In this week's edition of The Giraffe Paper, I share some things to consider when traveling while maintaining focus on nutrition, performance and the mind. I traveled this weekend to Birmingham, AL to watch Morgan at the Conference USA Indoor Track and Field Championships and had to keep focus on these elements as I approach... Continue Reading →
The Giraffe Paper – 02.11.18
This was a week of transitions ending with the 2nd Healthy Giraffe event. I'll use the event for the Nutrition focus this week with transitions filling in the Performance and Mind elements. Nutrition The 2nd Healthy Giraffe event was really fun. What a great group of people to share a Saturday night. Read the blog... Continue Reading →
The Healthy Giraffe Event #2 – How Not to Die
I thought it was going to be hard to top the first Healthy Giraffe Event but we may have last night. Wow, we had so many great dishes prepared by all, we laughed at The Happy Pear once again, at ourselves numerous times, and learned How Not to Die by Dr. Michael Greger. Check out... Continue Reading →
The Giraffe Paper – 02.04.18
I am going to use this week's Giraffe Paper as an add on to the two blog posts from earlier today, My Best Damn Race - Parts 1 & 2. As those were very heavy on Performance and Mind elements, I'll focus today's blog on the nutrition aspect that hopefully can help you in race... Continue Reading →
My Best Damn Race – Part 1
Yesterday I achieved my single goal for this run season at The Best Damn Race in Safety Harbor. Since October 22, the day after my last triathlon race of the year at Ironman North Carolina, I've had a picture posted to my wall with the time, 18:59, a quote from legendary runner Steve Prefontaine and... Continue Reading →


