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Archive for June, 2008

the greatest thing.

So I was showering this morning after swimming. I had just gotten thumped by 6X400 on 5:30 where despite Tom’s urgings that I “beat the set before it beats me,” Coach had to adjust the pace times for me. I’ll “beat” it next time.
So yeah…the shower. I got to break out a new bar of [...]

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catch-up.

My apologizes for the delay in posting. You know those weeks when you have very little to do, and as a result you get even less done? Yeah. That’s what I had. So let me catch you up on the lifestyles of the rich and famous…or perhaps, I’ll just tell you what I have been [...]

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competitive spirit?

From time to time I need a reminder. It’s a reminder about sport, and why we’re all driven to do it, and how if we make it life and death, we’ve kind of missed the point.
Like today. I was running down the beltline in Toronto. And the trail was packed. Packed. Like, constantly weaving in and [...]

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let’s play a game.

Let’s play a game called, See How Much Water You Can Drink Without Going Pee. If we played yesterday, I would win. And win badly.
In other words: I rode 90k yesterday, and ran 10k immediately after (finishing at the hottest point of the day). I thought I had drank enough on the ride, but the [...]

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are you kidding me?

1 dead as car plows into Mexican bike race
Police say American driver was apparently drunk and fell asleep at wheel

MONTERREY, Mexico - A car plowed into a bike race along a highway near the U.S.-Mexico border, killing one and injuring 10 others.
The 28-year-old driver was apparently drunk and fell asleep when he crashed into the [...]

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Okay, so this is worth telling: my blog has gotten 620 hits since yesterday.
Now, I’m a modest-kind-of-guy . I figured my readership was restricted to my girlfriend, my parents, my brothers, and my triathlon addicted friends (I still think that’s mostly true). And until half-hour ago, I didn’t realize you could check how [...]

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