Portland Recap
Here's a little recap of what happened at the US Elite National Championship last week in Portland, OR. After the Pacific Grove Triathlon (the weekend prior to the race in Portland) I stayed out on the west coast and hung out with Steve and Ethan in Davis, California. After arriving in Portland I drove up to Vancouver, Washington (right across the →
Pro Nats
The US Elite National Championship was this past weekend in Portland, Oregon. The age-group National Championship was held on the same day (random fact - the age group and elite national championships have not been held in conjunction with each other since 1992 in Cleveland, Ohio!). Congrats to Ethan Brown on his 2nd straight U23 national title and an awesome →
A Few Pics
Here are a few pics from Pac Grove:The swim course - lots of kelp to get caught in!
Next Up – Pac Grove
The Pacific Grove Triathlon is this weekend. This race is definitely one of the more unique races I have done. The swim is known as the "kelp crawl" because there actually isn't much swimming involved. It's more of a struggle to not get tangled in the kelp as you slog your way through 1500 meters in the →
Dopers Suck
Dmitriy Gaag of Kazakhstan - dopers suck!.This was recently released by the ITU:ITU has imposed a two-year ban on Dmitriy Gaag (KAZ) after committing an anti-doping rule violation in an out-of-competition doping control test in Des Moines, United States on June 20, 2008...Gaag's anti-doping rule violation was a result of an adverse analytical finding of recombinant erythropoietin (EPO), a substance →