Chicago
The Chicago Triathlon was last weekend. I hadn't been to Chicago since I was very young so I was excited to go back (normally the Chicago airport is just a layover en route to another destination so it was odd to actually leave the airport in a car). Also exciting was my new TT bike (a brand new →
Stuck in Colorado
I was going to fly back to Florida this week but not anymore (not that I'm complaining!). The only problem is that I'm racing the Chicago Triathlon this weekend and I was going home to get race wheels!Tropical Storm FaySo, in the mean time the Olympic Training Center was nice enough to give me a room for an extra →
Olympic Triathlon!
Oh man, I'm excited. The women's Olympic triathlon starts in 6 hours! That's 10 AM local time in Beijing (it's already tomorrow there), or 10 PM Eastern Standard Time (tonight!), and 8 PM here in Colorado Springs. The men's race starts 24 hours after the women's race. Here is the info on US TV coverage:Olympic Triathlon →
OTC Sasquatch Sighting
There have reports recently of Sasquatch sightings here at the Olympic Training Center. We finally have some video evidence. Rumor has it that Sasquatch likes to come out around noon near the athlete center. You really have to be careful around here these days:
Junior Nats
In what was probably the most exciting thing to happen here in Colorado Springs since my arrival about a month ago, the Junior and Youth National Triathlon Championships took place yesterday over in Prospect Lake Park (a quick 15 minute walk from the training center). "Junior" in triathlon is defined as athletes aged 16-19 and "youth" is 13-15. →
The Olympics!
The Beijing Olympics are here!The OTC has its very own flame.
