Category Archives: health & fitness

HEADstrong Announces 1st Annual Relentless Challenge on March 16th at Wells Fargo Center

Philadelphia, PA – HEADstrong Foundation™ (HF) is proud to announce the 1st Annual Relentless Challenge; a new family-friendly fitness challenge in collaboration with the Philadelphia Wings of the National Lacrosse League (NLL). On Sunday, March 16, 2014, for the first time in Philadelphia sports history, the floors of the Wells Fargo Center will be transformed [...]
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Competitor Returns as Presenting Sponsor of the 2014 Endurance Sports Expo

The 2014 Endurance Sport Expo presented by Competitor runs February 22-23 at the Greater Philadelphia Expo Center WAYNE, PA – January 31, 2014 – Organizers of the fifth annual Endurance Sports Expo — the largest cycling, running and triathlon consumer show in the country – announced today that Competitor, the world’s leading voice of endurance athletes, will return as [...]
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And I’m Out

And I’m Out I am happy to report that today I finished the last of my chemo treatments, hopefully for a while. If you have been following along, you’ll recall I had a few chronic lymphocytic leukemia symptoms reappear after having been in remission for quite some time. The answer was to zap it with between 4-6 [...]
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Looking Ahead to 2014

I wanted to take a minute and update folks on a few things that I am excited about as we get ready to usher in the New Year.  For starters, keep an eye on Endurance Racing Magazine as I will be writing a standing column called “Racing Against Cancer” where I will talk about all [...]
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Dawn Stensland Show

If you missed my appearance on the Dawn Stensland Show, it will air again on January 2nd at 10:30 AM on WMCN. And should you not be able to catch that, here are the links to the three segments that we did on December 23rd. We had a great time and were most impressed by Dawn and the crew. Thanks for making us all feel at home.
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Dawn Stensland Show Apprearance Monday 12/23 at 10:30 AM

Just a quick heads up. On Monday 12/23 at 10:30 AM I will be a guest on the Dawn Stensland show on WMCN talking about health, life, cancer, family, triathlon, and how t all fits together in my world. This is a 30 minute live talk show, with viewer call in capabilities.  WMCN can be found [...]
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Cabrini Swim Team Talk

I had an opportunity to talk to the Cabrini College swim team last night. That was fun for me as I graduated from Cabrini many lifetimes ago so I enjoy visiting the campus whenever I can.  I went in totally cold and unscripted so I wasn’t sure how I was going to frame whatever I [...]
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CYEDC Tyke Triathlon

SWIM BIKE RUN TOGETHER! The triathlon has long been held as the true test of sporting excellence. Now you can turn your little one into a super star on Sunday, May 19, while enjoying LOTS of fun for the whole family.
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Two Oceans Ultra Marathon – Part 2

My last long run is done. I don't know if my training formula was perfect but I don't think it was a bad one. My rationale is this; I have "faked" my way through many marathons with much less training than I have put into this effort. So.... I would consider myself in pretty good marathon shape.
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Perfectly Flawed

I don’t need perfect. I don’t even  like perfect. Perfection scares me because I know that if one experiences or witnesses perfection, its sustainability is improbable at best and more likely impossible…. If it even existed in the first place. Sure we all use the word pretty freely to describe some incredibly favorable and positive … [...]
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