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a wedding

the weekend before last, my pal jess had her wedding here in town. knowing her photographer was going to jam out around 7:00 and would likely miss most of the evening’s events, she asked if i could make a few pictures throughout the night. no problemo. it was no trouble and i’m glad i wasContinue reading “a wedding”

nieces

i met with my sister-in-law a few days ago in hopes to get a few newborn pictures of their new little one. but things being the way they are (read: older sister not behaving, see last picture in this post), i wasn’t able to get the pictures i would have liked to. still, looking atContinue reading “nieces”

IM update

thanks to the kindness and understanding of the WTC (World Triathlon Corperation), i’m registered for IMWI 2012 on 09-09-12. in all honesty, i made up my mind to give the race another go about two minutes after i woke up in that ambulance. i learned a ton during this year’s race and in the monthsContinue reading “IM update”

so.

my IMWI experience didn’t go as planned. long story made short, i felt great coming out of the water around 1:12, felt really strong on the bike until about mile 80 or so, and entered T2 feeling hungry. i ate some food and headed out for the run feeling ok, but things shut down prettyContinue reading “so.”

140.6 race checklist

next sunday, i’ll be running Ironman Wisconsin in Madison. the race starts with a 2.4 mile swim, followed by a 112 mile bike. then, i’ll run a marathon (26.2 miles). above is a picture of the gear i’ll be using for the day (minus the bike, obviously). while i’ll likely be bringing extras in theContinue reading “140.6 race checklist”

chisago lakes half iron race report

after waking up at 4:00am, stoob and i made our way to the race site up in chisago city, mn. stoob drove so i could eat my breakfast of peanut butter toast, ensure, and yogurt which is always hard to get down at 4:30am. i picked up my race packet yesterday, so setting up forContinue reading “chisago lakes half iron race report”