Monthly Archive: March 2009

Mar
27

Earth Hour

Earth Hour is tomorrow at 8:30 pm. Get involved by turning off your lights for one hour tomorrow night from 8:30-9:30. For more information check out the Earth Hour website.

Mar
23

Wannabe Roadie

Looks like the crew’s training methods have spread to South Africa… http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2009/mar/22/tim-don-triathlon-london-olympics-2012 Like Tim Don, I spent my weekend pretending to be a roadie (aka road cyclist) racing in two EV Spring Series races. A rolling 55 km race on Saturday followed by “a climber’s delight” 45 km race which included a solid climb each …

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Mar
16

Spring Break

So it’s finally Spring Break and that means two weeks off. From work at least. It terms of training it means two weeks of a little extra volume. The first week will see some extra time in the pool and then lots of time on the bike in the second week. Unfortunately, the weather does …

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Mar
10

Lisa Hannigan

An update on how training is going is coming. Until then another of my passions… (I was talking about great music not beautiful women. Though together they are pretty amazing)

Mar
06

Wrenches and Plan B’s

Planning is great. When trying to fit work, training, and a life into the 24 hours you have each day, it’s a necessity. But you also have to be flexible. No plan should ever be written in stone. Because there are wrenches out there ready throw your best laid plans to waste. And if you’re …

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Mar
02

How It’s Done 2

Students who are around late think it’s funny. The janitors think I’m nuts. But you gotta do what you gotta do. PS There is nothing like having the Tragically Hip blaring down the empty hallways of a high school that is dead and stark (though the walls are not lined with the pictures of our parents …

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Mar
01

How It’s Done

Next week is a test. After two 14+ hour weeks, I’ve got 16 this coming week. To make things more interesting, at school, report cards are due at the end of the week. So it’s going to be a test (of a lot of things).