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 many hits/day your blog got (my brother just told me, I promise). So we checked. And for the month of May, my blog got about 25hits/day. Much more than I expected.
Until today. When the numbers sky-rocketed. Seriously, the graph has this little tiny horizontal line throughout May, and then BOOM, vertical express!
So why the change? I’ll tell you why.
Because Simon Whitfield (who has his own wikipedia entry!) somehow found my blog and put a link on his to mine. I’m going to take this as evidence that the Canadian triathlon community is growing, and following our Olympic athletes (Simon, not me) diligently (which is great!). And just to be safe, I’ve included a picture from today’s race to keep me humble.
Post script: The race today was a big learning experience. I’m not going to make excuses but it seems my muscles had difficult remembering how to sight in the open water, ride up big hills, go down big hills, and avoid swallowing a lot of lake water. I managed to finish 8th place, with a decent time, and I’m confident I’ll learn from here.
Thanks for reading.
And go Simon go!
hey adrian
we love your writing and your humourous way of sharing your experience. Looking forward to your Muskoka long course race and write up following the ‘big event’.
your admiring dad
Um who is your girlfriend? Have not updated me on your life in awhile!!!
Love reading your blog!
Just so you know, random non-cyclers read your blog too! I stumbled across it one day and I just love your writing style- it’s always nice to read something that was written with passion! Keep it coming