...side effect. As I went to catch the medicine ball Rob threw to me I misjudged it and jammed my left ring finger quite badly. Oh BOY it hurt! Luckily, as Brad said, a finger isn’t a vital part in a triathlon so I should be ok. It swelled up good though, and turned a very pretty shade of purple by later that afternoon! One of the less altruistic reasons I had wanted Brad there the next day was so...

...very happy with the purchase so... Swimming, biking and running are 3 of my very favorite sports, so it was inevitable that someday I would try the combination of all three. Today I ran my first triathlon of events. It wasn’t a ‘formal’ triathlon, but I first swam (about 15 minutes), I rode my bike about 12 miles, and then I ran about 3 miles. I plan to maybe sometime next year enter a half-ironman...

almost literally. First up was the Texas State Triathlon, an Olympic distance event. I did it last year after my failure at Longhorn, and was surprised how hard it was as an Olympic distance event. This year I planned it as my season finale, but sadly work got it the way. On Wednesday I flew to the UK for a business meeting Thursday, I stayed with Ella and Rich, and was up early Friday and flew...

Ok, I've got a triathlon icon now! The writing on it might be too small, but it says, "how about a threesome?" Teehee! Anyways, the website now contains the results of Sunday's triathlon, and here are my times for the 400m swim, 20k bike, and 5k run. My age group is Females 25-29 and there were 38 finishers in that category. I was 7th overall in that group, with a time of 1:28:42 . I was 72 out...

I just rocked my second triathlon today! Results are probably not up yet, but I'll check anyways. I totally beat my cousin, who I didn't even know was racing, until I saw her at the safety briefing yesterday. Go me! I didn't break any super records, but it was a job well done, IMO. Next up, Marine Corps Marathon in two weeks! P.S. I don't have a triathlon icon yet, which is why I am using the marathon...

Sixto's aerobars are now useful! I managed to get na extra pads for the elbow rests. I did a practice Cat C time trial distance (30k) around our neighborhood in Pampanga. Circled around the 3k loop 10x...! Jaymie join us! If you can't run/bike, bring the family and have fun watching us make complete asses out of ourselves. :D Banggi, go sign up ka na rin kahit sprint distance lang! :) BWK weekend tayo

Mas madaling magkwento ng bullet points - massive carboload the night before sure works! i didn't take any energy drink, gel, chocolate.. nothing. thanks to our triple java rice plus three quarter slabs...singlet, and my adidas compression shorts. running advertisement, anyone? i wore my mizuno wave creation 9 shoes though. your days are numbered, wave creation 9. i will get a pair of asics again soon

...there. Fast forward several minutes later and I am at my destination, only it's not school. Or maybe it is, but it's not what I was expecting. Apparently I've come to a transition area for a sprint triathlon. How'd I know it was a sprint triathlon? Simple: I saw a banner hanging in a sort of hallway that said (something) Sprint Triathlon, and on it were stick figure pictures of the swim, bike, and...

my role in the 2008 white rock triathlon held just over the weekend was ambiguous. i straddled the not-so-fine line between spectator and supporter. unlike the subic triathlon in early august where i actually was able to be of real assistance to my friends, the rules of the WRT are different: the athletes cannot benefit from any form of external assistance, such as taking advantage of a passing wind...

...I have been going to Pilates every Monday and started going to the local Elks lodge to run around two miles on the treadmill and swim for at least twenty minutes.  Neither of which is enough for the triathlon.  The olympic distance tri is something that I need to take seriously and train for.  I have a meeting with Team In Training tomorrow after work, so I will see what that is all about.  Hopefully...