The St Croix 70.3 bike course is known for being one of the hardest courses in triathlon. This segment, which is .75 of the 56 mile bike course is what people here call “The Beastâ€. I recorded it in real time on a training day. I averaged about 6 watts per kilo for this climb […]
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Captain Morgan Ironman 70.3 St Croix Bike Course Video
I made this video with my Garmin Virb. My laptop is not super fast for video editing so I didn’t add sound or captions or anything. You’ll see “The Beast†when the elevation starts climbing. The video is at 30x speed so even though the Beast took me 6 minutes it’s only 12 seconds on […]
Miami 70.3 Race Video on YouTube
Here’s a video that City Bikes Miami 70.3 put out. There are a some great shots of me from the helicopter. (I’m the guy wearing mostly white on a black Cervelo P5. I’m also the guy without other riders near him.) If I had a dance remix soundtrack playing during the race I think it […]
My First Half Ironman – Rev3 Anderson
Last week I was sitting around in a funk after the way the Toyota Cup ended. On Friday I took my dog out to the park with Abby and I went off on a rant about how I was finally feeling fit after resting for a few weeks and how I’d really like to try […]
Columbia University Men’s Swimming Kills It!
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 […]
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.
Super Sprint Grand Prix Video
This is the promo video that was made from the Super Sprint Triathlon Grand Prix – next year’s series will be amazing!
Amica 19.7 Race Report
The race was really fun in Phoenix last weekend. This video says it all:
Alcatraz Coverage On TriCal TV
This is a video from TriCal TV which highlights the San Francisco Triathlon at Alcatraz men’s race (mainly my race) It was posted on the Tri-California website. I like that my coach does the commentary. Thanks Victor!
Preparing for a Break
I’m ready for a break. A JAIL BREAK!! Next week is the San Francisco Triathlon at Alcatraz, which will be among the most fun events of the season. I could write all about it, but Victor and Terry did a great interview (complete with Ben Collins shout out!) on Comcast Sportsnet (CSN). Check it out: