Monthly Archives: July 2010

The Tour, 2010

The Tour de France, and it’s cousins in Spain (Vuelta) and Italy (Giro) are maybe the most complex single sporting events on the planet. Continue reading

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Week 1/12

Warning – total tri-tech entry, best to avoid unless you have morbid curiosity about the minutiae of a training week. I’m going to provide training summaries of each week leading up to Kona this year. Continue reading

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Neil Young, 40 Years On

That Young, a quiet, mellow Canadian, could serve as a key troubadour for that epoch and its inhabitants’ subsequent growth should not be so surprising. It is often outsiders who see America best Continue reading

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You Can Always Come Back

In the last few weeks, I’ve found myself in at least half a dozen conversations with my age-peer athlete-friends, which have illustrated different sides of staying active as we age. Continue reading

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Triple Threat

Many of my workouts leading to an IM are longer and harder than a sprint triathlon. It’s a guilty little pleasure, and I’ll never give it up. Besides, the Army provides such heavy, solid medals. Continue reading

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Dreams of Kona

“Pay attention to nutrition and pace, and time and place will take care of themselves.” Continue reading

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Tour de France 2010

Eight days you might want to watch, if you find staring at men in tight shorts hunched over $10,000 highly unstalbe human powered two wheel vehicles fascinating. Otherwise, go for a hike. Continue reading

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And Miles To Go Before He Sleeps

Lance has one last lesson he can put before us, for those who wish to learn. Having shown how to fight for life, then how to dream beyond belief, and how to marry unique physical gifts with unquenchable thirst for perfection, he now has a chance to show us grace, wisdom and leadership, when all hope for personal glory is gone. Continue reading

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