Should we train with drag suits, or is there an advantage to swimming faster in practice? It’s an important question that takes me a while to qualify and even longer to answer. If you’re short on time, learn to skim. When I was growing up my swim coaches would always encourage us to train with […]
Category Archives: Random Thoughts
Why?
Today Victor leaves Colorado. What’s that? You didn’t even know my coach, Victor Plata, was in Colorado? You say I haven’t written a blog in two weeks? Well, my coach being here and my lack of blogging are highly related, though certainly there were other factors. Like how I am applying to University of Colorado […]
Too Long Between Visits
Courtenay visited this week. She’s leaving her car with me in Colorado Springs while she goes to Maryland to stay with her mom. She’s quite the nomad lately, and it makes me that much more glad that I’ve been able to stay in one place for the past few months. When she comes back here […]
Handicap for the Handicapped
I talked to Aaron Scheidies last week and we made a deal. If the world triathlon Corporation and USAT will allow it, I’ll guide him at Clearwater this year. The problem is, Aaron has been told that with ITU’s new campaign to get triathlon into the paralympics, they are imposing some new rules that will […]
Race Ready
I arrived in Mexico today. I’m staying with a family that is friends with Francisco Serrano (the best triathlete in Mexico). Francisco (Paco) set everything up for me, and did it so smoothly that I had no idea where I was going until I was here. I left Colorado Springs before breakfast this morning – […]
And the Winner Is…
[Ben: I couldn’t decide what to do here, so I brought in an old friend to make the decision for me – and turn this contest into a bit of a poetic comedy at the same time.] So Ben IMs me at work and asks me to judge a shoe contest. This is the first […]
The Contenders – Free Shoes?
These are the submissions I’ve gotten so far in the contest I’m holding for a new pair of K-Swiss K-Ona shoes. I’m extending the deadline for submissions through the weekend because, as you can see, the odds of winning are currently VERY high. You have until Sunday to send me a picture of your shoes […]
The Future’s SO Bright
Alright, my last post can be disregarded. I can’t seem to get my mac to publish blogs quite like I could with my five year old Dell, and I can’t see myself paying $30 for a blog program that can’t do as much as Microsoft’s free program. Above is a picture from Courtenay’s super secret […]
Quality Returns (maybe)
There’s a program made my microsoft that is awesome, and the pricks over in Redmond can’t seem to figure out how to make it for Mac OSX. Since I’m the proud owner of a 2 month old Macbook, that really irritates me. The program is called Microsoft Live Writer and it make writing blogs really […]
Parents Are Better
No matter how much the people around you like you and want you to be healthy, your parents are better at that. So when my parents flew in Friday afternoon in order to make sure I was on the path to health, I felt much better about my situation. Friday I was discharged after being […]