Bryan McDonnell

Well, about 48 hours ago I was charging into the Tampa Bay en route to a 2:05:09, which was good enough for 1st place in my age group. I lowered my PR at this distance by 55 seconds, even though it wasn't the 2:03 I was shooting for. I'm a little dissapointed in my swim, 21:42. I wanted that to be under 21. It just gets me when they put 3 waves of 40-44 year olds ahead of 15-29 year olds. So after maneuvering through some traffic, and not pushing it all out, I can't complain with that time. I d… Continue

Well I am down in Florida ready to race St. Anthony's. I got out for a nice ride today with a pair of Zipp 808's, and it was amazing. It's almost unfair how fast these wheels are, but I am totally psyched to be riding them. The water is calm and flat and it looks like it will be a wetsuit swim, then a flat and fast bike and run should follow. Let's call my goal time a 2:03:00 ( I know, Pete, not as good as a 1:5x:xx) but that's already a 3 mintue PR. Top 3 in my age group would be pretty sweet,… Continue

I have never been into the whole concept of a blog, but I feel that as a triathlete it is very important to track your progress and reflect on your training. So it looks like I am going to give this a shot. As of recently, my training has been going very well. So far this season, I have really stepped up my cycling and maintained swimming. Running has been a bit of a battle though. I was dealing with a lot of achilles pain before the Philadelphia marathon, but that has since moved up my leg into… Continue