Here are some pictures from Hawaii. Left: Me with three sea turtles (including one that stands upright) Right: My uncle Carl shows his amusement in the cockatiel’s new nest. Left: I’m chasing fishes, and they’re getting away. Right: This was the closest to a whale we saw on our little whale watching boat […]
Author Archives: Ben
Leaving for aus
I’m heading to Australia!!! I’m on the plane With my bags, despite having mis-remebered the departure time. I showed up 30 minutes before an international flight! Luck was on my side, and they waited for me. By Hawaii!!
Momentum Multisport Criterium #3
Sunday afternoon I competed in a local bike race here in Hawaii. It was a criterium put on by Momentum Multisport (great triathlon bike shop) at the Kaneohe Marine Core Base. I wanted to race just because I haven’t been in a pack for a while, and the crit format of short loops is pretty […]
Black Pees
Here’s my synopsis of the life of a swimmer (and then a link to a hilarious – ok maybe just disturbing but well written – story at the end.): age 3-6: learn to swim age 7-12: swim for a local summer team and decide to do year round swimming age 13-18: start sacrificing “normal†social […]
Red Meat
I’m not so into the whole beef culture in America. When I was swimming in college I noticed that during longer meets like Nationals (5 day)or our conference meet (3 day), I would feel sluggish on days following red meat consumption. At the time I just stopped eating beef before competitions (a rule I still […]
Daylight Savings Time
We don’t practice daylight savings time in Hawaii because Hawaiians are smarter than the rest of the country. Daylight saving time is unhealthy, and has also been shown not to improve electrical usage (the original purpose). I also discovered that Queensland voted down the use of Daylight Saving Time, which is cool because it means […]
Three Weeks of Aloha
That’s how long I’ve been in Hawaii, and it’s also how long I have left in Hawaii this year. I found out this weekend that I will be racing in the Mooloolaba World Cup in Queensland Australia. This is my first World Cup start, so needless to say, I’m stoked!! Yesterday I rode up Tantalus […]
Something My Bike Computer Doesn’t Do
Yesterday I went out for a ride from my cousin’s house in Laie, which is on the northeast corner of the island near Turtle Bay Resort. The area has a combination of North Shore swells and Windward Side wind, meaning the ocean by their house this time of year is filled with white water as […]
Blown Away
The trade winds have been blowing on Oahu with a ferocity greater than I remember from my time here on Oahu. Last week they were strong – I started measuring wind speed by seeing how fast I could ride into the wind while pedaling 200 watts. The lowest I saw was 13.0mph for that test. […]
Unicorn Planet
Today was an awesome day. I finished up a short training block, which means the next few days I get to rest up and visit Jaco Van Delden Physical Rehabilitation (or just Jaco for short) and get my muscles stretched out and ready to rock again. This morning I swam my longest solo pool […]