Timberman 2009

As the Timberman Triathlon Festival approached, we all seemed to have some trouble generating enthusiasm. Shawn was worried about her knee, Josh was worried about the bike, Jake wanted to stay home and enjoy his birthday, and John was feeling under-trained and under motivate – all reasonable objections. Yet we’d signed up so off we [...]

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Mooseman

John had fun at the Mooseman International Triathlon in early June.  Not a stellar time but it was a gorgeous day, a well-run race on a scenic course, and a lot of fun!  You can find the gory details and more pictures in John’s full race report.

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Mad City IM

While Shawn watched the boys kick off the fall soccer season, John made a trip to Madison Wisconsin to meet up with some of his cyber-friends from Kickrunners and to be a volunteer at this year’s Ironman Wisconsin (affectionately known as IMOO).

After experiencing a busted windshield on his DC9 out of Detroit that caused a [...]

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Timberman ‘08

Just like last year, it was a family racing event at this year’s Timberman Triathlon Festival!
Leading up to the event, we all seemed to go through the “why did I sign up for this?” phase – particularly as the forecast for Saturday degraded. But we sucked it up, packed up the car, and headed North [...]

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Massachusetts State Triathlon

The morning after returning from scout camp, John was up before dawn to drive through severe thunderstorms out to Winchendon for the Massachusetts State Triathlon. Given that his pre-race preparations consisted primarily of floating in the pool with a beer for most of Saturday afternoon, he was pretty pleased with the result and the fact [...]

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Neighborhood Tri-Champ!

A couple of our neighbors, Rob and “Wrong Way” Rutherford, decided they wanted to try a triathlon this year. John ran into them as they were swimming (or trying to swim) some laps at the YMCA early this spring and heard about their plan. They had signed up for a “sprint” event down at the Cape, [...]

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Triathlon by the Sea

We started Mother’s Day with a family outing to the Triathlon by the Sea in Marblehead where both Shawn and John competed. Neither had any big goals at this race – beyond having some fun! And, as the results showed, they didn’t win anything – but it was a great day!
Shawn ran well – leveraging the [...]

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Down ‘n Dirty

John’s race report…
Down & Dirty Duathlon, Lynn Woods, Lynn, MA
October 13, 2007
Fashion Report
Club tri-shorts, complimentary red OP top.
Vintage 1990 Trek Multitrack 720 hybrid bike.
Well worn Adrenaline GTS’s.
Breakfast Report
Toasted wheat bagel and orange juice at home. Dunkin’ Donuts coffee en route.
Result Summary
2.5m trail run: 20:17 (37/59 OA, 5/5 AG)
6m woods bike: 24:55 (9/59, 1/5)
2.5m trail run: [...]

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Sweet 16

John’s Race Report: Sweet 16 Triathlon
Sweet 16
September 9, 2007
0.25m/11.8m/3.1m
Fashion Report
Club tri-shorts and top, Promotion wetsuit in complimentary red, Adrenaline GTS’s.
Breakfast Report
Egg, bacon, and cheese on a toasted wheat bagel from Dunkin’ Donuts.
Result Summary
0.25 mile Swim: 10:48 (43:12/mile (but included some run-out), 136/264)
T1 – 2:45 (170/264)
11.8 mile Bike: 34:30 (20.5 mph avg, 26/264)
T2 – 1:38 (199/264)
3.1 mile Run: 23:40 (7:38 [...]

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Timber!

The family headed North to New Hampshire for the weekend of August 18-19 to participate in the Timberman Triathlon festival.
Shawn left at 3:30 AM on Saturday morning to race in the Timberman Sprint Triathlon. John and the boys practically slept in before leaving home at 5:30. They arrived just in time to see Shawn exiting the [...]

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