More than 115,000 people received the summer issue of Triathlon Life magazine this week. If that includes you, flip to the gear spread near the back. There’s a cute picture of me above a pink man-suit, the Garmin Forerunner 310xt, and a Blue Seventy Helix wetsuit. Next to the Splish suit is a paraphrase of […]
Author Archives: Ben
$50 for an Aquajogging Belt is Outrageous – here’s how to make your own
I paid that much for one of these, and I use it a ton, and I still think it’s a rip off. I wanted a water running buddy, but couldn’t bring myself to recommend an overpriced piece of custom-cut foam, so I got a little creative. I used to do my water running without a […]
The Final Showdown (of Ben vs. Brian) – 400 Medley Relay
Visiting Spencer Chiropractic has become among the most anticipated parts of my schedule, which already has an abundance of fun and interesting activities. (Bear with me on this jarring subject transition). Today I swam the 100m butterfly at a pool in Federal Way, Washington (where Phil Spencer lives). Brian Davis was also swimming it, and […]
Disintegrating Hydration Tabs
Back in May I went to the Blue70 headquarters here in Seattle to pick up my new Helix wetsuit. The suit is great. I have yet to race in it this season, but I swim in Lake Washington several times a week and the suit is really comfortable, flexible where it needs to be and […]
Whoa!! I Have a BLOG??!
Where to start? I had to go look at my website to remember what I wrote about last time, and it was very disappointing. So I’ll start with the funny stuff. I raced on a relay team with Raise the Bar yesterday at the Seafair Triathlon. I had the fastest bike split, but Chris Tremonte […]
To Everything (turn turn turn)
The wind turned northward this week, and fired up some cold weather. My mood turned southerly this week and fired up some cranky attitude. I also am back to the training hours I was used to prior to my last racing block, and the energy expenditure is taking it’s toll. Here’s my week so far […]
Training is hard and takes up a lot of time
The last month my training volume was quite a bit lower than before my leg bone decided it no longer wanted to be quite so attached to the hip bone. Now that I’m back on my feet and getting back into the swing of things, it’s becoming obvious that my fun level will have to […]
All About Garmin
Last Thursday and Friday I worked at the Garmin booth in the Rock N Roll Seattle Marathon expo. We sold a lot of the new Garmin Forerunner 310XT watches, which are (in short) a replacement for the Forerunner 305 only way cooler. The new watch is more comfortable, with a slimmer design, and less hard […]
Stuff Happens
Today I lost my phone, which coincidentally, was seven days after I told a friend that I “feel way too dependent on my cell phone, especially now that I get email and Facebook on it.†This whole situation is just like that movie The Ring. Only instead of some crazy lady coming out of a […]
2 weeks
Today is two weeks since my doc told me to be on crutches for two weeks, so I started walking. No pain! So I’m getting back on the horse, and in a few weeks I should be rockin’ out with the big boys again. It’s also two weeks since I brewed some tea and started […]