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Livejournal no more
After 15-years I've decided to give-up on livejournal . I'm not giving up because all the "cool kids" are no longer here; I'm not giving up because I'm giving up; I'm giving up because livejournal is a pain to use, and because even with a paid journal, there is no option that allows readers to read without being bombarded with ads which often mess up the ( Read more... ) -
It's not a good start to the year
Endurance sports and especially triathlon didn't get off to a good start this year. Two men died in US triathlons just this past weekend. An off-duty Philly firefighter, Dennis McDaniels, died in the Escape the Cape triathlon at Cape May, New Jersey triathlon; Another triathlete, Scott Beatse, 59, of Elkhorn, Wisconsin died at The Janesville ( Read more... ) -
Triton World Series - Long Course over 3-days!
I doubt I'll ever be able to compete over long course distances again, but heck, the Triton World Series looks both epic racing and race tourism all wrapped up in one.
If you've even blown up on the final leg of a half distance (70.3) or full distance(140.6) race because you went too hard on the bike(me, every long distance race I did!), or are not ( Read more... ) -
Ironman and Facebook Live
A good news bad new story. Ironman and Facebook have announced that Ironman will use Facebook Live for the next two years, with a third year option for 2021.
GOOD NEWS
Facebook surely has a platform to broadcast to the world, avoiding the buffering and related connectivity issues that we've seen in the past with the 10+ hour Ironman broadcasts. ( Read more... ) -
New Paris Ohio next for Ironman?
I assume this would be a 70.3 of its for this year? #ironman New Paris Ohio for September, or Spring 2020!https://t.co/p2QQwjTJ70
- Mark Cathcart (@cathcam) March 10, 2019
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We are triathletes: Streaming
I promise my journal hasn't become a promotion vehicles just for the movie. I'll add a state of the union post shortly. In the meantime, just a couple of weeks out from the start of the ITU Season which will see the majority of the athletes that are going to race in the 2020 Olympics get selected, here are the links for Amazon Prime members to ( Read more... ) -
Congratulations! We ARE TRIATHLETES!
Not long after Challenge Roth in 2013, which was truly a great race, I heard there was a plan to make a full length movie of the 2014 race.
They launched a fundraising effort via Indiegogo to raise money for the film. It didn't go so well, they raised just $7,115 USD of the flex goal of $500,000, raised from 89 backers, of which I was one.
We got ( Read more... ) -
Boulder Sunset Duathlon 2018 Race Report
RACE DATE: August 25th, 2018
RACE Website: https://www.bbsctri.com/bouldersunset
I have a massive backlog of race reports, it's looking less and less likely I'll be racing anytime in the future, so I figured I'd start with the latest and work backwards.
I was originally, and optimistically signed up for the Olympic Distance Triathlon. This relied ( Read more... ) -
Five go to to Kona
(with apologies to Enid Blyton)
This year Ironman Kona has an amazing list of professional athletes that have suffered major injuries, in, at, or racing or training for Ironman events.
Matt Russell was involved in an accident with a van on the course during the race in Kona last year, suffering near life and career ending injuries. Matt is on the ( Read more... ) -
Death in Triathlon
is always news, because it is news, and because it happens so infrequently. Last weekend saw at least two deaths in races, the most prominent was the death of 75-year-old Jim Hix in the USA Nationals. Jim had to be rescued from the swim and subsequently pronounced dead. At the time of writing, no cause of death has been established.
The other death ( Read more... )