It was a big weekend. Saturday Herriott Sports Performance hosted a talk by Brian Frank, the owner of Hammer Nutrition. I went in and met Brian briefly, but had to leave before the lecture because one of my oldest friends (as in I’ve known her longer than just about any of my friends) was getting […]
Author Archives: Ben
My Alternative Self
Two things this week have led me to believe that there is another Ben Collins that’s getting himself confused with me. It’s not the race car driver or football player, and I don’t think it’s the computer hacker either (which is who you’ll find on Wikipedia), because both of them are too young to fit […]
Great White vs Bald Eagle
My thoughts go out to Dave Martin’s family and friends. Martin died this morning when attacked by a great white shark. He was 66. I am now petrified of going to San Diego for training. I had mixed feelings about heading home yesterday. On the one hand, I wanted to get back into my schedule […]
More Mazatlan
I haven’t done much this week. Mostly relaxing. Until yesterday afternoon I pretty much felt like an airplane crash. The few beach runs I did were nice, but I’m actually looking forward to running on a flat non-sand surface when I get home. See, by the time I got back to transition on Saturday it […]
Mazatlan Moments
I pretty much vegged out Saturday after getting home from the Hospital. I laid around so much my butt felt bruised from not shifting enough. By the time midnight rolled around, I had been sleeping on and off for about eight hours (not including the time I was unconscious in the ambulance and at the […]
Pan-Am Champs
The results say I was DQed, Disqualified, and yet somehow went a 1:54. The time doesn’t make sense to me because I never actually finished. Here’s the rundown. 8am – Wake up, eat breakfast, read my book, watch some CNN (only english channel. 9:30am – notice the surf is quite a bit larger than the […]
Miami -> Mazatlan: TAKES FOREVER!
I’m finally in Mexico. I’ve never seen a flight with so many triathletes on board as the flight from LAX into Mazatlan tonight. The best thing? I took Barb Lindquist’s advice and scheduled a shuttle on King David Tours. I got to my hotel over an hour before some of the people on the same […]
Basura
The problem with blogging is that when you’re busy doing things worth blogging about, you generally do not have time to write on your laptop. Saturday night I went to the K-Swiss VIP After-party: a dinner cruise that circles Miami’s South Beach. As the sun set over the downtown, I got to hang out with […]
First Annual Nautica South Beach Triathlon Presented by Toyota
For the entire week leading up to the April 13th race the wind blew through Miami’s South Beach with just enough force to create white caps and choppy surf. I also felt really flat the whole week. Yet at some point during the eight hours I was sleeping Saturday night, all that changed. The water […]
Four Poorly Transitioned Paragraphs to end the Pre-Season
Tomorrow is my first race of the season, the First Annual Nautica South Beach Triathlon Presented by Toyota. Tonight was a pasta dinner for all the athletes, hosted by Macca, which was the first I’ve had the opportunity to meet the champ. The pasta was unremarkable, but it was still fun to meet a bunch […]