weekend updates

Still busy here at OSB central headquarters. I would write more but Bri has been updating you well on what is going on with us lately. I am off on Thursday to meet up with my father in Atlantic City for a weekend of good times and losing money in the casinos. We will grab a nice meal or two along the way. I plan to run the boardwalk a couple of times and ride my mountain bike through the shore towns to Ocean City for some fresh air on Saturday.

If anyone in the South Jersey area is up for a 10 mile run @ 8min pace on the boardwalk starting at the Taj Mahal on Sunday morning around 730AM, drop me a line.

The anti-aging picture process

Bri and I compete in a lot of running races and triathlons, as most of you reading this already know. One of the many things we get a kick out of is checking out the race pictures after. They can be good or bad and sometimes you get a doozy.

At the Gasparilla 15k a couple weeks ago, I went into the race after riding and swimming a ton in the previous few days. So not at the top of my game. Here is pic #1:



I dunno about you, but if you ever see me looking much worse than this, call a doctor. Gravity and time are having their laughs.

A bit later on I am looking slightly more lively:



As we approach the finish line, the idea that I'll soon be done fills me with great joy, which also apparently makes me younger- and happier- looking:



And at the finish:



Super geeked-out for sure, but I don't appear quite as dead on my feet!

The point of this blog post is simply to fill your vacuum of boredom at work today.

pictures from training camp 2010

A few pictures from our winter training camp 2010 in Treasure Island/St Pete:

one sided vs bilateral breathing in freestyle

I have posted a new short article on one-sided or bilateral breathing.

florida travels

Been visiting family and friends the last couple of days. Spent some time with my sister Anna and my niece Cate on Monday and Tuesday, visited my sister / brother in laws on Tuesday, and about to go back to St Pete to pick up Bri at the airport tonight. The weather here has been less than pleasant, sunny but windy and cold. Still running and swimming. Planning on the Belleair Classic 5k on Saturday morning and swimming and riding with Bri tomorrow (Friday). On Sunday we will head home, hope to catch up a bit with my mother and sister again. March and April will both be busy months. Time flies. I would post pictures but am not smart enough to hook the camera up to my mac laptop. See you somewhere!

Florida camp update

We have been having a nice time here on Treasure Island. The weather has been on the cool side but all in all very pleasant. This morning we all ran in the Gasparilla 15k (except for Bri who wisely chose the 5k). Afterwards we had a big breakfast at Dave's restaurant and then swam 3,000 to 4,000 at Northshore pool. Tomorrow we have a 50 mile ride and a short run to wrap things up. My camp stats so far:

Tuesday - 40 mile ride, 45 minute (5m) run, swim 3,000
Wednesday - 30 mile ride, swim 3,200, 8 mile cross town run
Thursday - swim 5,000, 40 mile ride, 20 minute run (2.5), swim 2,000
Friday - ride 40, open water swim 40 minutes (2500)
Saturday - run 11 (Gasparilla 15k), swim 4,200

total: run 26.5m, ride 150m, swim 19,500 yards.

I'll post a few pics when I have a bit more free time.

Chilly Willy Duathlon

I wrote up a Chilly Willy du race report for the TAF running team blog.