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Andrew Hodges Patient Expert

I'm a materials engineer/electrochemist who works for NASA while moonlighting as a professional... Full Bio
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QOTD by Andrew Hodges Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Triathlon "Life is precious. Do something that is optimistic—that is good for society. Don't sit on the couch."-Meb Keflezighi Read on »
The Various Definitions of Success by Andrew Hodges Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Triathlon After my race in Clearwater and subsequent race report, I’ve received a lot of comments congratulating me on my great time even if I was a bit disappointed with my race. ... Read on »
The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly... 70.3 WC RR by Andrew Hodges Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Triathlon The Good: The time... “PR” of 3:53:34. The Bad: The place. 46th, even out of 80 pros at the World Championships, is just disappointing. The Ugly: The swim, more ... Read on »
Nov2-8 by Andrew Hodges Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Triathlon S: 29,000 yds B: 7h 49min R: 2h 50min Total: 18h 17min The schedule for this week is entitled, "Andrew_50" which means its been 50 straight weeks of schedules an ... Read on »
QOTD by Andrew Hodges Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Triathlon "All those things, yes, they are hard. Or, yes, why did you have to go through them?" he said. "That's frustrating. Why isn't it easy? But without that, without ... Read on »
Seared Salmon w/ Rapini by Andrew Hodges Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Triathlon I havent done a food post in a while so it seemed about time for one. Upon pick-up of my CSA share yesterday I noticed two large bunches of greens overflowing from the box. ... Read on »
QOTD by Andrew Hodges Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Triathlon "We're in a high-performance league, and if you don't perform, things happen.'' -Miami Dolphins wide out and kick returner Ted Ginn Jr. Ginn was taken out of the starting ... Read on »
Autumn/Winter CSA by Andrew Hodges Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Triathlon Summer is sadly well past and along with the change of seasons came the end of the Doe Run Farm Summer CSA. It stands to reckon, then, that the plethora of fresh, tasty, loca ... Read on »
Oct19-25 by Andrew Hodges Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Triathlon S: 23,700yds B: 9h 34min R: 5h 15min Total: 21h 3min Whoomp, there it is. Looking forward to the beatdown in less than three weeks! Read on »
TEBOW on Attitude by Andrew Hodges Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Triathlon "We were just fighting tooth and nail with everything we had to make that last play, make that last stop. At the end of the game, we were doing everything we could to win ... Read on »
Oct12-18 by Andrew Hodges Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Triathlon S: 28,800yds B: 10h 10min R: 5h 34min Total: 23h 19min So yeah... this weekend it got reallly cold here and it reminded me why triathlon season is during the summer. Biki ... Read on »
Calculus! by Andrew Hodges Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Triathlon Who said math couldnt be exciting? Read on »
Weekend Update by Andrew Hodges Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Triathlon There are a plethora of exciting events this weekend both locally and nationally, beginning Saturday morning here in Huntsville with the Monte Sano 15k. As long as it doesnt ... Read on »
Incentives and asymmetric information by Andrew Hodges Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Triathlon So rather than harping on the many problems with the health care system, here is one company that has found a solution. While the rest of the country has seen health care cos ... Read on »
Sept28-Oct4 by Andrew Hodges Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Triathlon S: 18,100 yds B: 8h 27min R: 4h 14min Total: 17h 27min Slightly lighter volume this week thanks to the day off (shocking, I know!) early in the week. By the end of the we ... Read on »
What happened? by Andrew Hodges Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Triathlon I’m not sure either but I’ll try to shed some light on it... At 7:28 without the luxury of a warm up we, the male pros, were lined up on a floating dock in prepar ... Read on »
QOTD by Andrew Hodges Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Triathlon "But the quickest way for U.S. athletes to get good is that they have to run a lot. They have to run aerobically at high intensity and have quite a lot of accumulated mil ... Read on »
Sep14-20 by Andrew Hodges Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Triathlon S: 24,500 yds B: 7h 54min R: 6h 29min Total: 20h 50min Hmmm... weird week at the office. I had some really good workouts and a couple of pretty awful workouts. Really th ... Read on »
How far would YOU walk for Chipotle? by Andrew Hodges Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Triathlon So last Friday (9/11) I got an email informing me I’d have to be in Phoenix next Wed (9/16) morning to inspect the electroless Ni plating job on some forward separation ... Read on »