Thank You!!!

To actually close out the 2014 season I really need to thank everyone for both knowingly and unknowingly help make the past season both successful and fun. In no particular order, a big THANK YOU to...

Keith, Amy, Brent, and the rest of my swim training buddies for making pier-to-pier swim fun year round.  Good luck on your Catalina Channel relay swim this weekend!

Sam for making evening training more fun and less of a chore by joining me on rides and runs after work throughout the season.  Also, for giving valuable opinions and advice and for introducing me to new phone apps to keep me busy while traveling.

ADL, BJO, Durz, Maedz, Delia, TH, Monica, and Persiani for following my races online during abnormal hours, keeping it real, and understanding the importance of gathering at Flake following each ocean swim to refuel with Acai Bowls and share stories of our encounters at the buoy.

Gerry Rodriguez and the Tower 26 Organization for bringing together and running a great weekly ocean swim workout.

The leadership and members of TCSD and Volt Multisport for making me feel welcome within your organizations and to all of my homies in San Diego for making me feel at home when I come south to race.

My family for their continued support, and in the case of my parents, likely bragging about me continuously to everyone in Michigan.

The sharks along the Manhattan Beach shoreline for providing a little more excitement during ocean swims and giving the local news something to talk about on slow news days.

TriSports.com for providing everything one might need to race triathlon and for their valuable support over the past 4 years.

Honey Stinger for providing tasty nutrition and helping me avoid getting lost in Bonk City.

The Buoy Cafe for providing caffeinated support all year.

Steve Hyde and Begg Masters for providing ferocious morning swim workouts.

Ed Avol and all of the runners at Club Ed for the helpful run workouts.

DJ Snake & Lil Jon for providing a driving and energetic soundtrack to loop through my head during the run portion of my races. (Mom, don't click on that link)

Shiggy for the photo at the top of this blog entry and the many others taken during T26 workouts.

...and to everyone else that I trained and raced with this season. THANK YOU and peace out!!!