On November 7, 2009, as I ran through the Finish Line at the Beach2Battleship Triathlon, I joined an elite club of athletes.. those who have completed an Iron-distance triathlon. This race consisted of a 2.4-mile swim, a 112-mile bike,...
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I'm a 39-year-old IT professional in Jacksonville, Florida. My educational background is physical anthropology and neurobiology, though I regularly take college courses these days solely because they happen to interest me at the moment. My professional background ranges from law enforcement to software development. I also spent several years as a DJ in north Florida clubs.
I'm an endurance athlete and have run a number of marathons and half-marathons around the country. I'm also a running coach with Team In Training, helping volunteers train for an endurance event while they raise money for The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. My new interest is triathlons and last year I completed at least one triathlon of every standard distance from the fast Sprint up to a full Ironman.
My wife and I married in March 2008 and live in the Fort Caroline area of Jacksonville. We have a Boston Terrier named Clancy. He's currently unemployed.
Announcements
I'm running several marathons during the triathlon "off-season" and will return to triathlon competition in the spring. My wife and I are heading to Orlando for Disney Marathon Weekend in January, our third time. She will be running in the half-marathon on Saturday and I will be running both the half- and the full marathon the following day.
I am planning to continue cycling through the winter and always welcome company on rides. Please contact me if you are interested in getting some miles in around the Jacksonville area.
On October 3 and 4, I will be cycling more than 170 miles to raise money to fight Multiple Sclerosis. Formally called the MS-150 Ride, this event starts in Jacksonville and takes cyclists down to Daytona, where they stay...
So, after being on a Blackberry for three years, I finally made the jump to Apple's iPhone device last week. So far I'm very impressed with it, though I have some "bumps" during the transition. I spent the last...
I found out on April 24 that I wasgoing to work on a special project that will take me to Budapest for a couple of weeks.I'd never been to Hungary before, so that's kind of exciting. It's a beautiful...
Yesterday was the 2009 Katie Ride for Life, a cycling event for novices to serious riders to participate and raise funds to increase awareness of the importance of organ and tissue donation and encourage Floridians to make a positive...
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I've recently decided to change the entire layout of the site so that it's driven by MovableType. I've used this platform for my blog for years and really like both its user interface and how easily I can customize it. This made the decision to use it for content management somewhat of a natural progression.
I've also finished my push to bring the site into complaince with current standards, which started a little over a year ago and culminated with the recent removal of the last table that was used for structural purposes. At this point, the only tables used on the site are for displaying tabular data, which was the original intent of the HTML table.