LET'S GO GREG! #219 Rocks!

Thys Wind — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 20:32:16 +0100

After a year of really dedicated training, my good friend and coaching client, Greg Mathe is taking on his first Ironman today!

He's actually in the water right now for the swim portion of this year's IM New Zealand. The water is calm and looks oh so inviting. Should prove to be a fast day of racing!

Thanks to Ironmanlive I can follow his every move. It'll be a long day. Hopefully Greg executes his gameplan to perfection.

Tar Heel 10 Miler approved!

Thys Wind — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 18:03:51 +0100

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!

This landmark event will showcases downtown Chapel Hill, downtown Carrboro and the beautiful neighborhoods in this region. Our hope is that it will help put our running community on the 'national map'.

The Tar Heel 10 Miler takes place in conjunction wRead More...

ON AIR

Thys Wind — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 19:44:47 +0100

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.

Things were surprisingly casual. I was half hoping to be whisked off to some sort of green room where I would be tRead More...

43 MPH!!!

Joe Nuss — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 07:00:00 +0100

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 hRead More...

Carrboro Classic goes global!

Thys Wind — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 22:51:15 +0100

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 nRead More...

Charity slots, get your charity slots!

Thys Wind — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 17:16:37 +0100

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 raisiRead More...

Joe's Big Adventure

Joe Nuss — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 21:04:40 +0100

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.

Not that 20 miles atRead More...

Race Without a Trace

Thys Wind — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 19:28:01 +0100

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 takeRead More...

"Zero-Waste"

Thys Wind — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 16:22:23 +0100

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.

So yRead More...

Camping with the Publisher!

Thys Wind — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 16:47:19 +0100

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.

One thing I also like to do is break in "camping novices" and hopefully make them a believer in the fun and value of camping.

This weekend Steve, Joe, and I are headed down to Uwharrie National Forest to participate in the Uwharrie 20 mile Mountain Run! It'Read More...

Blog entries - February 2008