tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8871455597487922742011-09-02T19:21:20.542-07:00Believing Reaching AchievingJosh Mondahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06400056478478303869noreply@blogger.comBlogger621100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-887145559748792274.post-22160117167816291282011-09-02T19:16:00.000-07:002011-09-02T19:21:20.565-07:00

Well I have now trained and raced in three Ironmans now. All three races I've had some sort of issue and/or learning experience on the bike that ruined my "race for a Kona slot" but helped me learn a lot about myself and what it takes to be successful at the Iron distance. I'm not going to lie, it has been extremely tough for me to train for Ironmans, run a new business (we hit hour two year

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REV3CR 2011 - Pro Olympic Rev from REVOLUTION3 Triathlon on Vimeo. Rev3 is a super exciting, well run race series. I'm really looking forward to the half iron distance REV3 Portland in July!!

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Here are a few things I try to remember to do when running. Keep in mind, I am not a running expert! I have however been a consistent dedicated runner since 2005, and have found some things that work well for me in training and racing  :-) 1. Move your arms faster to make your legs move faster! (This never fails. Our brains are wired so that when one arm swings forward, the opposite leg moves

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Doin a crunch with Stella on me Life has been goin good and busy and balanced these past few months. Ash and I have been able to save a little money, make good improvements to the house, and add a new member to the family. Its surprising how much money you can save by not eating out at all! Check out Ashley's updates here GrindStone is starting to really turn a corner, and we are just a

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In this sport it is easy to work hard. Its easy to work too hard in many cases. The difficult part is accepting the fact that most everyone else you race with has probably worked just as hard as you. Sometimes I find myself cursing other athletes inside my head during a race. I get mad that the really fast swimmers have a 5 to 9 minute lead on me out of the water. I feel like swimming is just the

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Almost "showtime" in Vegas :-)   Ashley and I begin the drive down in the morning. Stay tuned for Race Report and a Trip Report on http://www.joshandashleysworld.blogspot.com/

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Yes, yes it has been quite a long time since I have posted. I haven't gone anywhere, I am still as dedicated and consistent with my training. But its been nice to take a step back from being so focused and competitive with the sport and hit the "refresh button".  Here is a recap of whats been going on since June, this is kind of long! JUNE: T1 at Ironman CDA Pops, me and Uncle Terry, day b4

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While I have done a couple road running races and a duathlon this year, Saturday was my first chance of the year to race a Triathlon and get a good idea of where I am at in my fitness and what else I need to work on to snag a Kona slot at Ironman CdA in June. I travelled down to the race with first year Pro- Damian Hill (Alaska's first ever Professional Triathlete) who trains and races with the

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Heading back home, it was time for my new goal to become a succesful member of society, to be put to the test. I would have to deal with the temptations that had once got me into a lot of trouble. I would have to ignore and steer clear of some of the (so-called) friends that I had been "up to no good" with. I had already been expelled from all portland public schools (blessing in disguise), so I

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Unfortuntely, as I got older and into my early teenage years and started hanging with the wrong crowds I found myself a very very troubled young kid. After being given a few slaps on the wrist, the courts eventually ordered me to go to a boys group home/ranch in Oregon City for a 12-18month treatment program.They also put me on 2 years probation. I was 15. Once into the group home I noticed how

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Going back to when I was in 4th grade, I have had personal experiences that tought myself and engrained into the person that I have become, that Hard Work pays off. In 4th grade we had an assignment to read a biography of a famous person of our choice, and give a book report on it in front of the class. I chose Martin Luther King, Jr. and read the book on Dr. King's life, did my report of all the

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In my mini race report of the Duathlon last weekend, I forgot to give props to an athlete who had an outstanding race and held strong in third place the whole event, fending off a trio of legit Seattle athletes who made the trip down to try and blitz our home course. I was reminded of this when I did 14miles of my 18mile long run today with Jake Barakat. Jake is coming on strong and will continue

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Just haven't had time to write anything about this race. I was happy with my performance although I did not defend my title. Jay Cech showed up again (after a little smack talk between us), and clearly was a better, faster athlete than me than he was last year. Congrats to Jay, and I look forward to our "rubber-match" in 2011! Coach says I'm not supposed to be Fast right now, because of so much

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Had a pretty good race on Sunday at the Portland Shamrock Run. More than 21,000 people registered to participate in the 15k, 8k, 5k and kids run (about as many people who run the Boston Marathon!! GO PORTLAND!). I ran the 15k (which is the first race I EVER ran five years ago), and clocked in a 52:32 (5:38 pace). My time was good enough for 17th overall (only 9th in my age group though) in a

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Whats up! I've been training strong, steady and consistent so far this year. Most importantly I have been recovering/bouncing back from big workouts very well. While I do have some added stresses in my life with the new business, new office, new employees for GrindStone, life at home is quiet and stress free.On Jan 24th I pr'd at the V Lake Half Marathon in 1:14:09 (5:39 pace), a 1:02 improvement

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I am happy and flattered to have made it in the local paper yesterday (The Columbian). If you have time, please read. http://www.columbian.com/news/2009/dec/14/hard-work-ethic-makes-monda-solid-triathlete/Page 1 of the sports section, color photo!

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And this to keep you company on the trainer (10.5 months away.....)

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Well I finally had my "dream race". There is no better feeling than knowing that you gave absolutely 100% of every ounce of energy in your body....and having a result to show for it. Usually after a race I am sitting around wondering what I could have done to go faster. Or would think to myself "if this or that had not happened I would have gone :xx seconds faster". I can proudly say that I maxed

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I haven't posted on here in a while. Mostly because I have been really super busy. A lot of changes in my life since July-ish.1. I changed Coaches (Coach Ciav is only the second I have had. I was coached by Mark Kendall since 2005 when I was just trying to qualify for the boston marathon.)2. Quit my job and started up my own Collection Agency with my old man and Uncle Terry- GrindStone Collection

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This past weekend I drove 10hours down to Sacramento, just to race an Olympic! Why did I drive a total of 20hours just to do a race that was going to take 2 hours? Three reasons:1- I love this sport!2- I received a Comp entry from Gu as they were sponsoring the event3-This is how the race directors described the race on their website (i bolded the important parts):The Folsom Olympic Distance

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Raced Vineman 70.3 this weekend. Great race. I felt fantastic. There is no better feeling in racing then when you are peaking. On sunday all cylinders were firing! The Good: The main mission of qualifying for Clearwater 70.3 World Championships was accomplished. PR'd in the HIM distance by 10minutes. PR'd the 56mi bike by 10minutes (2:22:24). Fell seconds short of my Run PR, but still ran a 1:24

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So the main goal for Vineman a week from this sunday will be to qualify for Clearwater 70.3 Worlds. My age group has 4 projected slots to give out to the first 4 finishers in my ag. If people do not have the money to pay, or the interest to race there or have already qualified already, the slot rolls down to the next person and so on. Below are the four guys and their splits who received

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Here is a link to the full resultsAnd top ten right here: OVERALL DIV SWIM TRAN BIKE TRAN PL AFTER RUN NAME AGE SEX TIME PLACE TIME PLACE TIME TIME PLACE TIME BIKE TIME PLACE CITY & STATE1. Roger Thompson 37 M 1:53:54 1 0:20:09 10 1:32 0:54:00 1 1:01 1 0

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I am happy to say that I was named an All-American for the first time. I ranked 54th in my age group nationwide. I think the top 99 guys in my age group got All-American status. So pretty cool.Congrats to some of the other local guys who got AA honors (Aleck, Ciaverella, Folske) and Kurian & Chris Bell with Honorable Mention.

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Finished...ready for Beer (and some more GU Chomps! :-) )Total fake smile, I was HURTING!blahFinal decent at end of a tough tough tough bikeLooking at my new PR in the swim!I'm leading that pack....by about 10minutes (they started 10min after me)Well it was a day of "firsts"for me.....unfortunately those firsts did not include first place overall or in my age group :-)First off I would like to

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Race season has begun! I have had two great races on back to back weekends to kick off my 2009 season!The first race was Saturday April 4th on the Oregon State University Campus (The Beaver Freezer Sprint Triathlon). I really love this race because:1- its the first race of the season and I am just itching to get out and let loose2- i used to be a lard-ass when i attended that university my

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Great race this year. We got some good press too!check out our local paper, the Columbian, hereAnd the top Master (Joe Dudman) runner in the Portland Metro area decided to sit this one out and cheer us on. His take on the day and great blog can be found hereResults are HEREMy day went about as good as it could with the conditions. I hung strong in 2nd place up until mile 6 where I got passed by

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Track and Field Videos on FlotrackShe is a Portland Lawyer, was a 'jogger" in college,, and now is duking it out with Olympians in the big races. My kind of story!

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and will add some 70.3's to his schedule this year.........more details on his blog post from yesterday

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I just love pure racing videos. None of the other bs, just clips of the top guys & gals pushing themselves and making it happen at the world championships. Notice Stadler cramp up immediately after getting passed for 1st place by Eneko Llanos on the run (about 4:50 in)... TOUGH SPORTthe world champ's take on the race:

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Angela Naeth, who's progress i followed closely last year since I am a big fan of her Coach's blog (and philosophies on life), will be on teamTBB this year as well. looking forward to seeing how many other up and commers end up out there and how they do under the boss.

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Jonathan "Jonnyo" Caron and Big Zach Ruble the newest athletes to join Brett Sutton's TeamTBB

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James Cotter is signed up to race IronMan New Zealand on March 7th. I'm curious to see how he does at the Ironman distance. I have followed JC's blog this year and he is a strong Oly and 70.3 competitor...really strong. See his 2008 results below:1st Place- Lavaman Triathlon1st Place- Austin Triathlon2nd Place- Playtri Triathlon3rd Place- Cap Tex Tri4th Place- Rhode Island 70.36th Place- Spirit

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Not for me (I wish i had time for that), but for Angela Naeth. This year was her rookie pro season and she had some great results. Swim is her weakness, but she kills it on the bike and is strong on the run. Keep an eye on her and we should see a huge improvement by next season....check out her coach's really good blog Here

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for 2008 and 2000 Gold Medalist!!!!A few things:1.Simon is an awesome athlete and an even awesomer guy!2.Those olympic medals are HEAVY!3. Simon rocks!

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http://www.newsweek.com/id/166926/page/1Even on Bloody Feet It's hard to run away from a military dictatorship. How the world's fastest marathoner found a way. By Haile Gebreselassie | NEWSWEEK Published Nov 1, 2008 From the magazine issue dated Nov 10, 2008 I came of age under

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pic of Don O. (thanks for letting me borrow your race shorts Don!) Halfmax Nats Well I have not posted much about my races lately. Part of the reason is I have just been really busy with work and taking care of other things when not training. The other reason is i just was not incredibly thrilled with any of my performances as of late (except for Halfmax on the 18th). The second half of my

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This last Sunday we held our 1st Annual Walk-A-Mile-For-Kyle. The walk in Kyle's memory was originally Kyle's Mom's (Debbie) idea to hold an annual walk. When Debbie met Mamie (the Portland marathon Charity contact and Medical director), we were set with an event day and a great organization (the Portland Marathon) to support our cause. Choosing Open Meadow Alternative Schools as our Charity was

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Open Meadow Alternative Schools alumni and supporters will walk in the Portland Marathon on Sunday, October 5 to honor the memory of a former Open Meadow student. Join the 6.2 mile memory walk, Walk A Mile For Kyle, to honor the life of Kyle Robert Kepic, a former Open Meadow student who got caught up in using heroin as a young adult and tragically lost his life at the age of 24. The walk will

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Raced at Blue Lake sunday. Although the field only contained about 200 people the top 10 or so was pretty competitive. This was my first time racing the Olympic distance on the course and I was eager to see how my swim and bike fitness were coming along. I was given the instructions to "time trial" the swim and bike and then just let my running legs do what they do. Swim- 24:04- New PR for me. I

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I'm calling it "Pacific Crust" because that's what I felt like after the race.....a hot freshly baked piece of crust!...... Salty crust!The day started off well with a swim in the Wickiup resevoire, which they announced was 64 degrees. When we found that out at the race meeting everyone cheered. It ended up feeling more like 66 or 67 degrees....so just nice and refreshing. Swim went well, started

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I wish we had more self-narrated videos like this in our sport

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One of the things that Age groupers always boast about this sport is how approachable the Professional triathletes are. You can easily find yourself chillin in the lake cooling your legs off after a hard race, only to be joined by one of the most recognizable faces in the sport...Katya Meyers (2nd place overall). That's what happened to me......although I regretfully didn't even put two and two

Josh Mondahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06400056478478303869noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-887145559748792274.post-26860497547259256092008-05-05T11:55:00.000-07:002008-05-05T19:54:00.799-07:00

Well, I got my first half-Iron of the season under my belt and came home Napa Valley Vintage Half Iron Champ! The website was right when they said "the course would be as challenging as it was beautiful".Race temps started out in the upper 50's and would work their way to the mid-70's as the race progressed. That is hot for us Pacific Northwest folk this time of year. Swim- 25:32 (about 5 minutes

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Got a nice week of training in. My legs were pretty dead from the 10k on 4/20 and racing the previous two weekends. So I started the week out pretty easy and picked it up Thurs, Sat & Sunday with Friday completely off from training.Key workouts over the weekend were:Sat- 12mi run on Leif Errickson Trail (1mi easy, 1mi @ 6:00 pace, repeat repeat repeat etc), then 2000meters ez in the pool working

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Ran a 10k on Sunday. It was my secret race! I didnt tell anyone about it and had a free entry to the race since I paid for my entry last year but could not compete due to IT Band injury. It was the Bridge2Bride....to Brews 10k. We had about 800 total in our race and another 800 I believe signed up for the 8k. This race is one of my favorites because you get to run over the Freemont Bridge. It is

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Race #2 of the season! I originally signed up for this race because I was told that the Beaver Freezer was filled and I could not get in. I was so excited about starting the season off in April (vs. May or June in the last two years), that I signed up for this race right away. I then found out I could race in the Beaver Freezer, so much to my excitement I would start the race season off with

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Well tri season is officially underway for me. I am excited and pretty pleased with my performance yesterday. I also made two costly mistakes, but I have walked away from this "training" race having learned something, so not too upset about the mistakes. I also read on Tribabe.blogspot.com that the bike and run course were slightly longer than years prior that led to slightly slower times but a

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Well I had a great week of training, that ended with a Bang! Last week was my biggest volume swim week to date. Logged in 14,570 yards total (swam Mon-Fri everyday). I had a broken 1650 TimeTrial in the pool, and the net time came out to 23:19. In theory on a good day, accurate course and swimming in a straight line 23;19 is what I should be able to swim now in a 1500meter swim (compared to 26-27

Josh Mondahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06400056478478303869noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-887145559748792274.post-59854923668219048012008-03-18T21:29:00.000-07:002008-03-18T21:53:34.491-07:00

Been getting back into the training schedule w/ good volume, high quality workouts and swimming with the high school cats and my buddy Sal, who is training for IM Arizona. Since returning from the wedding & honeymoon my weekly hours logged have been 12:32, 15:30, 12:09 & 16:01......I wanted to get 2more hours in on the bike this last sunday but it was just too damn cold!This is high volume for me

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Me in second place around mile 10.Pops and I, pre-race.

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What a great race today! I ran a 1:16:22 half marathon, which is a new PR (1:17:06 previous, and 1:18:48 last year on this course). And I finished 3rd overall in a deep field, packed with guys that I have been chasing and idolizing since I ran my first road race back in March of 2005. It was also great to beat my buddy-rival Eric Dolezal (finally) who usually pushes me to better times than I

Josh Mondahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06400056478478303869noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-887145559748792274.post-73888038834149542522008-01-23T08:33:00.000-08:002008-01-23T08:48:11.583-08:00

This is the team that I am swimming with on Mon, Wed, and Fri (530am-630am). These guys are fast, and is a very humbling experience for me. Getting lapped by someone doing backstroke while you are doing race pace efforts can really put things into perspective. I have no doubt that the coaches and swimmers will help make me faster for the upcoming season. Never felt so sore after a swim session!!

Josh Mondahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06400056478478303869noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-887145559748792274.post-63444731337589095802008-01-22T20:06:00.000-08:002008-01-22T20:18:35.719-08:00

Today I got to run with a guy that I met on the track by my house last week. This track is always empty. Always! Except for an occasional pair of walkers who just love to use the inside lane when I am in the middle of 1200m repeats at 5:40/mi pace.....Anyways we both thought it was cool to run into someone on that track that is running sub 6min miles. We met up today for the first time, and while

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1/27/08- Vancouver Lake Half Marathon- 500 participants, PR'd with a 1:18:40 last year and took 10th place. Looking for a 1:15:00 and a top 5 finish........4/5/08- Beaver Freezer Triathlon (Corvallis, OR)- last time I was on the OSU campus I was 18yrs old and 50 lbs heavier. Should be a fun Sprint Triathlon4/20/08- Bridge to Bridge 10k (Portland, OR)- A classic 10k favorite of mine!5/3/08- Napa

Josh Mondahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06400056478478303869noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-887145559748792274.post-78248493623245576752008-01-22T14:43:00.000-08:002008-01-22T14:44:50.523-08:00

I'm officially a Triathlete now! I have a blog! More to come, need to figure out how to work this stupid thing now!

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