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In Depth Product Reviews
You probably stumbled upon here looking for a review of a sports gadget. If you’re trying to decide which unit to buy – check out my in-depth reviews section. Some reviews are over 60 pages long when printed out, with hundreds of photos! I aim to leave no stone unturned.
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Read My GPS Recommendations.
Here’s my most recent gadget recommendations guide (2012) – covering almost every category of sports gadgets out there. Looking for the equipment I use day to day? I also just put together my complete 2012 ‘Gear I Use’ equipment list, from swim to bike to run and everything in between (plus a few extra things). And to compliment that, here’s The Girl’s (my wife’s) list. Enjoy, and thanks for stopping by!
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Understand technology and sport in the How-To Guides.
I enjoy explaining new things to folks – especially showing people how to get the most from their gadgets. Here’s an ongoing list of “How to” guides.
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Read my Top 25 most useful posts.
It turns our I’ve written a fair bit of stuff over the past few years – and after it disappears from my front page, a lot of it never really sees the light of day again without Google’ing skillz. Or a photographic memory…which I don’t have. I’ve taken a look back and found stuff that…continues to find a trickle of readers via web searches or forum links.
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Have some fun in the travel section.
I travel a fair bit, both for work and for fun. Here’s a bunch of random trip reports and daily trip-logs that I’ve put together and posted. I’ve sorted it all by world geography, in an attempt to make it easy to figure out where I’ve been.
Monthly Archives: July 2008
Back to the track…and Seattle.
The last few days in Seattle have been great. I’ve been out here for work, but I’m able to get a ton of non-work things in as well. After arriving Monday afternoon I swung downtown to pickup my relevant conference … Read More Here
Shark Week
Ever since I was a kid I can remember watching Discovery Channel’s Shark Week – which typically occurs during the last week of July (this year July 27- Aug. 2…aka NOW!). Way back when (probably 10-15 years now), the content … Read More Here
Kayaking, Long Swims and Rifles
I’ve been a wee bit busy over the last few days – especially since Thursday afternoon. I’m SOOO far behind in e-mail, catching up with reading folks blogs, and really just about everything. So here’s the rundown. I tried to … Read More Here
Blueberry Bonanza
After doing IM70.3 Rhode Island I drove down to Connecticut to hang out with family there for a few days. Last Tuesday while still up in CT I went blueberry picking with my family. The weather was perfect for it, … Read More Here
Going Long
This weekend was all about the long game. Long swim, long bike. The usual long run comes Tuesday. I actually spent Saturday morning baking, making a nice breakfast and making ice cream (which is a post for later this week). … Read More Here
Bizarre Bike Barrage
Keepin’ it charged, pedal powered At the Ironman Rhode Island 70.3 Race Briefing they specifically highlighted that you aren’t allowed to text or carry a mobile phone conversation while on the bike course. The officials had noted they had given … Read More Here
Le Tour de Drugs
I started off and really enjoyed the Tour de France for the first few days. They had it rebroadcast from 8:30PM to 11:30PM – so at a time I could actually watch it. But I got pretty busy the last … Read More Here
Rhode Island Ironman 70.3 Race Report
The entire race can basically be summed up in the following: “Holy CRAP did I just bike that fast?”. But, since I’m not summing it up in just one short phrase – you get the full race report. Logistics: The … Read More Here
Pre-Race Weekend Update
Since I only have a few minute before I have to head to bed, this will be mostly a pictorial. First swim wave is at 6:00AM – YIKES!. Which means I’m up at something like 4AM. Ugh! Friday: Went down … Read More Here
Random Musings
I couldn’t decide what to post. So I posted nothing. Not to say I don’t have plenty to post – because I have many saved/drafted posts (dozens). It came down to posting a ‘How to make fresh pasta’ photographed post … Read More Here
17,575
It’s funny. A few months ago I was reading a friends blog (he’s an Elite Triathlon dude) and he noted weeks where he was pushing upwards of 20,000 yards. I thought to myself then…wow – there is no way I … Read More Here
My Arch Nemesis: Indoor Trainer Workout #2
There are three workouts each week that give me pause. Not surprisingly, all three are long. Not necessarily hard or painful – just…long. They are: Tuesday 20-miler (technically it’s a 2 hr 30m run, but it ends up being about … Read More Here
How to refill protein stores after a triathlon
Yes folks – there is only one answer to this dilemma of refilling protein stores: Fogo de Chao. (Public service announcement: If you’re a vegetarian – this particular post is probably not exactly for you, you’ll want to tune back … Read More Here
Touristica
After the century ride on Friday, it was time to clean up the pad and prepare for my parents to arrive painfully early Saturday morning. I spent the weekend (and today – Monday) running around doing all sorts of interesting … Read More Here
