I traveled on a plane the other week. I had to check baggage. I wanted to find a safe way to transport my Garmin Forerunner 910xt in my checked luggage without it getting smashed, broken, or otherwise damaged. This product is labeled as a “Garmin carrying case”. You would think this would do the job. [...]
Legal Disclaimer: It's not really a diet. It's about being so fat and out of control that you're willing to do anything, even training for an event that includes a 2.4 mile swim, a 112 mile bike ride, and a 26.2 mile full marathon. That's where I was, and this is the road I'm on. I'm Joshua Steimle, and I train for triathlons in the great state of Utah. Read my story.
Kiefer sent me one of these swim backpacks a few months ago and I’ve now had a chance to test it out. My wife has tested it out quite a bit as well. Short and sweet of it: For use as a swimming backpack it’s perfect. It might not be what you’d want to use [...]
In March, 2013 I’ll be doing my first ultra marathon, the Buffalo Run on Antelope Island in the Great Salt Lake here in Utah. I’ll be doing the 50-mile option. I’ve done two marathons and several triathlons including two half-Ironman triathlons, but this will be something new as the longest even I’ve ever done took [...]
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Going Ultra
I’m officially one of those crazy people. I’m going to do an ultra-marathon. It didn’t happen overnight. First, back in 2007 I decided to do an Ironman race (still haven’t, but that’s still the goal), so I got into triathlon. Then I figured I should do some running races to aid with triathlon, so I [...]
I ran my first marathon in April, 2010, about two and a half years ago. I figured I’d do one every other year at least, but here we are. This year it happened primarily because I had a busy schedule and the St. George Marathon was the only event I could fit around everything else going [...]
Disclaimer: I’m not a medical professional so if you take anything from this and then die as a result, it’s your own dang fault. I’m just telling my experience. I’ve been training for the St. George, Utah marathon for 3 months. Then a week ago Friday I woke up with a terrible sore throat, swollen [...]
I normally listen to audio books while I do my triathlon training. Today I decided to learn a new language while running 6 miles by listening to a language training course from Pimsleur. The language? Cantonese. Verdict? Doesn’t work for me. The mind is an interesting thing. If I’m listening to something really interesting, even [...]
Yes, I’m becoming addicted to trail running. The interesting thing about the journey my life has taken since I did my first triathlon back in ’07 is that I keep looking at certain things and thinking “I’m never going to do that, that’s crazy” and then the next thing you know I’m doing it and [...]
A few weeks ago I received an email telling me that I had won the lottery! No, not that lottery, the lottery for the 2012 St. George, Utah marathon to be held October 6th, 2012. I should be excited about this, right? Great event, great scenery, my second marathon where I can do so much [...]
I worked out for the first time this year on Monday. I ran about a mile. My last run before that was about 15 miles on the streets of California in December while spending the Christmas break with my parents. It was then that I started having a tingling, electrical, prickly sensation on the outside [...]
