July 2006 Entries

Slip Slidin Away

Remember how hot it was last week? Yeah, it's been hot and summery for about a month. Today I headed over to Silverdale to do the Whaling Days Crit. After a few days off after Lake Stevens, I had a good race at Seward (the weekly training crit), and was looking forward to todays race. The forecast called for "few showers". So we drive the 90 minutes over to Silverdale (for a 30 minute crit), but that's where Deb's from so it seemed like a...

Slip Slidin Away

Remember how hot it was last week? Yeah, it's been hot and summery for about a month. Today I headed over to Silverdale to do the Whaling Days Crit. After a few days off after Lake Stevens, I had a good race at Seward (the weekly training crit), and was looking forward to todays race. The forecast called for "few showers". So we drive the 90 minutes over to Silverdale (for a 30 minute crit), but that's where Deb's from so it seemed like a...

Lake Stevens Half-Ironman Race Report

Two years and one week ago, on this blog I wrote an entry about my first experience with triathlon at the 2004 Seafair Tri in Seattle. I remember all the anxiety and anticipation of that race, how I felt when I finished, and now huge the whole thing seemed. Little did I know that experience would change my life at a fairly fundemental level. After that race I kept training, kept racing, and started accumulating bikes like crazy. I started racing bikes again, and training, racing, and lycra have again taken a...

Lake Stevens Half-Ironman Race Report

Two years and one week ago, on this blog I wrote an entry about my first experience with triathlon at the 2004 Seafair Tri in Seattle. I remember all the anxiety and anticipation of that race, how I felt when I finished, and now huge the whole thing seemed. Little did I know that experience would change my life at a fairly fundemental level. After that race I kept training, kept racing, and started accumulating bikes like crazy. I started racing bikes again, and training, racing, and lycra have again taken a...