I just got in the mail today, my new ITU Uniform. Thanks to TYR for supplying the Uniform, and my former roommate, Tai Blechta, who runs a graphic design company, Taigraphx.com. They specialize in team uniforms, bike decals, logo design. They can even do sublimated designs on technical clothing. And the prices are pretty competitive. […]
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Interesting Open Water
The past two days I did some easy open water swims. Monday’s swim was just to clear my mind, and it worked, about 1500m in I realized it was Brian Davis’ birthday, and was able to save myself the embarrassment of forgetting (like he did to me). Actually, come to think of it, Brian met […]
Topless Races
Sorry guys, this post is not about the Danskin all-women Triathlon last weekend. (But congrats to the 3500 women who finished!!! You should be proud! Now keep up the good work and I’ll see you at some coed races next year!) The photos from Hy-Vee Triathlon (June 17th) are available online now. Brightroom’s dependable and […]
The Story of Klepto the Crow
Who steals a gel? – A crow! That’s who! Today I was at the track for a short workout. About half way through my warmup I decide to grab my bottle for a drink ( I always set down my bottle and a gel near the start line ), but as I jog up I […]
AG Worlds Drug Testing
Here is an email I received from USA Triathlon: Dear athletes, As if you aren’t already informed enough about the drug testing… I have more information from our Team USA doc, Dr. Hunt. Please read below: I am sure you have already seen the article, but in case you have not, there was one today […]
A Womping in Lake Washington
Tuesday night I went for an open water swim with Brian Davis. We were going for 6 minute intervals, in which time we could either draft off each other, swim side by side, or try to make a gap on the other guy. I tried on the first interval to make a gap and nearly […]
Goodbye to San Fran
(for now). I’m safely back in Seattle today. I flew home yesterday, after a pretty crazy weekend. After the Folsom Triathlon Loren’s family, and Ian’s family held a bbq to celebrate. By the time we had toasted to the three competitors I was pretty much ready to fall asleep. My legs wouldn’t cooperate, however, so […]
Folsom International Triathlon
Ok, here’s a full on race report! Yesterday I drove up to Sacramento (Folsom, technically, but close), for an Olympic distance race. I’m now just 20 days away from Worlds, and I wanted to do a low pressure race as a tune up. It also served as a pretty good test ride for my new […]
Folsom race report preview
I’m late for a bbq with Ian Charles, so I’m going to keep this as a preview: I raced Folsom today, nobody knew me, which was fun because I was able to introduce myself with a new course record. Here are some pictures of my new bike (#1!) and me getting ready for a sweet […]
Beyond Bad A…
Two weeks ago at the Vineman 70.3 I met the owner of Beyond Fabrication, a California based bike company that makes race wheels and some really nice carbon frames. We got along pretty well, and he agreed to let me ride a couple of his bikes. I just finished building my new Time Trial bike, […]