Tom Robertson Photo & Zoot

This past weekend official Team Montana photographer Tom Robertson took advantage of the beautiful weather for a photo shoot with some Montana Zoot Ultra Team professional triathletes.  We started the morning out with an open water swim at Beavertail Recreation Area, a small pond outside of Missoula.  Adam Jensen, Jennifer Luebke and I represented for the Zoot Ultra team and we were joined by fellow professional triathletes Linsey Corbin, and Matt Shryock.  The swim was great although some folks that were fishing were not very eager to share the pond with us.  A small confrontation ended with a large man tossing a rock in our direction!

Montana Zoot Ultra Team Pro's

After the swim Adam, Jen, and I headed for Bearmouth. The ride followed the Clark Fork river to Drummond and then climbed up to Helmsville.  The ride had some great views, amazing climbs, and beautiful weather!  The highlight was walking into a bar in Helmsville to get water and being greeted by several drunk college age kids.  Lots of comments about Lance Armstrong and them wanting us to fill our water bottles with beer and liquor made for an entertaining stop.

Enjoying our new Ridley Dean bikes!

This weekend Adam Jensen, Jen Luebke, and Matt Shryock will head to Boise 70.3 and I’m heading to Cranbrook, Canada for an Olympic distance triathlon.  On June 27th Adam Jensen, Matt Shryock, and I will race Ironman CDA.

Open Roads

The tendonitis in my foot is completely gone!  I learned that the best way to treat in injury is to give it adequate time to heal.  My recovery routine included rest (no running/cycling), icing (3-4 times/day), compression (Zoot compression socks), and light stretching.  After two weeks of no cycling and 3 weeks of no running I’m back at it!