Archive for August, 2007

Race Report: 2007 Silver Lake Triathlon

Sunday, August 26th, 2007

This small tri is in its 2nd year, and limits registration at 300 athletes, which makes sense because of the small venue, but is too bad because it really is a nice little race in Portage that more people should enjoy. Silver Lake is a calm, nice setting for a swim, and I crawled out […]

Race Report: 2007 Oshkosh Triathlon

Sunday, August 12th, 2007

That’s what my rear-wheel blowout sounded like 6 miles into the bike. I smoked the swim (9-10 minutes, but still waiting on official results), and I was crushing the bike (22 MPH average), but I don’t carry a tube or pump with me in sprints because I’ve always figured losing 5-10 minutes to make the […]

Tour of Wisconsin?

Wednesday, August 8th, 2007

So I just found out about the inaugural Tour of Missouri (9/11-9/16). Team Discovery will headline a lineup of some of America’s top pro teams. Some teams that will be competing include Slipstream (Chipotle), Toyota, HealthNet, BMC, Jelly Belly, etc. It will be interesting to see if Americans Levi (Discovery), Hancapie (Discovery), or Zabriskie (Slipstream) […]

Here comes Oshkosh.

Wednesday, August 8th, 2007

I’m not as geeked-up as I could/should be, but it’s only Wednesday, and I’ve got a few days to get there. I’m probably distracted with thoughts of my upcoming trip to Las Vegas, or even moreso, my upcoming trip to Disney World, where I plan to celebrate my 30th in the best fashion I’ve ever […]