The Lava Report

Ironman St. Croix report with St. George on deck

05/10/2016

St. Croix as expected was brutal hot and humid. Beautiful too. Athletes got hit by Man of Wars during the swim and I had no idea the damage and pain…

St. Croix. St. George. Mothers day

05/04/2016

Just got in late last night from Ironman 70.3 St. Croix. Great trip. Exhausting travel. Exhausting race. Always surprises and always interesting experiences. I dug deep on the run and…

Ironman St. Croix in 2 weeks!!

04/19/2016

Holy cow! what- the -heck I am heading to the famous “Beauty and the Beast” Ironman 70.3 on St Croix! Opportunity arose out of nowhere and was hard to say no.…

Panama Finish

03/06/2016

They keep sending me pics I will have fun with them. These 3 of the finish I just got over the weekend. What I feel so cool is I peeked…

Panama Run!

03/04/2016

Mucho caliente’ on this run!!! I came into the bike transition and said to myself “WTF”?? There is not a another bike in yet on my rack. Which meant I was…

Ironman Panama Swim in THEE Canal !!

03/02/2016

The year is in gear and Ironman Panama was a beautiful start. In all respects. 1500 mostly Latin athletes from various Central and South American countries. I started in the…

Ironman Panama Bike

03/02/2016

Okay these bike shots have story!!! The 56 mile ride took us in and out of town toward the boonies and back 3 loops. If you look at the middle…

Primar Lugar in Panama

02/03/2016

Okay, will get some race report in and done: It was brutal hot. The swim epic in a canal that is one of the 7 wonders of the world. It…

Xterra World Championships!!

11/04/2015

Right now on Wednesday about 10 hours since off the plane from Maui. Early a.m. appointments and still recovering. Very challenging course/conditions as normal. So many Euro’s and other foreigners…

Bonelli Sprint Tri

10/15/2015

With Xterra World Championships 3 weeks out I felt the little zippy/all out/red line/pedal to the medal race held here last weekend a good indicator of where my speed(if I…