"The Swim Is Like Cleaning Your House Before the Party....
...it has to be done, and the quicker the better." Aside from those words of wisdom, here's the rest of a three part article by Holly St. Lifer, for which I was interviewed.
July 09, 2009
July 02, 2009
Apparently I Speak of Something Called "Mojo"
A while back I was interviewed for Fitness Magazine. Apparently they were able to distill my wisdom down to a few pithy sentences.
June 29, 2009
Brooklyn Loves MJ
The following e-mail is making the rounds. "Please join us Tuesday, June 30 at 7:30 p.m., for a loop around Prospect Park to celebrate the music of Michael Jackson. Glittery costumes and/or wigs and makeup are encouraged (some of us will be going with the simple white t-shirt/black pants/black fedora combo), boomboxes playing the greatest hits will be carried, and when we reach the end of the loop we will organize a mass Thriller dance. Let's do right by MJ and make a spectacle!"
They also ask that people refrain from all the tasteless jokes about Mr. Jackson. I agree. I mean, think of all the people he touched - especially the children.
Fat Rabbit Sprint Tri Results
Tremendous job by Lauri Young this weekend at the Fat Rabbit Sprint Tri. She not only won the 50-54 AG, but would have won most of the age groups, and finished 7th overall.
June 28, 2009
Philadelphia Triathlon Results
Terry Moore finished 59th our of nearly 2,000 at his hometown race, the Philadelphia Triathlon.
June 27, 2009
Flat As a Pancake
Nice work today as Jeannine Bardo dominated the 45-59 AG, and Michael Borden finished strong at the Flat As a Pancake tri. In addition, due to injury (and by design) Lauren Dewey dropped out after the ride, but was well on her way to a strong race.
More results tomorrow.
June 26, 2009
Finman on Millionaire
Some of you may remember last year's controversy when Frank Cardia was disqualified from Ironman Florida. Today I crawled out of bed long enough to turn on Who Wants to Be a Millionaire, and say him on there.
Getting out of bed was a tactical error.
June 23, 2009
NSTB100 History
Now that we've completed four of these stupid things, I was trying to keep track of who has ridden when. Here's what I remember.
2009 is unfortunately fresh in our memories. Wet and gritty. Leanne, Gary, Michael and I finished the full 100
2008 had great weather and big crowds in the park. It was also our fastest NSTB100. Leanne, Johanna, Jeannine, Killer, Tom, Shane, Ari Maisonave, Larry Lewis, and I finished on the lead lap
2007 was wet and kinda sucked. Dave Duhan, Ari Maisonave, Brian O'Connell, Geoff, Leanne and I finished the whole thing.
2006 is where it gets kinda fuzzy. I remember that it was a Thursday night, the weather didn't suck, and they were shooting a movie with Jodie Foster and Terrence Howard. Shane was popular because he brought us food. Riders who finished all 30 fun-filled laps included Johanna, Lou and Yvonne (who i hope will return to us one day now that I have paid the kidnappers), Rod McClave, Pete Baiamonte, D. Mark Carter, Lloyd and of course Leanne and me. We have the infamous photo of Johanna sleeping at her desk the next day, but precious little other documentation. Any other recollections?
June 22, 2009
NSTB100 v4.0
Jonathan: I hate myself right now
Group: Take a number
That pretty much sums up No Sleep 'til Brooklyn version four. We assembled at Ride Brooklyn and then at the park at 7p. The lineup was Shane, Michael, Leanne, Geoff, Gary, Tom and yours truly. Tom pulled us for most of the first two hours or so, as we got thoroughly soaked. Pete from RB joined us for several laps and Scott arrived fresh from the Mt. Washington road race and hammered the second half of the ride.
Between a deep puddle across the entire road at the bottom of the park, and the occasional heavy rain, we were wet and gritty for the whole ride, but still managed to average 18.6 mph. Someone got the idea that we should hammer the last lap, so we banged out a 9:15 as we finished the 102 miles. Leanne and I are still the only brave idiots to have finished all four NSTB100's, and we were joined by Gary and Mike for the entire 30 laps. Shane managed to flat three times but only lost three laps to the group and rode strong.
Thanks to Sarah Wenk and Elizabeth Grace for coming out to say hi and try to feed us, as well as Killary and Jen for delivering our supplies. No one is ever more popular than the person who delivers Mountain Dew at mile 70.
Just 364 days until NSTB100 v5.0.
June 18, 2009
But Wait, There's More
Jeannine Bardo has earned Honorably Mention in USA Triathlon's All American Rankings for 2008. Nice work Jeannine.
