Fortitudine Vincimus – “By Endurance We Conquer”.

Born: August 1981
Height: 6 ft 1 in
Weight: 180-ish lbs
Homestate: Wisconsin
Occupation: Network Administrator
Staple Foods: Apples, bananas, spinach, buffalo, chicken, Nature’s Path waffles and peanut butter – the kind with honey in it
Music of choice: Punk – NOFX, Pennywise, Rancid, etc.
Interests outside of training: Camping, road trips w/ Amy (wifey), just relaxing around the house

Athletic History

I first started running back in the fall of 2005 after getting inspired when watching a broadcast of the 2005 Ironman World Championship. I was fairly atheletic previously, but never into endurance events. Read: iron-tossing meat head. Running came along fairly easy for me and I decided to sign up for a 1/2 marathon on New Year’s Eve, which was soon after transferred to the marathon event a couple months later. During training for the marathon, I went out and bought a bike in the spring of ‘06 and started training on that. I also got in the pool and started splashing around with competeting in a triathlon as the goal. I ran that marathon – Cellcom Green Bay Marathon and finished in a respectable time of 3:09 – Boston Qualifying on my first marathon. Shortly after I set my eyes on triathlons and completed my first sprint – Lake Mills – in June ‘06. I found my niche and went on to compete in a few more that year while gaining a couple age group podium finishes – even finishing 4:59 and 2nd in my AG on my first Half-Iron distance race. The day after the Half-iron race, I signed up for Ironman Wisconsin and spent the ‘07 year training and racing hard, setting a heap of PRs all with IMWI in my sights. Fast forward a bit through the year and I completed IMWI with a blazin’ time of 10:16:34 – still standing and with a smile on my face. Shortly after, I signed up for IMWI ‘08 to keep the wheels turnin’. I have a lot of high expectations for my future in triathlons and endurance events. Check back here for more highlights as they come!

Personal Bests

Sport/Distance	Time
Running
5k	17:40
10k	36:36
15k	55:53
1/2 Marathon	1:16:10
Marathon – Boston	2:56:33
50k – Glacial Trail	4:21:45
Triathlon
Olympic – Door County	2:18:05
Half-Ironman – Kansas 70.3	4:21:50
Ironman – IMWI	9:34:30