Wednesday, October 1, 2008

Greetings and Salutations

Welcome to Rundown in Progress, a blog inspired by recording Purplestate's quixotic pursuit of B's status as the fastest triathalete in the PT&KS.

A few introductions are in order. I am Purplestate. I began training for triathlons in November of 2007, and ran my first race in April of 2008. The race was .5 mile swim, 30 mile bike, and a 4.2 mile run. I finished in 138th place, with a time of 2:31:51.


<--- Purple dancing with wife M and son J.
This is B.
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B has been running triathalons since he was 15. He has run the Kona triathlon once. He has recently had to trim back his training schedule, and as a result has lost a few minutes from his peak performance times.


I have a few other interests besides the triathlon thing. I play diplomacy, star chamber, and poker; I write about race relations and ballroom dancing; I am an aspiring academic in the throes of the dissertation writing process. My wife teaches ESOL, my son is in grade school. No doubt these things will come up as I begin blogging with some regularity.


Thats it for now -- more posts as events warrant.

2 comments:

  1. Oh good. I get to nag you about not posting. That rocks.

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  2. For that to work, I'm pretty sure you have to post at least once a month yourownself . . .

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