Mar
16
2008
Lauren wanted a goal to motivate her training, but there were no running events near her at a time that worked for her. So we hosted our own half-marathon for her! This post is about how we organized our own super-classy half-marathon race for less money than it would have cost to enter an organized [...]
Tags: blog, finis, finished, Fun, ironman, Training, web
Jan
18
2008
In December NPR called me and asked me to review the newest IMAX advenure movie. It is a movie called “The Alps”. It has nothing to do with swimming or biking (the primary subjects of this blog), but rather my other hobby — mountain climbing. Below are some links so you can access it in [...]
Tags: blog, logo, movie, mp3, Press, swimming, tyr, web
Sep
25
2007
I come from Minnesota, so when I see Minnesotans doing great stuff I get pretty proud. Here is a video of a Minnesota swim coach swimming the channel. I think you’ll like it. The swimmer’s name is Dave Cameron. He also offered to help us logistically prepare for the swim, which is great! Gotta love [...]
Tags: blog, coach, english channel, movie, swimming, video, web
Sep
20
2007
A few months ago Adam and I locked ourselves in a room for like an hour and talked about what adventures we wanted to go on. We came up with 10 Degrees of Latitude. The challenge is to traverse 10 Degrees of Latitude by human power on all seven continents. Keeping reading to find out [...]
Tags: blog, continents, english channel, europe, finis, finished, Fun, logo, scotland, swimming, travel, web