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Year: 2005

  • NIKE Free and Barefoot Running

    NIKE Free and Barefoot Running

    On Friday I went to Metrosports to pick up another pair of my favorite trail running shoes, the Asics Gel Eagle Trail IIIs. But another pair of running shoes caught my eye this time – the NIKE Free. Created by NIKE to allow your feet to be protected but still have the biomechanical benefits of…

  • King’s Mountain, Geeking Out on Training with GPS

    King’s Mountain, Geeking Out on Training with GPS

    Yesterday I went up King’s Mountain Road for the first time in my cycling history in the Bay Area. What a grueling climb it was! I had been up Old La Honda before which is supposedly 3.75 miles from bottom to the top. In comparison, my GPS said King’s Mountain was 5.2 miles although others…

  • Cycling in NYC

    Cycling in NYC

    This last weekend I went out with another M2 athlete, Chirag, and we went cycling up the west side, up Riverside Dr., across the George Washington Bridge, and up route 9W in New Jersey towards upstate NY. It was an incredibly beautiful day in Manhattan especially having rained the day before. When we got up…

  • Bike Fit? Pounds? Materials? What?

    Bike Fit? Pounds? Materials? What?

    “A good friend of mine was a writer for a Spanish Cycling magazine in which he would do frame reviews. While he would offer useful insights into issues like geometry, weight, etc., the question would always come back to him, “but will I be faster on this bike.” I always liked his answer, which was…

  • 3rd Week Post Ironman

    3rd Week Post Ironman

    Still a bit off. Amazing that an Ironman could take so much out of you. Even marathons didn’t take that much out of me. Swimming this morning still proved I am off the norm. Felt it in the lungs/chest on normal sprint sets whereas pre-Ironman I maintained speed and power. Running yesterday showed my HR…

  • Ironman NZ Recovery

    Ironman NZ Recovery

    Race Day + 1: Sore and stiff in quads. Calves and hamstrings OK. Lungs experiencing that cool sensation of over-exertion and having been stressed for a long time. Legs very tight and hard to stretch out. Race Day + 2: A bit more sore and stiff in the quads. Usually I am less sore on…

  • Ironman NZ 2005 Post Race

    Ironman NZ 2005 Post Race

    Now it’s Wednesday and it’s 4 days past the big day. I am late in posting this due to activities and travelling around NZ, but here it is. Sunday after the race, I manage to get my sore, stiff bod up early so that we can get down to the Ironman NZ store and pick…

  • Ironman NZ 2005 Race Day Report!!!

    Ironman NZ 2005 Race Day Report!!!

    Early morning I wake up at 350a and start eating. I have 3 hard boiled eggs and half a bagel. I go to the bathroom and “purge” so that i don’t have to “purge” on the race. I recheck some of the gear and pack up a backpack to carry it all in. I stretch…

  • Ironman NZ 2005 EVE Friday 3-4-05

    Ironman NZ 2005 EVE Friday 3-4-05

    Ironman NZ Friday 3-4-05 I wake up early and open the curtains. Pea soup fog resides over Lake Taupo with an amazingly strong breeze. I remember swimming Alcatraz during relatively heavy fog conditions. The fog, if floating lazily above the water, is a welcome sight for Alcatraz swimmers as it means that there is no…

  • Race Coverage

    Race Coverage

    Looks like it will definitely be covered at IronmanLive.com. This page has an athlete lookup and will have news and updates. You can also check the Ironman NZ website for updates but I don’t see any indication yet of what they will do. My race number is 861. More pictures at my Yahoo! Photos account.

  • Ironman NZ 2005 Thursday 3-3-05

    Ironman NZ 2005 Thursday 3-3-05

    When my buddies from San Jose arrived, I’ve been mostly hanging out with them. It’s been great having them around as they’ve done the race before and have been giving me lots of tips. In the morning, we head over to registration and already by 845am there is a long line to get our race…

  • Ironman NZ Photos Posted Here…

    Ironman NZ Photos Posted Here…

    At my Yahoo! Photos account…. Have a look and see Taupo, race preparations, and then… the race!

  • Ironman NZ Wednesday 3-2-05

    Ironman NZ Wednesday 3-2-05

    Again another glorious morning in Taupo. Starting to sound like a broken record I think! I awoke early today, almost time zone changed completely at around 4am. I do not want to sleep in too much as race morning I will be up early to prepare for the race. I bring out my little MIDI…

  • Ironman NZ Tuesday 3-1-05

    Ironman NZ Tuesday 3-1-05

    Yet another beautiful day in Taupo. Partly cloudy, sunny skies, slight breeze blowing. The air is once again super-fresh and it is just lovely country out here. The pace of life is so much slower. The stores are open only from 9 to 5 – something I’m not very used to at all. Early this…

  • Ironman NZ Monday 2-28-05 Arrival in Auckland and Taupo

    Ironman NZ Monday 2-28-05 Arrival in Auckland and Taupo

    It’s always interesting to board a flight to a famous triathlon or Ironman competition. As you check in, you always see others with huge bike boxes in line with you. Where else would they be going but to the Ironman you’re going to? The plane ride was uneventful. I slept the whole way. An uncomfortable…

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