Richard Nelson:  

Richard is from Hamilton, Ontario. He is married to Mona Albano. His schools include Bramalea Secondary School, Rivercrest Public School, Norseman Elementary School, Handsworth High School, Humber Bay School, Oakville - Trafalgar High School, Queensway Public School, Huntington Park Elementary School. He later attended York University (English Language and Literature) and the University of Toronto (MBA). He works(ed) at IBI Group, Control Data Canada, I.P. Sharp Associates. Richard's interests include 2013 IRONMAN Wisconsin, Cycling, Swimming, Running, Buffalo Bills, Toronto Argonauts, Payton Mannig, Drew Brees, Simon Whitfield. Music he likes includes Pete Townshend, Metric, Phillip Glass. Books he likes include The Procrastination Equation, Robert Heinlein, Jeremy Duns. Movies he likes include The Magnificent Seven, Back to the Future Trilogy, Excalibur (Official). TV shows he likes include Corner Gas, NFL on Fox, Football Night in America. One of Richard's favorite quotes is:"“Training requires faith. Racing requires courage.”—Joe Friel, 2011 August 16, via Twitter “Politically, as Brink Lindsey has diagnosed, the coincidence of wealth with toleration has led to the bizarre paradox of a conservative movement that embraces economic change but hates its social consequences and a liberal movement that loves the social consequences but hates the economic source from which they come. ‘One side denounced capitalism but gobbled up its fruits; the other cursed the fruits while defending the system that bore them.’”—Matt Ridley, THE RATIONAL OPTIMIST, c. iii “The Manufacture of Virtue: Barter, Trust and Rules after 50,000 Years Ago” When we look at exceptional athletes, what lessons can we apply to our own lives? What is different from the way we live our lives? • They know their mission • They simplify their lives to achieve their mission • Their mistakes are visible • They change as a result of their mistakes - Gordo Byrn We all hate poverty, war, and injustice, Unlike the rest of you squares. - Tom Lehrer High goals require a purpose for every workout. - Joe Friel Training is a path in itself, not just a means to an end, the end being a race. Training lets us take control of our lives, to do quality work on a daily basis, to create health and strength in our bodies and to build positive habits and routines that make us happy. Training also gets us prepared to execute our larger dream goals. Optimal training requires dedication, planning and a commitment to being our best as much as possible. - Lucy Smith If you want to do things right, you must think about them constantly. They have to be part of your consciousness. You make mistakes when you’re tired or distracted, or doing one thing while thinking about something else. Look around you in a restaurant. People are eating as if they’ve never eaten before and will never eat again. If we all just considered it for a minute, we wouldn’t eat the 1,500 calories’ worth of french fries that come with the tuna wrap. As soon as I stopped thinking, I started giving back the gains I had made. I blew off interval workouts in favour of just rolling. My weight crept up, and I was soon getting my ass kicked by riders I had been dropping. Consciousness is hard work. And try as I might, sometimes it’s easier to just spin or to eat the damn cookie than to think about the downstream consequences. - Stephen Madden I am the biggest weather whiner there is—I know this. My history of being beaten like a red-headed, rented mule (boom go the metaphors) when it comes to Mother Nature is long and absurd...Expand for more