Posted by: Thys Wind
on Feb 29, 2008
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After a year of really dedicated training, my good friend and coaching client, Greg Mathe is taking on his first Ironman today!
Posted by: Thys Wind
on Feb 27, 2008
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The Town of Carrboro has approved the Tar Heel 10 Miler! This is a big deal as it's now the longest distance running event on record approved for the Chapel Hill/Carrboro community!
Posted by: Thys Wind
on Feb 22, 2008
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This morning Steve and I met at the
1360 WCHL studio, in Chapel Hill. WCHL is a proud sponsor of the
Franklin5000 and they've agreed to conduct several radio interviews with our team to help us get the word out about Chapel Hill's Premier Running Experience.
Posted by: Joe Nuss
on Feb 21, 2008
I'm sure I topped 40 mph screaming down a mountain in Costa Rica, but I didn't have a computer on my mountain bike to record the moment in all its digital coolness. But yesterday...
Thys and I rode from the office on our tri-bikes on a route neither had been on before. The wind was brutal and I had to keep getting out of aero to wrestle my bike through the gusts. Then we climbed the hill on Lystra road... whoa! Nice little hill on Lystra heading towards 15-501. We turned around at the highway and headed home, the wind at our backs, and the "Lystra Hill" in our favor. I got down in a tight position and blasted down the hill...
Later my Cateye Astrale 8 revealed the excitement to me in mathematical terms... "Mx 43.0"
Posted by: Thys Wind
on Feb 13, 2008
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I was about halfway through my 9:30 AM cup of coffee when I received an email from Jeff Dyrek, National Events Director at USA Triathlon.
This was no ordinary email. He absolutely made my day by informing me that the Carrboro Classic's Long Course Duathlon has been selected as a Long Course Duathlon World Championship Qualifying event! This means athletes from all over the county (hopefully) will be descending upon little ol' Carrboro to compete in what is now fast becoming a BIG TIME event.
Posted by: Thys Wind
on Feb 13, 2008
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As always, local Girls on the Run chapters will be the primary charitable benefactors of each of this year's Ramblin' Rose Women-Only Triathon Tour events.
Girls on the Run is a non-profit life-changing character development program for girls ages 8-12 that uses running to teach values and a sense of self. This powerful curriculum builds self-esteem, self-acceptance, and encourages positive emotional, social, mental, spiritual, and physical development.
Beyond raising general awareness of Girls on the Run, Ramblin' Rose events are also instrumental in generating funds for local Girls on the Run chapters. Last year we tried something new. When the Charlotte and Triangle events sold out months in advance, we opened up an additional 50 charity slots for each event, with the proceeds from each $150 slot going directly to Girls on the Run. The response was overwhelming and the charity slots sold out in no time!
This year, we are counting on the generosity of participants by making the 50 charity slots per event available NOW and perhaps also later. We're confident that many of you will step up by purchasing a charity slot, which would be an awesome thing to do for your local GOTR program.
Join us as we continue to support Girls on the Run!
Purchase a charity slot NOW: Winston-Salem - Charlotte - Triangle
Posted by: Joe Nuss
on Feb 11, 2008
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So, with a 4:12 Uwharrie Finish (for those that know how slow I am, I should clarify that's a 4:12 finish in the 20, not 8-mile race!) I am left with a huge gap between now and June 1, the date of the Kerr Lake Olympic Distance Triathlon, my next big race. What to do? What to do? My general line of thinking is a 5K in March then a 10K (the scariest of all distances for me... too short to go easy, too long to go hard) in April...
OR...
a REAL ultra.
Posted by: Thys Wind
on Feb 11, 2008
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As endurance athletes we are fully aware of the postive aspects to participating in organized events such as 10Ks, triathlons, charity walks, etc.
The "dark" side to organized events that is not always as apparent, however, is the negative impact that events can sometimes have on the environment in general. The lack of recycling efforts, the collective automobile emmisions from the particants commuting to and from the race (and packet pick-up), as well as the littering that takes place along the course are just a few examples of the missed opportunities for events to be truly "green".
While we're not pretending to be perfect by any means, we've done our best to minimize this detrimental impact at our previous events. This year, however, we're making a commitment that will require much more of us. In the process we're hoping to positively influence other individuals, businesses, and especially other events.
Posted by: Thys Wind
on Feb 05, 2008
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We like to keep our event refreshment tables fully stocked. Cookies, bagels, fruit, and many other goodies get snapped up by hungry athletes looking to replenish their precious glycogen stores. But, without fail, we end up with tons of leftovers. Simply throwing such leftovers away never seems like the right thing to do, so we often arrive home with WAY more food than we could ever eat and/or freeze.
Posted by: Thys Wind
on Feb 01, 2008
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I grew up camping. Family vacations always consisted of sleeping in a tent, rain or shine. To me it's a wonderful way to relax, and admittedly a great way to remind myself what a great matress I have at home.
