I am back home. I’m not sure why I picked such a late flight out of Oakland, but now it’s midnight and I’m exhausted. The past two days were a jumble of quick hello’s and goodbye’s and I was squeezed paper thin trying to see as many people as possible in my final hours of […]
Tag Archives: Loren Pokorny
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 […]
Sunglasses
Much to my dismay, but to the delight of anyone that has had to look at me wearing them, my $35 Serfas sunglasses broke today. Loren has been trying to break them himself for months, but I’ve kept my ugly frames under close watch. As you can see in the picture, the arm just sort […]
How many Ben’s does it take to screw in a light bulb?
Thursday I’m leaving for Dallas to meet up with Aaron Scheidies. We’re going to break a world record, and come home happy. I’m really excited. The Lara Brown visit continues to teach me about training opportunities that I was unaware of. Today I went to Eastside Multisport which is next door to the Microsoft campus […]
Tinley’s and Tiburon Photo Journal
Thursday morning I arrived at the airport with my bike case prepared for a weekend of fun in California. I knew it was going to be a good weekend when the airline lady told me that the ticket was accidentally made in my mother’s name, but she wouldn’t mind changing it for me. This immediately […]
Another First Time
This week I have another guest writer. Also a former Columbia swimmer, Ben Neuwirth (c/o ’06) is responsible for keeping me out of the 400 medley relay at my senior conference meet by being faster than me. While I was off crying in the corner, Ben pulled out a 48 low in the 100 fly […]