The Jewish News Report on the Century Ride

Here's Marilyn Hawkes's report on Andy's Tahoe ride. The version in the paper has the picture, but without the speech bubbles. Sorry, L.

The Boys Do A Century Ride

America's Most Beautiful Bike Ride, with temperatures between 41 and 47 degrees, rain, plus hail. Maybe it got warmer than that in the afternoon, but then it started hailing again. I never shed any layers during the ride, and it was pretty cold, even going up the switchbacks to Emerald Bay (hence the shower cap to keep out the hail/rain). Not the best day but we did it. Speech and thought bubbles by E. Gordon (now known as L.)

Tempe International Triathlon Action Photo!

Thanks to Lisa Kravetz. The professional shots are usually far less kinetic, at least for us age-groupers.

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.

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).

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?)