I was going to fly back to Florida this week but not anymore (not that I’m complaining!). The only problem is that I’m racing the Chicago Triathlon this weekend and I was going home to get race wheels!
Tropical Storm Fay
So, in the mean time the Olympic Training Center was nice enough to give me a room for an extra week. Also, I got to watch both the men’s and women’s Olympic triathlons which ended up being aired on a 24 hour delay. Had I flown out on my original flight I wouldn’t have been so lucky.
Emma Snowsill won the women’s gold.
Jan Frodeno was the surprise winner of the men’s race.
Jan Frodeno was definitely a big surprise in the men’s race. It’s especially amazing since he doesn’t come from any particular sports background other than a late start to swimming and then lifeguarding competitions prior to his entry into the sport of triathlon (according to www.jan-frodeno.com). It’s downright encouraging!
While I was in Hamburg this year I was walking around with Ethan and Steve after the race and we saw Jan racing around the Hamburg bike course on a women’s cruiser bike. We couldn’t figure out what he was up to but we found this on Youtube later that night:
Good job in Chicago bro!
good job in chicago bro,whats your next race??
Hi-
I saw you racing in Chicago and I think we may have met once at some post-college nationals party, cause i was on the cal team with sexton and everything, and then i know you were roommates with ben at the otc recently because he like talked about you and stuff, so when i saw ‘collington’ on your uniform and you racing at chicago, i yelled ‘GOOO KEVIN!’ but you looked at me really weird like I was crazy. so i just wanted to say hi
kelly