Today (Friday) I’m heading over to the Big Island for the weekend. I get into Kona tonight and will meet up with the Columbia Men’s Swim Team, who will get in from New York at the same time. They’re spending 12 days at Hawaii Preparatory Academy in Waimea for their annual training trip, and I’m […]
Author Archives: Ben
The Sun Lies?
This morning started way too early for me. 2007 seemed to have more to offer than time to give it, and while many people are starting off the new year with hangovers and blurry memory, I’m lucky enough to be merely low on sleep from days of saying, "why not" to every opportunity that comes […]
Happy New Year!!
I’m still posting stories from earlier in the trip, but since it is 12am on 1/1/9, I should say Happy New Year!!! Cheers to another great year,and I hope everyone is safe tonight. I’m off in Waikiki with some friends. We’re going on the theory that tonight is a great night not to drive. Even […]
Swing like a Chimp
The days have been blurring together since I got back to town from Uncle Carl’s on the North Shore. On my way home, I was planning to take a bus, then hitch a ride the 8 miles from Honolulu to Hawaii Kai, but I was lucky enough to see my uncle”s good friend Brian who […]
Biking is easy with a motor…
Wednesday morning I slept in until 10, which is unheard of for me. It felt great until I finally got up and realized the mosquitos I was too tired to deal with the night before had left welts on both my cheeks. I opted not to shave over the welts, and instead went for my […]
Feels like the Christmas
I’m still a few days behind in posting, but I don’t like to put everything up at once, so I’ll keep staggering the posts a day apart. That way you have to stay tuned (or subscribe with the little orange rss link above). Monday night was Christmas Eve, and I celebrated with Adam by feasting […]
Moving Day
Sunday I Coach Mike left for Switzerland to visit his ex-wife and three kids. He was running around frantically trying to find Pegasus Barbie. With Mike gone, I’m now staying with the Havrilak’s. Adam is a friend of mine that I got to know toward the end of my time in Honolulu and who I […]
Healthy for Holidays
I’m no longer sick. My infection is gone. My ankle is back to normal. Everything is looking up. Saturday I went with Coach Mike and Marion Summerer to take more photos for a coaching ad Mike is going to do. The first round turned out nothing worth seeing. The pictures I saw made Mike look […]
Lots of Posed Pictures
I Spent the last couple days hanging out with my friends Matt and Trish, who I share my bad sense of humor, fashion sense (lack of), and heightened involvement with our inner child (immaturity). It has been great fun. We went to the North Shore yesterday. After a 40 minute run, and a two hour […]
Not the Greatest Off-Season
I have a pretty bad sinus infection. I went to the doc yesterday after a restless night at a friends house in Honolulu. The doc (Dr. Dang, who I used to coach on Team Jet) gave me some nasal spray to treat it. Then I showed him where I stepped on a thorn at the […]