Chris Tremonte

I've been living the high life for three days now and I have to say that it's gorgeous out here.  Lots of mountain views, bike lanes and sunshine.  They do seem to get a few more afternoon T-storms than I'm accustomed to but you can plan around 'em. So far I've done a few runs on the South Boulder Creek trail -- dirt surface, not too ...

My good buddy Mark Van Akkeren was first out of the water at Kona this year (with a faster split than any of the pros, who started a few minutes up) and led the amateur race into the tenth mile of the run, when he started having back problems.  Read more at http://trimarkyv.blogspot.com/. I'll look forward to seeing Mark on the pro ...

nothing like a race to pump up your enthusiasm for training. I spent Sunday in Santa Cruz watching Markie V put together a crushing swim+bike and a solid run to finish 2nd overall at the Big Kahuna triathlon.  He went like 4:08 for a half-IM!  We grabbed tacos at an Austinesque taco stand after the race.  I also ran into one of ...

A little recap of my Austin trip... Wed: travel day Thu: Mark, Brian and I tried to go to Barton Springs but it was closed for cleaning.  Instead we swam at Deep Eddy.  Deep Eddy is freshly-filled with spring water each day and during the slower, non-summer months there isn't any chlorine.  The lap lanes are 33 yards ...