Apr 28 2008
The water temp in the English Channel has begun to rise above 50F. This is the natural spring-time tendency of the channel and it’s great news for us swimmers. NOAA shows us water temps, conditions and neat little graphs that I wish had a longer time-scale.
Wind Direction (WDIR):
SSW ( 210 deg true )
Wind Speed (WSPD):
15.9 [...]
Apr 27 2008
My coach Mike Kuhn from Cadence Cycling told me to bike 100 miles today. So I did. I rode to and around Valley Forge (see previous post for pictures of park). During the ride I consumed 5 bottles of GU water, 5 GU packets, 1 bar and 2 pieces of pizza (kind [...]
Apr 27 2008
Biked in Valley Forge National Park today. This beautiful park is 25 miles north of Philadelphia. The bike ride was fast and beautiful and I had to share some pictures.
[Special section for history nerds] Valley Forge was the site where General Washington stationed 12,000 soldiers during the winter of 1777. The Confederates had [...]
Apr 26 2008
I just spent $2,282 for 2 coach tickets to Europe for our bike/swim/bike adventure. Dude, talk about price inflation! Buying tickets in advance is always scary, because sometimes the prices go down after you buy. When that happens there is Yapta.com. These guys aren’t a sponsor of ours, I just think [...]
Apr 24 2008
Here are the first pictures of our new carbon bikes from Willier. In June these beautiful bikes will take us 1000 miles from northern Scotland to Paris. They will not be coming on our 24-mile swim of the English Channel, although Willier are almost light enough for that!
For our training here in Philadelphia these bikes [...]
Apr 23 2008
He who wants to find the sea should take a river for his guide.
We are training in the Schuylkill River! We’ve done it 3 of last 4 days. Today we swam for 80 minutes. And after doing those miles we plan to swim more and more. Here’s why we love it…
It’s cold. Cold [...]
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