Aside from a really cool talk on sports nutrition by Peter from Institute of New Medicine, held at Herriott Sports Performance, I didn’t, so I’m going to link to other people who did. I took Greg’s recommendation and watched King of the Grizzlies, a 1970 Disney movie that is sure to put a smile on […]
Author Archives: Ben
Reflections from the Other Side
Guest Writer Henning Fog writes: “I retired this week at the tender age of 21. After countless (well, ten) years of struggle, emotional turmoil, and weight fluctuation that would make even Jenny Craig blush, it was finally time to embrace an easier approach to life. Unlike my AARP card-holding counterparts, though, I’m not moving to Florida; just out of the pool. You see… I’m done swimming. For real. My career as a competitive swimmer has come to an end, and I couldn’t be happier. For starters, my hair is growing back; never again will I have to question my masculinity as I shave my legs. What else am I thrilled to leave behind?”
Feline Agenda
This week is a rest week, so I’m pretty much sleeping as much as I can, doing maintenance workouts, and getting caught up on schoolwork.I dreamt that I was hiking through the jungle and being attacked by mosquitos. I woke up several times to roll over, wondering why I was so itchy. I figured it was dry skin from the chlorine, but around 7am I awoke to see that my dear kitty was long gone, but had left a trail of dirt and grime from the floor to my pillow to the side of my bed, and where that trail ended there was a pile of cat puke.
Swim Briefs
There is a lot of snobbery in sports when it comes to attire. Tennis and Golf are the most obvious examples of this (polo shirts, pleated skirts, and ugly plaid pants), but anyone who’s ridden a road bike on the trail with sweat pants and a cotton t-shirt knows "the look". "The look is usually […]
marked
I never really knew the term ‘marked man" until last week when friend kept telling me my "strategy" that’s been working so far in bike races would be a little less effective now that everyone knew what to expect. "Whatever," I thought. ‘If they don’t let me get away easily, I’ll just make people suffer […]
Front Page
Herriott Sports Performance is in on the front page of the Seattle PI today! That’s right, not the sports section, not the business section, the FRONT PAGE!! That’s pretty cool. The article is about how cycling is the new golf among business professionals. Check it our here. Heads Up: I’ll be at Mason Lake #3 […]
A Day with Chris Lieto
Chris Lieto, (3 time Ironman Champion, 7th at Kona last year after leading the race for 6 hours, plus a father of one (soon to be two) – what’s your excuse?) was in Seattle for two days to visit Peter and William at the Institute of New Medicine (inewmed). He stayed with my family for […]
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I just realized that all the comments from the last week have been sitting in my inbox waiting for approval. Not sure how that happened, but they’re all up now.
Tour De Dung
Dungeness that is. I skipped out on the second of three Mason Lake road races in order to challenge a mixed field of Cat 4/5 men out on the northern end of the Olympic Mountains in Western Washington today. It’s a long drive, plus a ferry, but luckily I convinced my friend (and fellow triathlon […]
No Title Needed
(which really means I’m feeling a lack of creativity with the titling part of my brain.) This weekend has a lot happening. Tomorrow is the Mason Lake Road Race #2 (there are three). I decided last night to skip it, however, in favor of going to the "Tour De Dung". I hear it’s a better […]