Oct
12
2008
A good friend of mine, Brandon White, asked to join us for 10DL North America. We said YES! He’s an entrepreneur and amatuer bodybuilder. His story is a typical one and three ACL repairs (all a result of playing lacrosse) and a history of endurance training and events. He’ll be training and representing 10DL on the East [...]
Tags: blog, brandon white, europe, ironman, team, Training
Sep
04
2008
Gu Nutrition, makers of Roctane Ultra Endurance Energy Gel, did a funny little write-up on us today. They sent Adam and I a list of provocative questions and asked us to respond. I hope you have as much fun reading it as we had writing it. Here’s an excerpt. – – – What’s the most [...]
Tags: Fun, ironman, nutrition, Training
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 [...]
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Jul
14
2008
Adam and I are seriously ready to swim — and the weather has us land-locked. We talked to our awesome pilot boat captain today and Wednesday (7/16) seems like our day. One of the big challenges of swimming the English Channel is having the patience to wait for the perfect weather day. In this blog [...]
Tags: adam hazlett, blog, english channel, europe, neal mueller, pilot boat, Sponsor, sponsors, swimming, Training, trip report
Jul
13
2008
Swim stats today 2 hours 10 dudes in drysuits diving for shipwrecks in the harbor Well, we did yet another training swim. Got the call from our pilot (Dave Whyte) last night that we weren’t going to be relaying the channel, so we decided to acclimatize swim again. Since we couldn’t go we did 2 [...]
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Jul
12
2008
Met at Dover Harbor today for the regular weekend CS&PF Swim. There were heaps of swimmers (at least 50) there at 9AM. Adam and I swam for 1 hour in the harbor just to loosen up. We were joined by our families, and after the swim the kids decided to stick their feet in the [...]
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