Tommaso Nation

I am at the Red Robin Restaurant staring at a huge Whisky River BBQ Burger that is covered in fried onion strings perched high above a bed of fries. It is hard to believe that this is the road to the Ironman. You know the Ironman: 2.4 mile swim, 112 mile bike and a little 26.2 mile run thrown in at the end just for kicks. My coach, Carole Sharpless, is across the table from me squirting a huge stream of ketchup into the basket of additional fries we ordered. “Eat” she says, “you will need it.”

This journey will take me to Ironman Louisville in August. That is if I can get to the start line healthy and alive. The race is a little over seven months away and the training is already absorbing most of my life outside of work. There will be injuries (currently a bad right hamstring) and drama (newTommaso prototype tri bike arrives in March). You have to respect the race. I know this because I have been around the sport for a few years. I've taught clinics, wrenched for the pro athletes and even raced (all but the big one) when I wasn't working the race. Trust me when I say you want to be in on this ride.

During my time preparing for the Ironman I will let you in on my training and the development of Tommaso’s first tri bike that will debut at Ironman Louisville. Along the way sponsors and my coach will chime in with in-depth thoughts on the training and the technology I will employ on this great journey.  There will also be video of cool new products and concepts you will see here first.

Bookmark this BLOG and check in when you have time. For now I am back to picking colors for Tommaso’s 2010 mountain bikes. This is a new addition to the Tommaso family and I think you are going to love what you see. I’ve only traveled around the world 4 times to put it all together.

Stay tuned!