Tyson Wieland Racing

The title of this post as quoted by William Arthur Ward is one of my favorite quotes of all time. Not only because it tells us that failures are crucial to success, but it all tells us that sometimes things are going to rough, very rough. However, even if the hard times last for 1, 2, or plenty more races that at some point not giving up on your dreams will be the difference in the end. The beauty is that comebacks happen all the time, and the break through race is just around the corner. This is what I am taking from my freshman year of running in college. I had a few ups, but the downs, lets just say I have plenty to share with others. Coming off of my senior year of high school running career which was a huge leap in the right direction towards being a great runner, I thought that it would just continue to progress so quickly and there was no way I wouldn't get better. Well I was wrong. While I was hitting times in workouts that were way quicker than high school, I was way more ...

Clermont EDR weekend was finally upon me, and after taking some last minute tests before departing all I had left before I was in beautiful sunny Florida for my second year in a row was one thing. A 22 hour drive from Fort Dodge, IA to my hotel near the race site. I had flown for several hours before and driven to triathlons as far 10, but this was an adventure my dad and I set out together Thursday 2 days before the race. Once we left the -5 degree weather Iowa was offering us, I had goals in mind for the ride to keep prepared for the races. First off I knew that I wanted my legs to stay fresh throughout the ride, so I wore my CEP recovery socks and I knew those would do the trick along with a few jump up and down when we stopped, so I checked that off the list. Next, I knew Clermont was going to be far from what I had been used in terms of weather. So I was going to have to HYDRATE like crazy! Luckily I was prepared before we left Fort Dodge with my favorite pre-race hydration tool,...

In the beautiful peninsula of Florida, in the city of Clermont is where my season began at the Draft-Legal Clermont EDR(Elite Development Race). Coming from Iowa where getting above 50 degrees is a challenge Florida was a breath of fresh air for sure. Warming up I noticed that my assumptions the day before were correct, I was one of the only athletes without a wetsuit. I didn't let this really bother me though and looked at the positives such as the fact I could have the fastest transition from swim to bike pretty easily. The race starts and the swim is a typical swim in which I came out of the water a very cold 38th place, but I quickly sprinted up the beach and into transition. Claiming the fastest transition 1 of the day in the process. On to the bike I quickly was able to organize a group and have a strong bike, but this is where I ran into some trouble that day. I had lost my water bottle before the race somehow so after a strong bike I came off to the run but had bad shin spl...

As the 2014 season rolls around the corner, and the triathlons start up again. I want to reflect on my story and how I got to where I am now. It is pretty lengthy as most life stories are, but I hope mine can interest you. I am 19 year old (race age 20 this year), and I have been in sport for 3 years. To get where I am now I had to start somewhere, and it all began with swimming. I started swimming for a swim team at a very young age, and was mediocre at best. I was a part of the Iowa West Swim Conference, on Perry Iowa's Summer Swim Team. I was always fighting to get a relay spot, but for the most part my early years were just for fun and to stay active over the summer. Along with being a swimmer, I did what many other kids did. I tried all the common sports such as baseball, basketball, football, wrestling, and soccer. I noticed right off the gun that I wasn't the greatest at any of these, but I wanted to be the star player. That wasn't going to happen though co...