It seems I couldn’t get enough of my first triathlon experience so yesterday I signed up for another one…this weekend. I’ll be running obliterating [my new word for finishing triathlons - thanks twitter-verse] the Indy Tri this Sunday downtown. It’s an official USAT event and it’s listed as a Sprint triathlon. The distances? All over the place again – 500m [...]

I went to a Jack Johnson concert this past weekend. Needless to say, Jack was fantastic. He played for a few hours, had G Love open for him and Jack ended with “Better Together.” Great concert. People were singing along, everyone was happy and everything. Then the concert ended. While everyone else sat in traffic for 30-45 minutes, we got out in less than 10 minutes because of these 5 lessons:

I’ve been meaning to get a real bike. For the last few weeks I’ve been trying to get my hands on a legit bike that rides well and I ended up getting one in good shape for $150. Here’s how I did it:

Note: was going to attach this post at the end of my last one, but as I wrote it, it kept getting longer and longer, so I decided to just make it it’s own post. People are awesome. Seriously. People are way more awesome than we give them credit for. Yes, there are a handful of jerks whose sole existence is [...]

This guy. After 400m swimming, 12.4 miles biking and 3.2 miles running, I’m alive and I’m proud to say I finished! I’m pumped that I did it, but not so pumped about my time. My goal for the race, was 1 hour 15 minutes. I actually thought that that was a realistic time for what I wanted to do. In [...]

Tomorrow’s a big day. I’ll be running my first official triathlon in Valparaiso, Indiana. It’s a fairly short-distance race. I only have to do a: 1/4 mile swim 12.4 mile bike 3.1 mile run That’s pretty doable, right? Sprint vs. Novice Technicalities Over the past few weeks, I’ve been referring this triathlon as a “sprint” triathlon”, but after doing some [...]

Not My Bike Or My View I’m On A Bike! Good news! Exactly one week before my first real triathlon, I got a bike. Last minute, like always, I snagged this one from my brother when I was back up in Chicago for the weekend. He got it like 10 years ago back in high school and hasn’t touched it [...]

I have to admit, I haven’t watched much of the world cup this year. It’s not because I don’t like soccer. In fact, since the last world cup, my appreciation for soccer has skyrocketed. I’ve really come to enjoy the patience, teamwork and technical skill that soccer requires. While I hate the flopping that goes on [although headbutts are entertaining] [...]

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