I got in the pool at three and started running and playing hockey at six — and never really stopped. Twenty-four-plus years of running, three decades of swimming, and a hockey career that ran from AAA as a kid to the club team at Iowa built a base — and a set of legs — most people spend a lifetime chasing.

I've also been hurt since I was fifteen. The engine was never the problem; the body has been the project. A shoulder kept me off the bike for eighteen years until I had it repaired in summer 2024 and finally got back on — then a torn hip labrum went under the knife in February 2026. Every surgery, I rebuilt, and the lateral, explosive power from a life of hockey kept translating straight into watts.

So now, months out from hip surgery, I'm all in on one goal: my first triathlon. Off the course I'm the founder of Dump Days Ride Club, Warmup Running, SideRep and Lund Studio — I build fitness brands, communities and stories for a living. This isn't just a training log. It's a comeback, and I'm looking for the partners who want to help me tell it.