Nose Hair billboard

Great photo from the Guerrilla Marketing blog from my friend Herbert. I've gone through my fair share of nose hair clippers over the years...

Cozumel...we're coming soon

Soccer missed call (video)

The unfortunate missed call opened the door for France's 2-1 win over Ireland to move them into the 2010 World Cup.

Abu Dhabi Triathlon

(Abu Dhabi, UAE) World class triathlon racing is now coming to the Middle East. Past Ironman world champion, Faris Al-Sultan, is a resident of the UAE and team captain of the Abu Dhabi Pro Triathlon Team that recently announced a new race on March 10th, 2010.

As someone who was raised in nearby Saudi Arabia and recently traveled back to the Middle East and witnessed the intense interest in endurance sports in communities with expat and Western populations, this is long overdue. The region already boasts world class events including; horse racing (camel racing too), adventure racing, race car driving, and now triathlon!

This event will draw the attention of all the heavy hitters from the international professional scene. It features an unique distance of a 3-k ocean swim, 200-k bike, and 20-k run. The temperatures in this part of the world was a factor in determining the distance, but possibly wanting to cater towards the strengths of their favorite, local hero, the race also suits the strengths of the powerful cyclist Al-Sultan. With a prize purse of $230,000, paying $50,000 to first place, it would be a surprise it other strong cyclists like Norman Stadler, Chris McDonald, Chris Lieto, Ain Alar Juhanson, Matty Reed, Massimo Ciagano, and their two wheeled peers opted not to toe the line. Surely, Chrissie Wellington and Julie Dibens will have their eyes wide open to a race like this.

A race like this will also provide a local race for expats to compete on the same stage as the athlete's they could previously only follow in the magazines and through on-line websites.

Here is a link to the Abu Dhabi Triathlon website: http://www.abudhabitriathlon.com/

motor pacing Crowie

This is a short video shoot from earlier this summer on a motor pacing session with Crowie.

Mary Beth Ellis: Trek TTX bike fit

Earlier in the week, Mary Beth Ellis visited our Retul Multisport Studio in Boulder to work on her Trek TTX time-trial bike fit.

Mary Beth won the Pan American Games, Escape from Alcatraz and Boulder Peak Triathlon earlier in the year and is in her final preparations for Clearwater 70.3 World Championships where she was the runner-up last year.

Short video: approximately one minute

update

Been neglecting these blog entries lately so I'll give you a quick few lines of our last month.

- We flew out to Long Island, NY for Em's cousin, Jeanette's, wedding
- I flew out to Kona during Ironman week. If you want to see some sweet, behind-the-scenes footage from the world champion, Craig Alexander, download the "Crowie backstage" app on your iPhone for free.
- We were both sick for a week with coughs and congestion
- I am training for IM Cozumel on Nov. 30th

Exciting blogs in the future.

LF