James Bond would have been proud. I arrived at the Marseilles airport, got a parking ticket from the El-Al desk, found a car with a specific license plate, took the key from under the front wheel, drove to a house somewhere in Provence and voila! I’m home. James doesn’t need to know that I didn’t understand how to put the car in reverse or that It took me 40 minutes to find the El-Al desk or that after each thing I did or place I arrived, the only thought in my head was ‘Alright… I’m here… Now what??’ . All that matters is that I successfully swapped houses with another family and that my Orbea is safely by my side. Read more »
What better way to relax in Italy than to wake up every morning, have a nice big breakfast, get dressed and go for a nice long, relaxed… 140 Kilometer bike ride up mountains, down steep roads with the constant fear of losing another riders draft on the flats. Vacation has taken on an entirely new meaning to me. Read more »
2,600 participants …. each had his or her name printed in bold letter on their bib… crowds were cheering for each and every person : “Go Brian!! You can do it Jennifer! It’s the end Mike!” and then I show up, a perplexed look on their face as they see the letters A-N-A-T, they quickly shake their head and yell “Good luck… to you!”.
I must have drooled over at least ten or eleven bikes in the transition area of the National Duathlon Festival. Not only were the bikes spectacular but the level of the athletes and the whole event was much higher than any triathlon or duathlon that I had participated in (minus the expo that left something to be desired). I completed the course in 2:41 and I was 16/30 in my age group. Read more »
Welcome to the Kramer blog winter triathlon special! (yay). Today we will be covering the elements of training in the winter – How to run in the snow, bike in the living room and swim in the … pool (boring I know). Now that I have a workout plan until May, I can relax and quietly prepare for my debut at the half ironman in Florida. They won’t even see me coming…
Have you ever had bright red legs that looked like they were sun burnt? That itched like a mother…? After cycling for an hour and a half? In 35 degrees? It’s a miracle that I didn’t scratch off all of my skin at that very moment. Let this be a lesson for me and for the rest of us – Red is always bad, and dress warm when it’s cold! Read more »
Let me run a new theory by you. In a day of fasting or just regular inactivity, an average person burns about 2,000 calories. Why do we need to fast for 24 hours when we can simply burn those calories on a 3 hour bike ride? This is what I did based on the obvious notion that a fast should be fast. Read more »
James Bond would have been proud. I arrived at the Marseilles airport, got a parking ticket from the El-Al desk, found a car with a specific license plate, took the key from under the front wheel, drove to a house somewhere in Provence and voila! I’m home. James doesn’t need to know that I didn’t understand how to put the car in reverse or that It took me 40 minutes to find the El-Al desk or that after each thing I did or place I arrived, the only thought in my head was ‘Alright… I’m here… Now what??’ . All that matters is that I successfully swapped houses with another family and that my Orbea is safely by my side. Read more »
Cycling, Exercise, Marathon, Random, Running | anat | 
July 29, 2009 9:18 pm | 
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