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April 2008 - Posts

Sunday, April 27, 2008 4:16 PM

Surf's Up

Last weekend I traveled to Mazatlan for the ITU Pan American Championships.  The swim conditions were fantastic -- 10 to 15 foot waves, depending on who you ask.  Check out this picture from the article on the ITU site. It was a challenge to
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Thursday, April 17, 2008 10:02 PM

Alcohol and Training

I'm a beer enthusiast.  Back in college our favorite bar served 100 varieties and you could get your name permanently on the wall if you tried 'em all.  I enjoy a casual conversation over a few beers...  I also enjoy an enthusiastic night
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Thursday, April 17, 2008 9:43 PM

Measuring Up

I recently read this article about Javier Gomez on the ITU website.  Apparently he swam 1500m in a pool in 15:45 this year!  He also clocked a 29:47 open 10k and a 29:37 10k off the bike in New Plymouth! By comparison, I went 17:48 in the 1650
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Sunday, April 13, 2008 10:54 PM

Masters Swim Meet

I clocked two post-college swimming PR's today at the USMS PNA Championship meet.  First I went 5:12.74 in the 500.  I think that I could have been a bit quicker but it was comfortably under the USAT Developmental National Team standard of 5:18. 
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Sunday, April 06, 2008 11:54 AM

Early-Season Racing

As I mentioned in my last post, I did a write-up about recent racing action last week that got lost in the Series of Tubes that is the internet. Up here in Seattle, the weather has been hit-or-miss to the point that our March 29th bike race in Bellingham
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Sunday, April 06, 2008 10:23 AM

My Blog Ate My Homework

It's been tough for me to get blog entries written these last two weeks thanks but I did try on Monday night: after staying up late (11:30!) to write up a decent post about the weekend's races I clicked the [publish] button only to see a message that
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