Tomorrow is my first race of the season, the First Annual Nautica South Beach Triathlon Presented by Toyota. Tonight was a pasta dinner for all the athletes, hosted by Macca, which was the first I’ve had the opportunity to meet the champ. The pasta was unremarkable, but it was still fun to meet a bunch […]
Category Archives: Races
marked
I never really knew the term ‘marked man" until last week when friend kept telling me my "strategy" that’s been working so far in bike races would be a little less effective now that everyone knew what to expect. "Whatever," I thought. ‘If they don’t let me get away easily, I’ll just make people suffer […]
Tour De Dung
Dungeness that is. I skipped out on the second of three Mason Lake road races in order to challenge a mixed field of Cat 4/5 men out on the northern end of the Olympic Mountains in Western Washington today. It’s a long drive, plus a ferry, but luckily I convinced my friend (and fellow triathlon […]
Brazil – Fast Triathlon 2008, aka Triatlo Rapido
If I wait to have a Pulitzer worthy post for Brazil I’m going to lose all my readers, so here’s the short of it (don’t let that phase fool you, the post is actually really long): I left Seattle on Wednesday, which was great luck since my visa had just been approved on Tuesday. […]
Fast Triathlon 2008
I’m going to Brazil to compete in the 2008 Fast Triathlon. It’s a sprint triathlon split into three mini-triathlons, with 15 minutes rest between each stage. It’s going to be awesome!! The US team will be Victor Plata, Matt Charbot and myself, and we’re planning to take some names while we kick butt!
Crash, Burn, I almost got Chicked.
Honestly, Karma’s a b****. And for some reason it’s been catching up to me really quick lately. I made fun of Brian Davis for a giant pimple on his face, and that night I woke up with a volcano ready to erupt. Then I spent a week responding to wishes of "good luck" with "I […]
All-Comers Swim Meet
This pictures has nothing to do with the post. I just think it’s funny to see Jillian laughing as I tell her to hurry up and win us some beer money. Last night I raced in the University of Washington All-Comers Swim Meet. It was awesome. I did the fly leg of the 200 medley […]
Blind Reincarnate
I had a plan for a post of my own for today. Actually, I was hoping Brian could share how exactly he managed to break his wrist and end up owing me $85, but he can’t type (or ride a bike over railroad tracks, apparently). Last night, while my wrist ached with empathy pains, I […]
Peggy McDowell-Cramer: You are an Ironman!
[This is the third and final of a series of posts by Peggy McDowell-Cramer (Be sure to check out #1 and #2). She’s a masters triathlete from Santa Monica, and a pretty cool person to hang out with. While I was off trying to kill a blind kid, Peggy was taking on her seventh Ironman […]
Getting Home
I wanted to let Aaron’s accomplishments stand at the top of my recent posts for the time it deserves, but our trip home together has been a journey that I have to write about. Sunday afternoon, after celebrating with pros, Brian Fleischmann, Brandon Rakita, Chris Foster, John Dahlz, and Jillian Petersen (Above) Aaron and I […]