Onondaga Man Half Ironman. First place in my age group. Not satisfied... The outcome doesn't match my potential. Bike is my strongest discipline, but I only did okay. Why? 75% training completion. That's the gap. 6 weeks until Ironman Lake Placid. I'm hitting 100% on every bike ride. Indoor, outdoor, rain, snow, aliens apocalypse 😀— doesn't matter. No excuses! Today: 4 hours on the bike, followed by a 1-hour run.

4 days out from my first Half Ironman since Ironman Lake Placid 2024. Two years of big racing, then in 2025, I did Escape from Alcatraz. After that race, something important got exposed: my genetics and nutrition weren't dialed in the way I thought. Spent a month working through recovery, got a genetic test done, and finally had answers. Now I'm back. Here's the reality though: training's been 75% percent of what I planned. Life happens. Work gets in the way. And honestly? I'm human too. People see me doing these big races and think I've got it all figured out. I don't. Not even close. I've got three time targets for this race. 5:45:00 means I finished. 5:30:00, that's solid. 5:15:00, that's awesome. But here's the truth: none of that matters as much as just showing up and doing my best with what I've got. This comeback isn't about being perfect. It's about being real and showing up anyway. See you on race day!🦾

On March 28th, I ran a half-marathon, all out. Thirty minutes later, a banana. Another thirty minutes, another banana, and a small bagel. An hour after that, I'm in the bathroom with diarrhea. My first thought was simple: too many carbs, too fast. My gut was disrupted. But here's the thing—it didn't stop. A week later, I'm waking up after three bathroom trips overnight, and I know something's wrong. I head to the ER. They run a urine test, find nothing wrong, but treat me with antibiotics anyway. Turns out my gut wasn't impressed by their medical degree either. The antibiotics didn't help. So I see my PCP, who orders a stool test. Nothing. Still nothing. We do another stool test. Still nothing. And that's when the frustration really sets in - because the system is just running tests without actually listening to me or figuring out what's really going on. So I scheduled a telehealth appointment and told my PCP everything—all my supplements, my diet, nothing had changed for months. He pushes back on my idea of a specialized gut health test, insists on another three-part stool test. But I didn't believe that was going to help. So I do something different—I start digging into my own research. And magnesium keeps coming up. I'd been taking it for months for recovery, nothing new, but magnesium can cause loose stools. So I cut my intake in half. First day? Almost gone. Second day? Completely resolved. The doctors couldn't figure out what I solved in two days by actually understanding my supplements, doing the research, and making adjustments! Turns out the best doctor I have is the one who actually pays attention — me. #IAMDoctorNow #CallMeForMedicalAdvice 🤣🤣🤣 Have an awesome Sunday!

For me, things didn’t start shifting until I changed my approach. In June of 2025, I did a genetic test… And in July of 2025, when I reviewed it with a doctor, it completely changed how I looked at: - nutrition - supplementation - recovery I wasn’t trying to lose weight. I was trying to figure out what my body actually needed. And once I started making changes based on that… things started to shift. Energy became more stable. Afternoon crashes weren’t as intense. Recovery felt different. Nothing extreme overnight. But clearly moving in the right direction. Curious — what’s something you’ve tried that actually made a real difference?

Title defended. 1st in Age Group — same race, one year later. But the result that matters more: I was 1 minute 28 seconds faster than last year. Not because I trained harder. Because I trained smarter and recovered better. Everything I've been tracking, adjusting, and documenting is showing up on the race course. That's the whole point. This one's for every man in this community who's been told that getting older means getting slower. It doesn't have to. What is your latest win? Share 👇