Category Archives: triathlon

SOMA Bound

After much deliberation, hemming and hawing and after overcoming some bizarre dread fear of shipping my bike – I am on my way to SOMA today! My bike is currently in Tempe and will soon arrive at Big J’s office … Continue reading Continue reading

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I Won!

No – I didn’t win my triathlon – I didn’t even place. I didn’t even make my goal of going sub 2 hours but I did win something in the post race raffle which I’ll tell you about in a … Continue reading Continue reading

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The Most “A” of “A” Races

My next race is Sunday. It is my “A” race because this event was where it all started for me with triathlon. In 2000 I did this race on a Schwinn Varsity 10 speed that I had ridden 3 times. … Continue reading Continue reading

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The Most “A” of “A” Races

My next race is Sunday. It is my “A” race because this event was where it all started for me with triathlon. In 2000 I did this race on a Schwinn Varsity 10 speed that I had ridden 3 times. … Continue reading Continue reading

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A View From The Other Side

A couple of weeks ago I was a volunteer at a local Tri for Fun. This is the same event where I manned the water station in mid June and that I competed in in mid-July. This time, the mid-August … Continue reading Continue reading

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Good Thing I Got One of These

At the SF Marathon Saturn was passing out cowbells. Shiney red cowbells. Of course I took one and I’m glad I did because in the crazy ebb and flow of my life I have just decided to go to IM … Continue reading Continue reading

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RIP 101

No – I don’t mean that this is an introductory lesson in how to let someone rest in peace or how to hold a funeral. There is a funeral in tri-land, though. The 101 series has announced that all remaining … Continue reading Continue reading

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I Owe It All To Chris Lieto

I raced the Folsom International Triathlon yesterday and had a pretty successful day. In fact I had a big PR and I owe it all to Chris Lieto who gave me some really valuable feedback for my bike ride. I … Continue reading Continue reading

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It Seemed Like a Great Idea at the Time

So today was supposed to be my practice run for next week’s Olympic distance triathlon. I was going to try to figure out nutrion and salt so I wouldn’t get sick on the run in the heat. On the plus … Continue reading Continue reading

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What’s In YOUR Bento Box?

Mine is full of remote control devices because I need to spend time every day in my trainer because anyone who is anyone knows that in triathlon it’s all about the bike and I need to get my bike on, … Continue reading Continue reading

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