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Please Help Haiti!

January 20th, 2010 | Posted by: Dirk | Filed in Featured Posts

EPA/Orlando Barrla


I am sitting on the couch in Clermont, Florida where I am and doing my first training camp in the early season preparation. Jordan Rapp, a two time Ironman winner, is joining me to do some “mileage sharing”. We both have the same coach and so it seems like a pretty good fit for our training.

Life is good for me at the moment but when I see the news everyday on TV about the earthquake in Haiti, all my little worries and problems become nothing compared to of what so many people in Haiti are going through in the moment.


The day after my first Ironman Hawaii

October 13th, 2009 | Posted by: Dirk | Filed in Competition, Featured Posts, Race Report

I am really enjoying the Kona aftermath at the moment!  It was an amaying day and such an awesome experience to get to compete with the best of the best out here in this mystical place.

What did you think about the race?  Any upsets or pleasant surprises?  I would be interested to hear your thoughts!


The day before my first Ironman Hawaii

October 9th, 2009 | Posted by: Dirk | Filed in Competition, Featured Posts

Make sure to follow the race on www.ironman.com to get up to the minute coverage of me and the rest of the machines out there–battling it out in Kona.

The race will start at 6:45am Kona time (12:45pm EST, and 6:45pm CET) on Saturday October 10th!!!


Mental Training Series Part 1: Ultimate Intention Statement

August 3rd, 2009 | Posted by: Dirk | Filed in Featured Posts, Mental Training

I happy to finally announce that I am starting a new Mental Training Series on Live & Let Tri that highlights techniques that I use to mentally prepare for races!

I have some great stuff in store for you guys that I am sure will catapult your results to the next level (I know it did for me)!

This is the first part of the series–and focuses on the Ultimate Intention Statement (UIS)–an extremely powerful tool that I started using last year in order to qualify for the Olympics


Luxembourg National Cycling Championships

June 29th, 2009 | Posted by: Dirk | Filed in Competition, Featured Posts, Race Report

Thursday’s contre-la-montre (Time Trial), 18km:

I was very excited to be part of the Cycling Championships in Luxembourg this year, even though it was during my racing break, I was still looking forward to a good performance to show the cyclists that I am a good rider. I knew the race course and I had my training partner and friend Paul Westwood behind me in the follow car; Alicia was there as well and she filmed the whole thing!

Check out the YouTube video above! Crazy, I know



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