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‘Chicago, my kinda town’ - Frank Sinatra

Monday, August 28th, 2006

This is supposed to be a race report, but I have a hard time writing reports without race pictures. So I’ll just write a story.
Mirror mirror on the wall, who’s the sweetest bike of all?
Not having done a road tri since spring 2005, (Alcatraz) people wanted to know why I came to Chicago. I answered: [...]

Humpty Dumpty did an Xterra - Milwaukee

Monday, August 21st, 2006

Humpty Dumpty had 3 great big falls.
Pre-able:
45 minutes before the start, lightning flashed ominously over that big lake next to Milwaukee, and pretty soon rain came down in buckets. Swimming was not meant to happen. We were to do a duathlon instead- 3k run, 30k bike, 10k run. The change of conditions was exciting and [...]

Canadians Vine and McQiaid win in Utah

Saturday, August 19th, 2006

OGDEN/SNOWBASIN, UT – A pair of Victoria, B.C. bred pros - Mike Vine and Melanie McQuaid - won their respect divisions at the aptly named Nissan Xterra Mountain Championship at Snowbasin today.
Amazingly perfect weather – clear blue skies and temps in the mid-80’s – greeted 600 competitors representing 30 states and six countries as they [...]