http://anton.trifuel.net Just another Trifuel.net weblog Wed, 10 Sep 2008 21:04:01 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en We go through life and make all kinds of promises. Some are important. Some are not. Some we're able to keep and others, despite our best intentions, we can't. My parents, Tony and Stell, made a promise to me when I was a kid, that they would see me through many ... http://anton.trifuel.net/2008/09/10/a-promise/ Well, first there was this class I took...Anatomy and Physiology II (Or as another student put it...Anatomy and Brutality.) Six weeks, four nights a week. Got a "B." It was hard....just the volume of information that I had to hold on to and then regurgitate for the exams was. ...well ... http://anton.trifuel.net/2008/08/23/geez-buddywhere-ya-been/ Just in from a long ride on the C & O canal...92 miles in 6 hours. It's HARD pushing that mountain bike up the dirt towpath! A great workout none the less. Heading up to Lake Placid this coming week to volunteer and Probably sign up for Next year. It will ... http://anton.trifuel.net/2008/07/13/the-four-goals-of-ironman/ 288. The number of days it's been since I swam last. September 12 of last year. You know, I don't HATE swimming it just hasn't been my thing. Got focused on last years JFK 50 miler, got sick had an emergency colonoscopy. (Yikes!) Ran the JFK three days later, sprained my ... http://anton.trifuel.net/2008/06/28/288/ It's Fathers Day and I miss him horribly. Was out for a 4 hour bike ride today...spinning around the park getting in some miles and thinking about Dad. Not the whole time but, he kept drifting in and out of my thoughts. There is just to much to remember...and as ... http://anton.trifuel.net/2008/06/15/long-bike-long-thoughts/ Over at Trifuel.com there has been a thread going around about the economy and triathlon expense. Posted this there and thought I'd drag it over here for posterity sake... I think that Triathlon is expensive and it's hard to justify the expense, when so many have so little... Do all the triathlons you ... http://anton.trifuel.net/2008/05/26/triathlon-and-the-economy/ My training of late has not been as focused a it should be...It took quite awhile to get the bottom of my feet back to normal after losing most of the skin to blisters in April (see the previous post). But after a rousing long run yesterday with Scott, down ... http://anton.trifuel.net/2008/05/26/catch-up/ I've been looking forward to this for awhile...The Virginia 24 Hour Run and Relay. A fund raiser for the American Cancer Society...I'm running to honor my parents. It's all about time. 24 hours. Person with the most milage in the end wins. Simple. Run on a flat, 3.75 mile loop ... http://anton.trifuel.net/2008/04/13/24-hour-ultra-plenty-of-gas-two-flats/ Folks in my generation, when they come up against something new, often take out their false teeth and mutter something about Bob Dylan and "The Times They Are a Changing." Put the choppers back in and listen to some newer Dylan..."Things Have Changed." Running Etiquette: 2008 (Note: I've seen the examples I'm using ... http://anton.trifuel.net/2008/03/25/running-etiquette-2008/ Tomorrow is the Greenway Trail 50K and Marathon. I'm signed up. I won't be there. I decided to bag it. Easy to do as sign up is race day. This is a great race, well done and a gem of a race. It's very much an enhanced Fat Ass Ultra. ... http://anton.trifuel.net/2008/02/29/nope-nope-nope/