for the V Foundation to fight cancer. My family has dealt with cancer countless times through the years, so this was a perfect opportunity for me to combine personal goals with professional goals.
I’ve also got an article coming out soon about my training in Afghanistan and the process of preparing for the Rev3, so keep an eye out for that on their homepage (I’ll link to it here as well).
In the meantime, if you plan on making it to CT on June 7th, 2009, then let me know so we can meet up and say hi! If you can’t make it, I’d love your help in raising money for the V Foundation. You can go to my site, or use the widget on the right of this post near the top of the page. Help me reach that $1,000!
I’m going to be offering “The Triathlon Man” T-Shirts soon, and I might even consider offering a free one to the person with the highest donation, so please donate what you can and share the link with your friends and family. Your support means a lot!
To the rest of you, I’ll see you soon!
Afghanistan = High Altitude Training
In case you didn’t know, I am currently deployed to Afghanistan and have been here since August of 2008. Originally, I had feared that this would put a damper on my training plans, however I realized that I’d never have a better opportunity to fine tune my training than I would here. Thanks to the high altitude (approximately 5500 ft above sea level) and the poor air quality, I have had a chance to hit peaks in my training I’ve never been able to reach before this year.
I’ve been fortunate as a soldier to have more time than I should to devote to my triathlon training. I’ve been able to afford approximately 10-14 workouts of 30 minutes to 1.5 hours each week and as a result I have been able to devote time to running, swimming, biking, and weight training.
I honestly believe that I am in the best shape of my life and I cannot wait to get back to the states and test my PR’s on the same routes I used to run. We found out that we’d be coming back early (In April as opposed to August), so not only will I get more training in early in the year, but I will be back in time to hit the beginning legs of the North Carolina Triathlon Series.
Keep an eye out for some videos and runcasts where I will try to chronicle my journey for you to see how I train and prepare for my 2009 triathlon season. I’ve got goals to carry the momentum from my high altitude sessions here in Afghanistan back to the US and place in the top 5 overall in the NCTS. I’m planning on Augusta Ironman 70.3 later in the year and believe me when I say this: I am going to race with a vengeance.
I may be a soldier, but I plan on earning my mantle of “The Triathlon Man,” so don’t be surprised when you see me on the cover of Triathlete magazine soon.
