Professional Triathlete
I desperately want to celebrate being home in my own space and the fact that right now my schedule shows no trips until April. The problem is, I have done that same celebration twice now, and every time I do I end up leaving within a week.
I have a new plan: focus on the negatives of being home, and I’ll get stuck here.
Because I’m in California, I missed the time trial I was signed up for today. It’s tragedy, but I was able to get my mind off of it with a great trail run in the Santa Monica Mountains. Brian Davis has been largely absent the last few months from the commentary on this site, but […]
I left my computer in somebody’s car yesterday, and the post I had written about the World Shoe Association trade show is saved on it. My post formatting and image adding software is also in that car, so in the interest of not leaving everyone in the dark I’m going to settle for picture free […]
I’m in Las Vegas right now for the World Shoe Association trade show. I’m staying with Matt Lieto, and getting a chance to meet the crew at K-Swiss. I was hoping me and Matt would get a chance to ride up to the red rock national park, but it turns out I’m the only one […]
A couple months ago I urged my readers to send their concerns to the athletic department of Syracuse University. There were planning to cut their swim program, which follows a trend in which the smaller sports have suffered from the unintentional side effects of Title IX. The program is not saved yet, but the Syracuse […]
I’m back from Brazil. We (team USA) came in 3rd to Brazil and Canada. The trip was really fun, and I’ll write the details out soon. Right now I’m going back to my bed because some bad water on the ride home has me quite ill.
I’m in Sao Palo, Brazil. We have a 12 hour layover here because the race director didn’t purchase our tickets to Florianopolis until about an hour before I left for the airport. Luckily he also got us a hotel in Sao Palo for the day so we can run, eat and sleep. I haven’t been […]
I’m sitting in the kitchen with my mom talking about how she did my swim workout in her rowing shell the other morning. Unfortunately my mother, having spent thousands of hours in the stands watching swim meets, has never learned to read a swim workout. This made me realize that the typical traithlete may also […]
This is the forecast for the five days I’ll be in Brazil. I have mixed feelings about rain, but the rain LOVES me. The race is on Sunday. Most of the forecasts I’ve looked at have said T-Storms, which would be bad news, but this one from MSN just says rain. I can live […]
My parents have been out of town this week, which meant I had the house to myself. I was excited for some quiet time and to be able to set my own rules. Instead I had to make sure I was home enough to walk my dog and take care of my kitty, who is […]