Lynne Kiesling A casual weekend post … I know that some KP readers are fellow triathletes, and I appreciate your interest in my training and racing plans. Here’s a summary, with more below the fold. Race plans. I am doing two triathlons this summer: the Tri Shark sprint triathlon on 7 June and the Pleasant …
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Michael Giberson There’s been a lot written about game-fixing in basketball lately, but not much about an obvious game fixing episode in World Cup Quidditch. That is to say, not much written about quidditch match fixing until now. Phil Birnbaum fills the gap at the Sabermetric Research blog. And then there was the suspicious episode …
Lynne Kiesling Then on Sunday the KP Spouse and I did the McHenry County Bicycle Club’s Udder Century Invitational with a friend of ours. We did the metric century, 62 miles, which was plenty after my triathlon exertions on the previous day. McHenry County has lots of lovely, rolling countryside, and great biking roads. The …
Lynne Kiesling We had a sporty weekend here in KP land … on Saturday I participated in the Tri-Shark sprint triathlon outside of Bloomington, Illinois. Here’s an action shot: The race is well-organized and the course is beautiful; Dawson Lake in Moraine View State Park is great for swimming, the bike course has some lovely …
Michael Giberson Today I did something new. Something I’ve never tried before. I walked into the local Barnes and Noble bookstore and bought a diet book. I’ve never really though of myself as overweight. For most of my life I haven’t been overweight. For the last few years, however, I have thought of myself as …
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Lynne Kiesling Now I’ve gone and done it; I’ve registered for the Olympic distance Pleasant Prairie Triathlon on 19 August. In triathlon lingo, this race will be my A race for the summer. Anxiety over this will surely get my butt on the bike rollers this winter, even when I’d like to stay in bed …
Lynne Kiesling I signed up for my first planned trathlon of 2007 today: Tri Shark Sprint Triathlon, 2 June 2007. Off-season training is going well, although I’ve been a bit lacking in motivation during the past two weeks. One of the Christmas presents in the KP house was a “killer headwind” attachment to our bike …
Lynne Kiesling Sunday was the Accenture Chicago Triathlon. I had been hesitating to do this event for years because of the sheer mass of humanity: this year there were 8,000 athletes and 500,000 spectators. Happily, my sprint-distance wave was not too congested, and I was more able to swim than I expected. I had more …
Lynne Kiesling One of the ways to talk about using experimental economics to test-bed policy changes is to use the metaphor of the wind tunnel. Either as a metaphor or as an actual engineering tool, the wind tunnel can be extremely valuable. It’s also true for cycling, as seen in this article from Bicycling magazine …
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Lynne Kiesling Ooooh, this is enticing. Blenheim Triathlon, 2-3 June 2007. Feeds my sports lust and my Anglophilia, all in one go. Boy, the KP Spouse is going to roll his eyes when he hears about this one … and then of course there’s the London Triathlon, 4-5 August 2007.
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