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Tuesday, May 20, 2008 9:39 PM

sweet Mazatlan video

Here is a topic that is much more upbeat than injuries, at least depending on your perspective. My friend Kim took this fun video of the swim start at Mazatlan. I like that you can hear a bunch of spectators laughing in the background each time a wave
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Monday, December 10, 2007 1:32 PM

warning: this can be habit-forming

Two weeks into my fabulous new 2008 training program I've pretty much gotten used to the "up at 6, in the water by 6:30" schedule. Today I woke up at 5:56am without my alarm going off. It can be a bit tough to get to bed at a responsible
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Wednesday, December 05, 2007 11:58 AM

a minor(?) setback

I went to see Dr Adams today about my foot and while the x-ray was negative he recommended that I don't run/jump/pound on it for three weeks and we'll see if the pain goes away. So it's better news than "6-8 weeks off plus a bunch of
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Saturday, December 01, 2007 11:01 AM

Snow Day

Trying to learn from last year's mistakes , I'm going to take a Trainer Day today. There is snow on the ground and the wind chill is 20 degrees before you even account for bike speed. My first work-week with the new training schedule has gone
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Monday, May 14, 2007 10:42 AM

swimming in Seattle

Here is a first crack at "good places to swim in the Seattle area." If this develops into something useful then I'll cross-post a more formal version to the Training section of my static site. Open-water: * Idylwood Park: near NE 40th St
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Monday, April 30, 2007 10:43 PM

open water!

Two open-water swims in the last two days: yesterday Ben Collins and I hit up the balmy 56-degree waters of Lake Washington. Today I swam in the balmy 56-degree waters of Lake Sammamish. it's a beautiful time of year to be in Seattle. 5 days 'til
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Monday, April 09, 2007 10:26 AM

not hiding

it looks like I haven't posted in a little while, but fear not: the training continues. I'm done 6 runs now, including back-to-back days on Fri & Sat. My foot is responding "decently" - a bit of soreness that has me mildly worried...
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Thursday, March 29, 2007 11:05 PM

almost there

with two days left in the month of March I am proud to say that my log shows 99,600 yards of swimming. It looks like I should make my goal of 100,000 yards this month with a day to spare. Now what should the April goal be? How about "run and bike
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