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Australia: Perth
I am in Western Australia to watch my Dad race the Ironman on Sunday, December 7th, which I hope to liveblog, but we’ll see what kind of connectivity I can get in the somewhat small town of Busselton....
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Australia: Bussleton, December 3
Today we follwed the other tri-travel athletes into town in our rental “bus” and did an open water swim of about 30 minutes. Luke Bell, a top pro Australian athlete was there. After the swim Dad and...
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Australia: Margaret River, December 5 (part 1)
Today Dad and I swam about 30 minutes on the course again. Water was much calmer than a couple days ago! After that, we went back to Samovar for breakfast — that is 3 days in row, but they have...
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Australia: Margaret River, December 5 (part 2)
After my paddle, I decided to go on a hike. I was right in the middle of the “Cape to Cape Track,” a 135 km trek along the coast. I went north about an hour and then turned around, following the...
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Australia: Bussleton Jetty, December 6
Today we had breakfast, again at Samovar as they have fantastic food, and then went to the pre-race briefing. That lasted about 45 minutes to an hour. After that we went back to the hotel so Dad...
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Australia: Ironman WA December 7th live-blog
In a few hours Ironman Western Australia will be underway, and in this post I hope to be able to keep everyone up to date as much as possible. I will be using Dad’s iPhone to get text updates into this...
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The other side of the world…
While in Busselton, Australia, about 200 km south of Perth, I wondered if I was “on the opposite” side of the world. Thinking about it, I thought it was probably pretty close. There is a great circle...
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London
On a recent work trip, I got to run around Hyde park, on a sunny day which is a bit of a rarity. Here’s a couple shots. That same day I was to meet some coworkers over by the Eye of London, about...
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AT & UT Day 5: Bryce 100M (which turned into a 100k for me)
Day 5 and 6 were going to be about the 100 mile race, but it wasn’t my day so I called it. Physically I feel like I was prepared, as I have little soreness today after stopping at mile 60 and getting...
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AZ & UT Day 6: Bryce Half Marathon and 50k
Today was about the Bryce half marathon that Kelly ran, and the 50k that Ben ran. I was glad to be able to be present, rather than laid out in bed if I had finished the 100. :-). Allison took Ben to...
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AZ & UT day 7: chill
After the races we needed a day to chill a bit, but after a relaxing morning we packed up, headed down to Orderville, ate at the German restraint (Backerei Forscher), and found a secluded slot canyon...
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AZ & UT Day 8: Escalante and a little more Bryce
Today we said goodbye to the Reeves, who headed back to CO. We made the (long) drive past Escalante to the Escalante River trailhead, and hiked to a natural bridge. The return hike was VERY HOT, we ran...
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AZ & UT Day 9: Zion – Angels Landing
After we packed up the cabin we headed back to Zion. It was still crowded , but we actually got a parking spot in the park this time! We took a shuttle to the Grotto, and hiked up Angels Landing, which...
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AZ & UT Day 10: long drive to Ft. Huachuca
We checked out of the hotel in aka an and drove most of the day. It was hot outside so I was glad the car had ac.
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AZ & UT Day 11: Ft. Huachuca, Tombstone
We’re in Ft. Huachuca for the next few days, for military intelligence hall of fame activities. Today we started with a short history tour of the base, and then headed out to Tombstone for lunch,...
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AZ & UT day 12- MI Hall of Fame
Today started early with a change of command at 7:30. Luckily there was cloud cover or we may have seen even more soldiers drop than we did! After that was the MI inductions, a luncheon, and a...
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AZ & UT day 13: Kartchner Caverns and Old Tucson
Today we left Sierra Vista, drove north a bit to Kartchner Caverns, then to Old Tuscon, and then the a friend of Grampy’s for dinner. Kartchner Caverns was really impressive / maybe even moreso than...
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AZ & UT day 15: Grand Canyon
We drove the hour plus from Flagstaff to the south rim Grand Canyon, which is similar to Zion in that it’s mostly a shuttle based park. Meaning it’s pretty crowded. We just explored the rim today,...
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Barcelona Day 1, part I & II
We arrived on the red-eye (neither of us slept much if at all) and then at the hotel around 8:30 a.m. after an easy taxi ride. Unfortunately our room wasn’t ready, so instead of a nap, we headed out...
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