This weekend was the 30th Avia Wildflower Triathlon festival at Lake San Antonio, a mecca for triathlon enthusiasts. Over the course of a weekend they put on long (half Ironman) & olympic distance triathlons along with a sprint distance mountain bike triathlon. Some 7,500 athletes come to compete, watched by 30,000 spectators, all camping under the [...]
Sunday was the 5th Annual Rhodes Race 5k around Lake Merritt in Oakland organized by our friends Claire & Matt Rhodes. It’s a fun run to raise money for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (Matt’s a cancer survivor). All are welcome, adults, children, babies & dogs with awards going to fastest in age group, fastest kids [...]
After taking last year off from any serious training (only completed a century ride around Tahoe and a marathon) I’ve started to get back at it again and kicked off the year with a century ride. My wife, Kerry, had been training with Team in Training (TNT) for the Solvang Century and I decided I’d [...]
On Sunday Kerry and I completed the 20th Annual America’s Most Beautiful Bike Ride, a 100 mile ride around lake Tahoe. Beautiful yes and also a little brutal too…as you can see from our muddy faces. We awoke at 4:30am to the sound of heavy rain outside, not fun. With temperatures in the low 40′s it [...]
Wow, holy cow, oh my god, *add your own exclamation here*, was that hard! But I’m pleased to report I am officially an Ironman, 140.3 miles in 14 hours, 44 minutes and 38 seconds…the hardest 14 hours, 44 minutes and 38 seconds of my life. What started 10 months ago reached fruition this Sunday with [...]
