Finally had a chance to watch the world cup race from Madrid from the weekend yesterday and came across an interesting fact. Looking through the final results for the men you’ll notice, if you scroll to the bottom, that more than half the field (more than 30) only finished the swim. How come? It turns out that …
Monthly Archive: May 2008
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May
28
The Way I See It #10
“There is no security on this earth, there is only opportunity.” -General Douglas MacArthur
May
25
Morning Coffee 2
OK, one more… Jon McKiel – War On You
May
25
Morning Coffee
No swim until 10 am this morning so I’ve actually got some time to enjoy a coffee from my never ending Starbucks stash (thanks Alan) and catch up on listening to the CBC Radio 3 podcasts from the last couple of weeks. So while I listen thought I’d update the past week. Took Wednesday off …
May
24
Dopers Suck
In his attempt to get reinstated by the British Olympic Association, sprinter Dwain Chambers is coming clean about the drug program he was on when he got caught two years ago. Victor Conte, former Balco bigwig and who was supplying Chambers with the drugs (ranging from designer steriods to EPO to insulin), has outlined the program …
May
22
Race Report – North Shore Sprint
Let’s get it out of the way, I finished the race. Thank goodness for a warm indoor pool. I was excited going into the race because it was my first chance to race on a course I had done last year and see how far I’ve come in a year. Last year at this race …
May
13
A Little Motivation Goes A Long Way
1500 m to be exact. Hit the water at VAC today for my first workout this week. Got about 200 m into my warm up and decided to “suck it up” (see right), keep going, and make up for the short Sunday by doing a 1500 m time trial. 24:48 later I had my best 1500 …
May
11
Race Report – Cultus Lake
There are good days and there are bad days. There are great days and there are terrible days. Then there are days where you just want to crawl under a rock and hide. Days you had no idea you would have to face and wish would you wouldn’t have to. Guess which one today was?At …
May
06
About Me Update
Slowly updating the About Me page. Today: the start of How I Got Into Triathlon.
May
05
5 Weeks…
Lots to say since I haven’t written much lately so I’m going to be efficient… 5 weeks until World Championships (June 7). Nerves haven’t really kicked in yet but the realization that most of the work is done and it’s just a matter of seeing what I can do now has set in. Bought a new …