2005 New York City Olympic Triathlon
A sight I welcomed as I got ready to start the 2005 New York City Triathlon. Olympic distance as in I was about to start a race that requires me to swim 1,500 meters (almost mile) in the Hudson River, bicycle 40 kilometers (almost 25 miles) on the Henry Hudson Parkway to the Bronx and back, and run 10 kilometers (just over 6 miles) through Central Park.
Read MoreDo I look like Ben M Gautheir to you?
Okay folks at Front Page, just who do you think I am? I know I was drunk when I left on Friday night, those six or eight Coronas kicking in hard, but I was a nice guy. I tipped you well, I kept to my crew, I even make sure one guy readjusted his beer goggles before it was too late.
Read MoreGoogle’s Spy Eye in the Sky
Oh my God is this hot!
Google just launched its Google Earth application and if you download it you can see amazingly detailed satellite images of everything from the Mall to your house. Images so detailed, you can see cars on the street, or if you look at Beijing, even people!
Read MoreFletchers -International- Boat House
Hark! What is that I hear? Might that be Russian music, traditional, soulful Russian music? Why yes it is, and who’s playing it but a Mongolian family here to celebrate a birthday. And since its summer, and time for the 2005 BBQ with Mom, ‘here’ cane be only one place – Fletchers Boat House
Read More2005 Charlottesville Sprint Triathlon
I cannot brake, I cannot steer, trees a blur, road ending, I know what’s going to happen next. Pain. Agh! There it is, on my thigh, ass, back, I feel the impact of body to dirt, tree, rock. I know I am down. I can taste the earth, I can smell the damp wetness of leaves and decay.
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