2011 highlights:
Lake to Lake, CO - 3rd
Ironman Texas - 7th
Ironman 70.3 San Juan - 7th
Nationality: United States
Hometown: Boulder, Colorado
First Triathlon: Wool Capitol Triathlon 2000
Favorite distance: Ironman or any race lasting less than an hour
Career highlight: 2nd place Challenge Wanaka 2010
Race wheels: Carbon TT58 Tubular; Carbon Disc
Nickname: JD or Jdawg
Favorite race: Ironman Hawai‘i
Favorite place to train: Boulder, Colorado and Albury, Australia
What I dread about race day: Waking up early
What I always wanted to be when I grew up: Aircraft Carrier Captain
If I was a cartoon character I would be: HeMan
Favorite food: Everything Mexican and Fuji Apples.
Strangest thing I've ever eaten: We ate a bunch of random insects in Ms. Beam's 7th grade science class.
If I won the lottery: I would replace the missing hubcap on my 130,000 mile Corolla.
Funniest incident in my life: Sending Monk-emails to Denny.
Five things I would need to survive, if left alone on a deserted island: Coffee. Any other four things would be suffice.
Favorite Movie: Gangs of New York
My next vacation will be: in Hawai‘i after I race
Additional thoughts or notes: The first wheels I ever bought were Rolfs when I started triathlon nearly 10 years ago. It got me fast enough to get sponsored by them now. Give them a try.