Health / Fitness

Armstrong (are you kidding me?)

Chad Albrecht — Fri, 16 Sep 2005 09:35:00 GMT

I'm a Lance Armstrong fan. You've got to be impressed with anyone to can run the Tour let alone win it 7 times! Needless to say I was a bit saddened with French accusations of doping. But what proof do they have and where did they get it? According to Jim Litke, AP:
During a 45-minute question-and-answer session, the cyclist and his handlers left little doubt whom they believed was responsible: WADA chief Dick Pound.
What!?!?! Dick Pound? You're kidding me right? That's his name? Chief of the World Anti-Doping Agency? This has got to be a joke!!! Is it just me or does this sound like a porn stars stage name? Dick Pound and Jenna Jameson in Tour de Pants. LOL!!! Leave Lance alone and deal with your own problems, like what form to fill out for a legal name change.

Pewaukee Triathlon

Chad Albrecht — Sun, 17 Jul 2005 16:13:00 GMT

Had a blast today running the Pewaukee Triathlon. It was a sprint distance tri with a 1/4 mile swim, 15 mile bike and 3.1 mile run. Here are my results:

swim	T1	bike	T2	run	Finish
00:13:28.8	00:03:44.6	00:50:32.5	00:02:52.3	00:27:51.2	01:38:29.6

It was HOT!!! But overall I felt good. I tought I would have done better than I did, 59/77 in my age group and 420/595 overall. I've gone to a 4-5 hour a week training program that keeps me in shape and feeling good without burning me out. With this in mind, I improved over my time last year of 1:38:58.6. Ooooo 29 seconds! Well I also have to take into acount that there were 1400 athletes this year vs 800 last year so they changed the transitions. By changed I mean they moved them about 75 yards from the course. This probably only accounts for a minute or two, but it's the only way I can compare apples to apples.

Kid's Tri

Chad Albrecht — Sat, 16 Jul 2005 12:09:00 GMT

My daughter ran her first tri today! She's almost 7 and took 4th in her age group (6 year old girls). It was pretty cool watching her do it, she had a blast! They had to swim 50 yards, bike .25 miles and run .15 miles. There were about 300 kids from ages 3-12 competing, with each age bracket doing different distances. Check it out! Oh and by the way, the entrance fee was a LOT cheaper than an American Girl doll ;)

Storm the Bastille

Chad Albrecht — Fri, 15 Jul 2005 10:36:00 GMT

So my wife and I ran Storm the Bastille last night at Bastille Days. I love the night time races! Where else can you get free beer during the race? That's right a bar in the third ward was handing out beers to racers! The really funny part was a lot of people were taking it! For me, I was going to take it easy...6:25 first mile...OK, that's enough, I have a tri on Sunday...slow down...slow down...nice recovery the last 2 miles....23:19 race time. I'll take it! I just hope I can run that time for the 5K portion of Sunday's tri, it's all hills. Last year it took me 26 minutes, so a 23:19 this year would be great!

New Nokia 6820

Chad Albrecht — Mon, 20 Sep 2004 14:22:00 GMT

We received our phones today from AT&T wireless. While I was enjoying mine, my wifes had a key missing from the keypad! :( They also sent the wrong headset with one of the units. :( Still a cool little phone though. Here is a shot I took of my bike on the trainer.