All about racing
It was about a week ago today that I finally piled all of my earthly belongings into my car and departed the Chula Vista Olympic Training Center. It was definitely a bittersweet departure – I will miss training in Chula for sure. On the other hand it was starting to get ridiculously hot there (I […]
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This past weekend I raced St. Anthony’s for the fourth year in a row. St. A’s is definitely my favorite race – it’s one of the biggest triathlons in the world, the field is always stacked, the course is flat and fast, and it’s right in my home state! It’s also a great way to
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The Carlsbad 5000 claims to be the “world’s fastest 5K,” and having raced this 5K road race yesterday I can say that it is very fast. I ran a PR of 15:12, more than a half minute faster than my previous best road time of 15:51. During the race I think I also set a
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The Mooloolaba World Cup was last weekend. I crashed out. I had a decent swim, a so-so first transition, and then crashed out on the first lap of the bike. It’s tough traveling halfway across the world and coming back with nothing, but overall I’m pretty happy about the way things turned out after crashing:
“Why are you here? That’s so weird!” This statement pretty much sums up the whole experience in Playas, Ecuador last weekend. I suppose if you are a middle-aged Ecuadorian visiting your favorite vacation destination with your family, driving around the Playas downtown area in your Ford Pinto-esque vehicle (with a passenger to seat belt ratio
This was in the Ecuadorian newspaper “El Universo” on Monday. That’s right – kind of a big deal. As expected, the Playas Pan Am Cup was an adventure of a race as only South America can offer. I’ll have a rambling race report up ASAP!
Kind of a big deal…in Ecuador Read More »
2008 Orbea Orca w/ full Dura-Ace 7900. Sweet! Florida Bicycle Sports hooked me up with my new bike for the 2009 season a few weeks ago. My first impression is that it is freakin’ awesome! I’m packing up right now to go race it in Ecuador – first race on the new ride!
Or, How I Ended Up in Kenya 45 Hours Later As I mentioned previously the San Francisco Triathlon at Treasure Island was a pretty good race for me. Yes, my run wasn’t nearly as it dominant as it has been throughout the year, and I know my ninth place finish might not look like anything
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I just got home from the last race of the season – the San Francisco Continental Cup – and I have to say it was probably the most solid performance of my entire race season! Speaking of the 2008 season, it’s been a long one. I started on January 6th in Chile and have done
To get right down to business, and to fill in those of you who watched the live coverage from this past weekend’s Huatulco World Cup on what exactly happened to me, I got dropped from the front pack 15K into the bike. To be more specific, I got dropped on the 20% grade climb we
