With my last post I introduced Aaron Scheidies and my experiences with him leading up to the World Record attempt at the Toyota US Open Triathlon in Dallas put on by Life Time Fitness (a real mouthful of a name). This post is my race report. Aaron’s race from the perspective of the one person […]
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The Legend of Aaron Scheidies (part 1)
In August I was laying on a couch in Tiburon reading the last of the Harry Potter novels when I received an email boasting the subject, “Love Mail†from a name I didn’t recognize, asking if I could “guide him through a triathlonâ€.. It was Aaron Scheidies, and a quick google search told me he […]
World Record
He did it! Aaron Scheidies is officially the first physically disabled athlete to break two hours in an olympic distance triathlon! I’m writing a full report of the weekend, which is going to be long, but there’s no way to describe this experience without giving it the depth it deserves. It wouldn’t be fair to […]
Toyota Dallas US Open Life Time Fitness Triathlon
That’s a mouthful. The name is huge, and so is everything in Texas. I’m too busy to write much this morning, but I wanted to post a link to a video the Associated Press did on Aaron and me, and our attempt to break a world record this weekend. Right now we’re off to meet […]
Peggy’s Post (#2)
I heard more from Peggy McDowell-Cramer. I asked for clarrification on how strong the “S” was when she said she had done IronmanS. “How many times? 6 times for kona, this is #7. It’ll be #11 total: 3 IMNZ, and 1 Florida.” Wow. I don’t even know how to respond to that, so here’s Peggy’s […]
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 […]
Peggy McDowell-Cramer: 140.6mi in Kona (Part 1)
In 2006 I was in Kansas City for my first USAT Age Group Nationals. I had just found out the hard way that about 90% of the 1500 athletes who come to that event all think they should register within the first hour of an 8 hour registration period. The line was long, and I […]
Seattle Triathlon Training Venues
This week we have a special visitor in Seattle. Lara Brown is up here for the first time visiting her new home in Redmond, Washington. Her husband, who is lucky enough to be named Ben, just got a job at Microsoft, and has damned his wife to soggy gray winter training. Lara will stay in […]
Jesus Gonzalez: A new perspective on Sport
My first week at Columbia Univeristy I met a guy named Jesus. It took me a while to figure out that “Hey-Zeuss” was spelled with a J and an S, but then I guess those lessons are a big part of why I wanted to live in New York. Jesus was the first person I […]
ISM Adamo
I’m getting my winter commuter bike and my Beyond Fabrications Radius Carbon Road bike all set up for training on. I want to have all my bikes fitting exactly the same, and the key component is going to be the saddle. On my Blink Carbon TT bike, I ride an ISM Adamo. It’s a funny […]