Jul 15 2008
Got word again from our pilot that tomorrow is our Channel Swim Day. We will start at 6AM from English sand and swim till we hit sand (i.e. France). It will take us 14 hours or so. Wish us luck.
The below picture is a view near our sandy starting point in Dover. The videos are [...]
Jul 10 2008
Swim stats today
1.5 hours
Serious chop, especially on the east side of the harbor
200 gulls, zero fishies
Hello from Dover! Another nice swim today. Might head out for a night swim close to sun-down. Due to the relatively high latitude of Dover (and England itself) the sun rises earlier and sets later than much of the USA. [...]
Jul 01 2008
Ride stats today
Edinburgh to Newcastle
110 miles
6875 feet climbed
Winds: 15 mph sustained, gusting to 35 mph
6500 sheep; 1200 cows
Tough Roads; Tough Weather. Today turned into quite a late day. We looked at the altitude profile last night, and it looked like a tame day compared with the rest of our days in Scotland. Although our [...]
Apr 20 2008
Coach Janet gives us five keys to swim training…
Hands should enter water at 1 and 11 o’clock. Do not waste energy with side-to-side movement.
Hand should glide right after it enters water. Pull should start within first few inches.
Be long in the water. No hip bend. Little knee bend.
Be level and stiff in water to reduce [...]
Apr 14 2008
I’ve been using the Finis underwater MP3 player ever since version 1 came out. Version 2 is a huge leap ahead, with an innovative built-in USB connection, larger 256MB music storage, and sleeker design. Like the previous version this version uses bone conduction to deliver music to the listener’s eardrum. Personally I totally dig it [...]
Mar 26 2008
The bike portion of our 2008 10 Degrees adventure in Europe will be supported by a logistics van. It recently occurred to us that A) we’ll need a spare bike on that van, and B) we’ll need a rack on our van for that bike and storage for spare wheels, luggage, large tubs of BodyGlide, [...]
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