Archive for October, 2007

Oct 31 2007

Terms of ensweatment

Published by neal under Training

Our primary sponsor (Cadence Cycling) did a good job of defining terms with regard to athletic power. Here is an excerpt from their original post.

Speed = a measure of the velocity of the bike, measured in mph or kph. Speed is not a good measure of exertion or intensity while cycling because it is greatly [...]

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Oct 31 2007

Seeking your advice on our pilot boat

Published by adam under Logistics

Ugghh. First off, my utmost apologies for such a long time between posts. Life happened, and I have been absolutely swamped since coming back from Denver and Seattle. I just shifted into survival mode for a while. Neal seemed to suffer the same fate at the same time. Alas, it [...]

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Oct 30 2007

Currently picking our pilot boat

Published by adam under Logistics

There is a lot of sponsorship stuff going on behind the scenes that we’re excited to tell you about as soon as details get finalized.
Everything about this trek is moving in fast forward. We are in the final stages of securing our pilot boats. These are the boats that will drive next to us during [...]

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Oct 22 2007

Training partner

Published by neal under Training

Hello everyone. This is my third blog post in two days, so we are picking up steam as a blog.
Exciting news, Adam is back from his recruiting trips in Seattle and Denver. The dude can’t stop raving about Denver. I’m just glad he’s back. While he was gone I was without a regular training partner. [...]

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Oct 21 2007

Lake Swimming in October

Published by neal under Training

I know what ya’ll are thinking. Brrr. You’re absolutely right. But it’s also really beautiful this time of year. The autumn colors are out (gorgeous red and brown). The lake temp is about 70, which is cold, but not terrible yet.
Like I said in my previous post about open water swimming, most of our training [...]

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Oct 21 2007

Swimming lakes near Philadelphia

Published by neal under Training

Some of you have asked me if there are nice places to swim outside near University of Pennsylvania. It turns out Philadelphia has two really nice swimming lakes. These are Mauch Chunk Lake and Marsch Lake. Here are maps to help people find them.

Quick Facts:
90 minutes N of Philadelphia (so pretty close to NYC)
Non-motorized lake, [...]

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