Tri, tri again.
What an eventful weekend. True to its etymological roots, my weekend was full of events. The end of the week began in Seward, where the weather was behaving in a …
Dawn Breaks over Brickhead.
Training update: One month in. My class has been doing extremely well, even if its main features are to expose exactly what I need to work on most. “Everything” comes …
Swim like a Brick
Tired of being bored? Thinking of trying something new? Want to suffer like you’ve never suffered before? Try a Brick Workout. Coach Angie appears to subscribe to the Nietzsche School …
Brick by Brick
Bricks are heavy. Most people know this, regardless of if they listened to L7. For last Wednesday’s Tri Class, I was informed we’d be doing a “brick workout.” Not being …
Confessions of a Dangerously-Confused Mind
With Triathlon training well underway, I have been dabbling in the various disciplines involved. The most serious, thanks to the Masters class, is swimming, which I have been doing twice …
Fit to be Tried.
Well, I’m halfway through the first official week of triathlon training. Why official? I don’t know. Maybe it’s because I’m thinking of someone officiating it. Or perhaps because I’m writing …
Try A Thaw Lawn Thyme.
So, Triathlon – that’s a technical term meaning three athlons. The traditional athlons, predictably, are things I’m not very good at. The first athlon is swimming. Now, I did do some swimming in high school, but it was decidedly something I did not excel at.
Recollections of a misspent youth, or, what I did this weekend.
“Hey Mike, what did you do this weekend?” “Not much, went to Anchorage, competed in the second-largest cross-country ski race in the United States, drove home.” “And I see you’re …