Catching up

OK, It has been too long since my last post. i have been a tad busy. Couple highlights:

1. Moved my family earlier this summer to Palo Alto, California to join Bill.com! Yeah, it's a big move and I am really excited to be here. For those of you who don't know Bill.com, check us out. Simply put... we do online accounts payable and bill payment for small and mid-size businesses. Think bill filing, bill approvals, and bill payment all in a collaborative SaaS model. There you have it. It's a great product and a great marketing challenge to, well, bring an end to paper bills and paper checks in the workplace. Game on. :-) I'll be blogging more about this here and in a new blog we plan to launch. In the mean time, you can also check out Rene Lacerte's blog, Ask Lacerte.

2. I know you all love to hear about my athletic exploits these days. Well, after IM Arizona I figured a move would be happening so I decided to focus on running over the summer and trained for the Longbeach Marathon in October. My previous marathon PR was 3:41 at Chicago in 2004. My new goal was to break 3:20.59 (that's a 7:37 pace or so) to qualify for the Boston Marathon. I was on pace at mile 21 and the wheels fell off the bus. I think I under-hydrated (translation: didn't drink enough) on miles 15-20 and I got light headed. Struggled for a few miles and pulled it back together to finish in...... 3:23.01! A great time but 2 minutes away from qualifying. Honestly, I am a little disappointed, but not much... it was a great run. I'll have another go at it. In the mean time I have decided to focus next season on sprint, olympic, and 1-2 half ironman triathlons. You can't live in Northern California and not get back into the biking scene! 

That's all for now. I've got more to say about my new endeavors at work and in sport. So, stay tuned! 

Comments

[Andy]

Know of any good, easy half-ironman's to start? I just did my first olympic triathlon (www.marintriathlon.com) and it went fine but want to do something easy for my first 1/2 ironman.
Thanks!