Oh man, I’m excited. The women’s Olympic triathlon starts in 6 hours! That’s 10 AM local time in Beijing (it’s already tomorrow there), or 10 PM Eastern Standard Time (tonight!), and 8 PM here in Colorado Springs. The men’s race starts 24 hours after the women’s race. Here is the info on US TV coverage: […]
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There have reports recently of Sasquatch sightings here at the Olympic Training Center. We finally have some video evidence. Rumor has it that Sasquatch likes to come out around noon near the athlete center. You really have to be careful around here these days:
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In what was probably the most exciting thing to happen here in Colorado Springs since my arrival about a month ago, the Junior and Youth National Triathlon Championships took place yesterday over in Prospect Lake Park (a quick 15 minute walk from the training center). “Junior” in triathlon is defined as athletes aged 16-19 and
After a fun three weeks of racing in Europe I am now back in the states and back to training. I am lucky enough to be able to spend five weeks in Colorado Springs, Colorado at the Olympic Training Center at a development training camp put on by USA Triathlon. This means access to amazing
Manny, me, and Steve before the swim start. The top 20 athletes got called to the stage at the party on Sunday night. This is the women’s top 20. The crowd. Matt Chrabot and me on stage. The men’s podium.
The Hamburg World Cup is an awesome race. Run with German precision, the race is usually quite a spectacle for the people of Hamburg (Hamburgers!). Last year an estimated 300,000 people came out to watch the World Champs and it wasn’t much different at this year’s race where I managed to finish 18th. With that
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The Hamburg World Cup starts in just a few hours…you can watch this one live if you want!
Here is the long version: We arrived in Turkey after relatively uneventful travel from the States (I did get upgraded to business class for the Chicago – Frankfurt leg, though, which was awesome). We were greeted by some FISU staff and made preparations to leave for Erdek. We just missed the 12:30 ferry to Erdek
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