I raced the Boulder Peak Tri last weekend hoping to grab a spot for the HyVee 5150 Championship next month. That wasn’t a lofty goal, though, since I was ranked sixth on the HyVee points ranking leading into the race and just had to finish in order to qualify. But really I wanted to improve […]
“Dude, I think you need a bigger wetsuit!” Who knew that doing climbing repeats of El Peñón before the race would ruin my taper?! Kidding…I just had a horrific race. Let’s not talk about it. Time to look forward to 2012. El Peñón did provide for a nice post-race cool down workout, though:
All I can say after racing in this past weekend’s PATCO Championship is thank goodness for ‘test’ events!! The race effectively served as a test for next year’s Pan Am Games (Guadalajara 2011). As major games go Pan Am Games is second only to the Olympics in terms of importance and prestige. As such, I
I hope everyone is having a happy holiday season! The offices of KevinCollington.com will be closed for the holiday season…and by ‘offices’ I mean I’m going to stop going to Panera to get internet on my computer to update my blog. So thanks again for reading and I’ll see you in 2009! I’ll leave you
Or, How I Ended Up in Kenya 45 Hours Later As I mentioned previously the San Francisco Triathlon at Treasure Island was a pretty good race for me. Yes, my run wasn’t nearly as it dominant as it has been throughout the year, and I know my ninth place finish might not look like anything
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To get right down to business, and to fill in those of you who watched the live coverage from this past weekend’s Huatulco World Cup on what exactly happened to me, I got dropped from the front pack 15K into the bike. To be more specific, I got dropped on the 20% grade climb we
Elite Development Camp jersey winners! Some 22 athletes attended the five week USA Triathlon Elite Development Program Camp in Colorado Springs in July and August, but only three were lucky enough to win one of the EDP Camp leader’s jerseys. Matt Long from Vanderbilt bought some sweet t-shirts from a gift shop or something, and
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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
Manny, me, and Steve before the swim start. The top 20 athletes got called to the stage at the party on Sunday night. This is the women’s top 20. The crowd. Matt Chrabot and me on stage. The men’s podium.
