April 11
April 11, 2006
Guess who’s going to Hawaii in October !!!!!!!!!!
I had the race of my dreams at Ironman Arizona 2006 erasing 45 minutes off my best Ironman time by finishing in 10:15 and placing 4th in my age group qualifying me for the World Ironman Championships in Kona, Hawaii!!
I can’t wipe the smile off [...]
Dec 02
December 02, 2005
HPV 24 hour record attempt at the NCAT test track in Opelika, Alabama
What a journey it has been!
Here is the full report:
Sunday, Nov 20, 2005 – Ben rings the door bell and wakes me up. I told him to be at my house by 6:30 am and I forgot to set my [...]
Nov 25, 2005 HPV 24 hour distance record attempt
What a day!!!
Wow – I’m still recovering. An experience of a lifetime.
I’ll file a better report when I get back to Calgary, but for now here is how it all went down:
Our 4 day / 4000 km drive to Opelika, Alabama was apparently a good incubation [...]
Oct 19
Oct 19, 2005
Oh, what a day!!!
This one definitely goes down as a day I will never, ever forget.
It started at 6:00 am when the phone rang and it was the CHQR radio morning show. They wanted a live on-air interview which I granted them. Then 15 minutes later it was another local radio morning [...]
Oct 4
October 4, 2005
First fully faired velodrome test!
A successful velodrome run today!
I taxied once around the ‘drome to get comfortable in the streamliner and hit a crack which threw me over onto my left side. Ouch!! Again, on the same elbow I have fallen on 3 times now!!
The first fall was on my right elbow [...]
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Sept 26
September 26, 2005
CP1 frame test at the Glenmore velodrome
I am very happy with how the CP1 frame handled the velodrome today. At first it was kind of scary going up those steep banks, but I got used to it fairly quickly. I got it up to a high speed of 50 kph on 200 [...]
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July 6
July 6, 2005
Ironman Coeur d’ Alene 2005 Race report.
Well, my 8th Ironman race was a PR (Personal Record) of 10 hours, 53 minutes, but unfortunately only 2 minutes faster than last years Ironman Coeur d’ Alene. In fact, the race was almost an exact duplicate of last years event. My goals for the day [...]
July 6
July 6, 2005
Ironman Coeur d’ Alene 2005 Race report.
Well, my 8th Ironman race was a PR (Personal Record) of 10 hours, 53 minutes, but unfortunately only 2 minutes faster than last years Ironman Coeur d’ Alene. In fact, the race was almost an exact duplicate of last years event. My goals for the day [...]
March 2
Mar 02, 2005
Freezing in ‘Bama
A cold and wet me at the NCAT test track trying to warm up in the car
It was a great trip – short but sweet and Buzz Powell – the test track manager was a gracious host. In fact, he drove for two hours on a Sunday just to let [...]
Dec 24
Dec 24, 2004
The Rocket’s inaugural cross country was short but successful!
Ben kindly offered to drive the chase vehicle, so we took off at about 9:30 this morning. The temperature was relatively warm – about 5 degrees C, but the wind was howling from 25 to 30 kph from the west. I was heading directly [...]
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Dec 7, 2004
Success in Tucson
Well, partial success. My third attempt at qualifying for the Boston marathon was successful this Sunday in Tucson, Arizona with a time of 3 hours, 17 minutes. Unfortunately, it wasn’t Helens day and she just missed her qualifying time.
The weather was super crappy – race day was a cold and [...]
Nov 3
Nov 3, 2004
Another try
This time at RaceCity Speedway – a half mile oval protected from evil semi trailers but not the wind. And boy was it windy! When I unloaded the streamliner from my car, the wind blew the 63 pound trike sideways across the pavement!
Getting high speed watts data was the plan, but [...]
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Sept 27, 2004
We had a great race at Melissa’s 22km road race in Banff on Saturday. Helen finished in the top 14% and I was 40 seconds slower than I was last year (probably due to less preparation than last year).
I added 77 km to the TCR1 odometer today – a great Autumn bike [...]
Read More...Ironman Canada 2004 Race Report
Well, about all I can say regarding this years Ironman Canada is I had a FANtastic bike split – 5:13 and FIFTH out of 303 in my Age Group!! My swim was also a personal best placing me in the 40th percentile rather than the 50th which I have been previously. [...]
July 7 2004
July 7, 2004
Ironman Coeur d’Alene 2004 Race Report
This time, I started the swim near the front, thinking I could perhaps avoid the thrashing if I was with a thinner grouping. Didn’t exactly work as planned. I say this after every Ironman swim, but I really mean it this time – it was the [...]
July 7 2004
July 7, 2004
Ironman Coeur d’Alene 2004 Race Report
This time, I started the swim near the front, thinking I could perhaps avoid the thrashing if I was with a thinner grouping. Didn’t exactly work as planned. I say this after every Ironman swim, but I really mean it this time – it was the [...]
Ironman Canada 2003
Race report:
“I need to dispel the rumors” Graham Frasier announced to 2000 Ironman triathletes at a special pre-race athletes meeting on Thursday evening. “The race is NOT cancelled due to the Kelowna fire. It will go through”.
As I sat on the grass in Gyro Park breathing in smoke from the nearby forest fires [...]
Read More...Ironman USA Coeur d’Alene 2003
Race report:
It was brutal! I talked to the run director and he told me his in-car thermometer showed 97 degrees! Later I heard reports of peak temperatures on the course of 103 degrees!
1574 triathletes entered the water at 7:00 am on Sunday morning and 1345 finished the 2.4 mile swim, 112 [...]
Read More...Ironman Canada 2002!!
Animals and humans have an ability to suppress the memories of horrific and painful events. We inherited this genetic trait from our distant ancestors who’s survival in part depended upon forgetting awful experiences and instead, focusing on the good aspects. Why this tendency improved our chances of survival and, as a result [...]
June 8, 2002 Ironman Utah!
Bike
Run
Swim
Total
Today
0
0
0
0
Total to Date
956
117
13.5
1086.5
distances in km.
It was insane.
How many times in your life have you actually feared for your life?
On Saturday morning, shortly after the cannon blew at 6:55 AM, I was not so subtly reminded of a dream that I had about six months ago. Someone on a sea-doo [...]
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