Background

I’m a KC (Olathe suburb) product. Raised in Olathe, attended KU for college (Rock Chalk Jayhawk!), brief stint living in Denver and now back in KC since 2001.

Around 2001 I started running 5k’s up to ½ marathons. I had always worked out with weight training, running and mountain biking since high school football. Mountain biking and running lead me to running off-road duathlons and a few mountain bike races in 2002. In 2003 I signed up for a duathlon, not realizing I would need a road bike, which I did not own at the time. I borrowed someone’s steel road bike and placed 2nd in my age group. Since then I had been hooked on on-road duathlons and running races. In 2005 I ran my first triathlon and became hooked on those. This has culminated in 2 road bikes, 1 triathlon bike and 1 mountain bike and a summer filled with triathlons, road races, off-road duathlons and training, much to my wife’s amusement.

Some race highlights:
2005 – Ran Dublin Marathon
2009 – Completed Kansas ½ Ironman – 1st ½ IM at 6 hours

Notable Placements
2010 – Midwest Mayhem Sprint Triathlon – 14th place overall, 3rd in age group
2009 – Topeka Tinman Olympic Distance Triathlon – 66th place overall, 12th in age group
2009 – Jackson County Olympic Distance Triathlon – 52nd place overall, 9th in age group
2009 – Midwest Meltdown Long Course Triathlon – 21st place overall, 4th in age group
2010 – Rock the Parkway 10k – 10th place in age group of 67. 63rd of 1097 overall
2010 - Kansas 1/2 Marathon - 14th place in age group of 56. 91 of 808 overall

PR's
2009 – PR for 10k (Groundhog Run 10k) – 47:45
2010 – PR for ½ marathon (Kansas 1/2 Marathon) – 1:43:02