Columbia Men’s Swimming and Diving took third at Ivy League Championships over the weekend. Harvard and Princeton have had a lock on the top two for the past 30 years, but Columbia took their fair share of events, including the 400 free relay (video below). Harvard had to win the last relay in order to […]
Category Archives: Random Thoughts
The Ben Collins Highlight Reel
Click over to this post and check out a highlight reel I put together in preparation for the 2011 season.
Three sick Weeks
The new year’s flu, snot for Christmas, and how the most satisfying and effective medical experience I’ve had this year was when I was bled like something out of the middle ages. Go on, click on in and read more.
Normal Life
Well it’s back to training. I did a blow-out of winter fun time at the end of November with two days of cross country skiing and a very long day of downhill at Breckenridge. All that skiing ensured that my first full day of swimming biking and running felt like overtraining, and I had no […]
Thanksgiving
A week before Thanksgiving I went to Seattle. It was for my nephew’s first birthday, and despite the fact that he will not remember a moment of it, I’m glad I went. The trip also served to give me a pass on going home for Thanksgiving. I love my family, and I love spending time […]
Flying Without a Bike
There’s a lot of outdoor stuff to do in Colorado that I don’t have the energy for during the season, like hiking, rock climbing, skiing, and fishing. The problem is, I don’t have much of my gear in Colorado because when I moved there in February I was expecting to leave for Seattle for my winter fun time. Now it’s November, the season is over, and I just want to stay in Colorado to play. Fortunately I was convinced to fly home this weekend.
The Lucky Buzz
This week I was ordered to take time off from training. It’s weird, but as soon as I finished my last race all I could think about was getting ready for next season. I just had what Mr. ITU calls a breakthrough season, but to me it seems like a lucky season. It was lucky […]
Checking Back In
After my last crash in Huatulco a few weeks ago I’ve had some serious motivational issues. I barely trained in the week after the World Cup (which showed in Puerto Vallarta), and after the Pan-Am Champs I took a few days off entirely to enjoy my Mexican vacation. Back in the states I put in […]
The Garmin Forerunner 110
I wrote a review for the Garmin Forerunner 110 over on the Garmin Blog. This watch is really nifty. Very basic, but it does everything that 99% of consumers are going to want (and everything I needed for my last month of workouts with it). If you crave more, the 210 will offer footpod support, […]
A Day Off
This season has been anything but easy. Yet, somehow, I feel the need to wear shades – my future is just so bright! Without reiterating the crap storm that I’ve been through this year (if you haven’t been reading my blog, just assume it sucked, and the long breaks between posts are usually a bad […]