Fun Stuff:

• the 54 cervelo p2k:

ebay is a dangerous thing… arriving yesterday from texas with this wiry tangle and a bunch of plastic baggies… unfortunately I have to exercise as much patience as possible to wait and bring it over to Mello Velo where Steve can ensure a successful assemblage. Whereas who knows what would happen if I dug my teeth into it… I mean you can see my vision of an awesome bicycle with the frankenbike, whose evolution below was made possible by the cervelo, ups man, deranged aesthetic interests, and ebay!

• the latest of frankenbike:

Keuka Lake Tri:

Keuka Results; all.pdf & age-group.pdf

This past weekend wasn’t the best showing for BTB, I was a bit fatigued going into the tri, been doing some solid workouts and didn’t really slow down coming into the weekend.. I managed my first swim attempt, my goal was to stay relaxed and do the best I could, then pick up and catch as many people as possible on the bike and run… Which went about 60% according to plan. I came out of the water according to the results as the 110th fastest swimmer and ten minutes slower than the winners swim time.. so it took a decent amount of work to get back up to my 18th place overall.. Legs were feeling the fatigue on the bike and run but all in all I’m fine with the outcome, you may see me in many more lakes and pools these next few months than ever before. Bob also had a rough swim, as his first complete triathlon, he tackled the olympic distance, and also first competitive open water swim, which are all difficult obstacles between an individual and a good race, not to mention still getting used to the new notion of the wetsuit. So you may see more than just me thrashing and battling the cny waters. Sarah on the flip side had a great race, gliding right through the water, having her most comfortable bicycle experience to date after getting a new seat, and coming in with a very strong finish in the run looking very strong!

Good job to all! Keep trainin’ hard. Our friend John and Sara Evans both secured places on the podium winning their age group, representing the CNY triathlon community very well. Ken Hammond also had a good race, looking very smooth on the bike portion and giving encouragement when I saw him, even after wrestling a wet tent that morning that he endured the storm the evening before!