I didn’t go to Australia, but I wanted to know what happened at the World Cup today. Here’s a graph that shows it all. There was a big pack on the bike, two small breaks, some people got dropped from the bike then picked up by Chris Foster (he was riding solo after the swim). […]
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Bike Stolen, but At Least I Have My Health
I know I should post a race report before I talk about the day after, but this is important. And for the curious folks, I was 3rd at Miami International Triathlon. Full race report to come. Today was going to be a really good day, but that didn’t pan out. After yesterday’s racing and sailing […]
Night Before Miami International Triathlon
Twas the Night Before Miami and all through the house, The Cuban food aroma was like love in a spice. I’m staying with Ileana Rodriguez’s family in Miami (She’s the paralympic swimmer that broke the 200 breast American record by 36 seconds a couple months ago). They’re awesome, I haven’t stopped laughing the whole trip. […]
I have a record in Backstroke?! [UPDATE: and some other stuff?]
A friend of mine just sent me the email below. He copy pasted the header of the results for the boys 15-18 100 yard backstroke at this weekend’s Northwest Age Group Regional Championships. To clarify my surprise, backstroke was definitely not my strength. Event 12 Â Boys 15-18 100 Yard Backstroke ============================== ==================================== NWAGR: ! 53.58 […]
Clermont USA High Performance Camp
After the race last weekend USAT invited all of the high-performance athletes to participate in a two day cycling skills clinic. Before the clinic I heard a lot of people voicing concerns that our time would not be spent as valuably as if we were just training as normal, but by the end of the […]
Clermont ITU Pan-American Sprint Triathlon
Saturday I started off my season with a draft-legal sprint race in Clermont Florida. It’s a race that Jarrod Shoemaker helped to organize, and it was a fairly well run event. This is my first time to Clermont, and I’m surprised that it is not the pancake flat expanse of nothingness that I normally associate […]
Columbia University Men’s Swimming Kills It!
Columbia Men’s Swimming and Diving took third at Ivy League Championships over the weekend. Harvard and Princeton have had a lock on the top two for the past 30 years, but Columbia took their fair share of events, including the 400 free relay (video below). Harvard had to win the last relay in order to […]
The Ben Collins Highlight Reel
Click over to this post and check out a highlight reel I put together in preparation for the 2011 season.
Slowtwitch Interview: A Man With Style!
Slowtwitch says I’m a “Man with style”! Check out the interview I did this week by clicking here. And yes, the last picture shown in the interview (and the one above) was definitely taken specifically for the interview, including the afro picking I did beforehand. …
Rudy Project in 2011!!
In 2011 I will be wearing Rudy Project helmets and eye wear for the fourth season. I just ordered a bunch of new gear from e-rudy.com that is going to make me look awesome while training, racing, and gazing into my bright future. I got Fluo Pink road and TT helmets, which I’m hoping are […]