“When you jump for joy, beware that no one moves the ground from beneath your feet.†~Stanislaw Lec (Post WW2 Polish poet). I was jumping for joy that I would get to go to Brazil with Chris Foster and Matt Chrabot to race the 11th annual Fast Triathlon, but I forgot to look down to […]
Category Archives: Random Thoughts
Christmas Karma
For Christmas this year I agreed (with myself) not to do gifts (the video below shows my one exception). I may have muttered this to a few people around me, but was secretly hoping that someone wouldn’t get the memo and would send me something awesome. Karma, however, was quick to bite me for that […]
Elephants are Nice
Courtenay’s family is all on Oahu for Christmas. It’s exciting! Sunday I met Courtenay’s mom, Sally, for the first time, then Monday she took us to the Honolulu Zoo. Sally’s best friend from 1st grade, who she didn’t see for almost half a century before reuniting 5 years ago, works at the zoo and was […]
How Many Shoes Does a Training Trip Take?
I’m in Honolulu! Courtenay and I are staying with her brother for the next few weeks, and training in the warmth and sunshine of not-Seattle. I’ve been trying to get Courtenay to document our trip by filming it, but so far all we have are a bunch of images of her trying to get away […]
Weekend Edition: OMG OMG OH! MY! G-D!
This weekend is going to be exhausting. I leave on Tuesday for Hawaii, and really won’t be back in Seattle much for the rest of the year. That leaves me three days to clean up the gigantic mess of unsorted stuff I’ve collected from the past 40 races I’ve done. Basically I’ve taken over a […]
Moving?!
Yesterday I heard from the USAT Lords that I have been approved for residency at the Olympic training center. This means that I can live permanently on campus in Colorado Springs. There are OTC campuses elsewhere that hold quite a bit more appeal to me, but Beggers should not be choosers, right? Apparently USAT doesn’t […]
Please Keep Our Pools Open!
My pool is closing on December 31st. This is inexcusable given the state of recreational swimming pools in the Seattle area, and the growing interest in the sport of swimming (thank you Michael Phelps). In general, the Seattle area has very few public pools, and the pools we do have are old, antiquated and short […]
Weekend Edition – Snow’s coming, but I’m going surfing
I leave for Hawaii in 10 days for a month of winter training before I head to Brazil for my third Fast Triathlon (or Triatlo Rapido as the natives call it). Matt Chrabot and I are finalizing our team and looking to upset the Brazilian team, which has thwarted our valiant attempts for the past […]
The mountain looks bigger from down here
This is week #1 of training for the 2010 season. I have 48 weeks left until my last race, 16 until the first World Cup of the season, 16 until I race my first World Championship Series triathlon in Sydney… I look at these numbers and start to wonder why I’m sitting on my trainer […]
No more catch-up
I feel like I have been playing catch-up on my blog for a year, and it makes for boring reading. So instead, I’m just going back to rambling about my day as if everyone reading knows all about the last few months of my life. Today I’m officially back into full-time training mode. Victor has […]