2:47:47, which is a new PR for the Olympic distance by all of 1 second, but I'll take it. I had a good swim (more, and more visible, buoys next year, please!), a not-bad bike ride, and was just not so slow on the run as to use up all the time I gained in the transitions over my Nation's Triathlon time. (A tri with 10,000 participants means more time in transition; doing an event with 1,000 means a couple of minutes gained just because the transition area isn't quite so huge or so far from the swim and bike courses.) Maybe if we hadn't started 40 minutes late I could have picked up another second or two, it got pretty warm by the end of the run. TriScottsdale won the club championship, plus I was fourth in my age group (out of 14). There are more pictures here.
Monday, May 16, 2011
2:47:47, which is a new PR for the Olympic distance by all of 1 second, but I'll take it. I had a good swim (more, and more visible, buoys next year, please!), a not-bad bike ride, and was just not so slow on the run as to use up all the time I gained in the transitions over my Nation's Triathlon time. (A tri with 10,000 participants means more time in transition; doing an event with 1,000 means a couple of minutes gained just because the transition area isn't quite so huge or so far from the swim and bike courses.) Maybe if we hadn't started 40 minutes late I could have picked up another second or two, it got pretty warm by the end of the run. TriScottsdale won the club championship, plus I was fourth in my age group (out of 14). There are more pictures here.
Friday, April 01, 2011
Mountain Biking in McDowell Mountain Regional Park in Korean
A page from a bicyling profile of U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of Korea D. Kathleen Stephens from Bicyclelife.net magazine (click for larger view).
Saturday, March 26, 2011
Not Me, or Any of My Relatives
Or a novel that I'm likely to read, but maybe I should (and give a cover blurb for the next edition?)
Or a novel that I'm likely to read, but maybe I should (and give a cover blurb for the next edition?)
Monday, February 28, 2011
Tuesday, February 22, 2011
Desert Classic Duathlon 2011
Not too bad considering I lost 14 minutes (and 16 seconds) changing a flat tire on the bicycle portion. If you give me that time, I could have been in the top half of my age group. Without, still OK. Wish I'd known one fellow 55+ male was only 3 seconds in front of me on the second run. No pictures yet. UPDATE: Pictures.
Not too bad considering I lost 14 minutes (and 16 seconds) changing a flat tire on the bicycle portion. If you give me that time, I could have been in the top half of my age group. Without, still OK. Wish I'd known one fellow 55+ male was only 3 seconds in front of me on the second run. No pictures yet. UPDATE: Pictures.
Wednesday, February 09, 2011
Mummy Mountain Loop
The Map My Ride analysis of my favorite (or at least most frequent) training ride, courtesy of Jason Franz. (Link fixed, sorry.)
The Map My Ride analysis of my favorite (or at least most frequent) training ride, courtesy of Jason Franz. (Link fixed, sorry.)
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