Category Archives: Tri tri and tri again

Always read the instructions

Posted on April 11, 2011 by
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Triathlon Biker

Posted on October 15, 2009 by
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An unfair advantage…

Posted on July 19, 2009 by

Last weekend I went for a bike ride with my friend Tom. He was visiting from California, and as a keen cyclist wanted to get at least one good ride in while he was in Okinawa. The problem with riding … Continue reading →

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Okinawan Bus Driver Kills Boy

Posted on June 25, 2009 by

From JapanUpdate Okinawa’s weekly English newspaper: City bus strikes, kills bike-riding youngster Date Posted: 2009-06-25 A seven-year-old boy is dead after being run over by a Nanjo City bus Monday afternoon. Nanjo City Police say the fatality occurred as a … Continue reading →

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A presidential fitness dvd

Posted on March 21, 2009 by

On March 7th several friends of mine did the New Zealand ironman triathlon. John, Isla, Charlotte, Anna and Perry all swam 3.8 km, rode 180.2 km then ran 42.2 km. Impressive and inspiring stuff, but I am not even close to … Continue reading →

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Seat of Power

Posted on February 2, 2009 by

Over the last month I have done my 40 km bicycle commute 4 times. My time dropped from close to 2 hours to 1 hour 38 minutes for the ride there, while my fastest ride home was 1 hour 30. (The university … Continue reading →

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First 10 km run.

Posted on January 12, 2009 by

Yesterday I went out on my bike and, using the bike’s odometer to measure the distance, rode up the coast  for 5 kilometers. This morning I put on my old sneakers and my new Polar heart rate monitor (thank you … Continue reading →

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Another new beginning (part 2)

Posted on December 24, 2008 by

Back in October I started teaching a couple of days a week at Meio University. It’s about 40 kilometers from my house to university and using the toll road expressway it takes 45-50 minutes door to door. The drive isn’t … Continue reading →

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Another new beginning (part 1)

Posted on December 23, 2008 by

Inspired by Miyako Strongman Triathlon Continue reading →

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