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By Mike, July 29, 2009 4:22 pm

102 in Seattle today. A new record for the city.

Weather.com says 103 though…

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By Mike, July 26, 2009 9:52 am

I think I set a new record for countries visited this year.

Here are the new ones…

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By Mike, July 23, 2009 2:37 pm

She did it! And I am so proud of all the effort and hard work she put in to make it happen.

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By Mike, July 22, 2009 3:17 pm

Here are some shots from Hungary…

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By Mike, July 22, 2009 10:01 am

Hey… I’m still learning how to only display the good better ones.

Enjoy!

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By Mike, July 21, 2009 9:34 am

Yeah… I thought I was prepared for the swim- I wasn’t.

Seriously, all of those guys just flailing around freaked me out. Throw on top of the fact that it took me about a quarter of a mile to get used to wearing that swim cap and I was behind from the start.

I need to be honest and admit that swimming twice to make sure that I could indeed swim a half mile isn’t true training. So who knows, maybe next year???

I covered the swim in 20 minutes, the bike in 42, and the run in 30. Yes… 30 minutes to run 5k.

Still, I managed to finish 12th in my age group- which is embarassing, but oh well. Next year…

Should that last statement end with an exclamation point or a question mark?

Regardless, I am so proud of Kirsten who completely rocked the HALF IRONMAN. That’s a 1.2 mile swim, a 56 mile bike, and a half marathon. WOW!

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By Mike, July 19, 2009 5:40 am

It’s been over 10 years since I’ve had that entire feeling throughout my body of nervousness.

The feeling is very similar to my college days when we were at a regatta and would wake up only to have to wait 8 hours to race. At least in those days, i knew what to expect- a 2000 meter race was something I knew. Knew what to expect; when to expect the pain and the tough parts. Knew how to get through it. Today? A swim, bike, and run… NO clue. Oh well!

Thankfully, today’s tri starts in a little more than an hour so I don’t need to deal with it for long.

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By Mike, July 15, 2009 8:46 am

After training from Budapest to Vienna and then to Frankfurt, THEN flying from Frankfurt to Philly to Seattle, I can say that I am now home.

Vienna and Budapest were fantastic places to visit. The time didn’t let me get to Bratislava, but with talking with other travelers, all I missed was a castle. That gives me a reason to go back!

I will try and get the pictures up ASAP (at least the good ones).