Lynne Kiesling Finally, a moment’s rest to provide a triathlon update (thanks for asking, Susan!)! The Subaru Women’s Triathlon in Naperville, Illinois was Sunday. An action shot from my favorite part of the race, the bike: My time was 1:36:59; the splits are Swim 500m 12:58 Trans1 4:06 Bike 22k 45:50 Trans2 3:52 Run 5k …
Lynne Kiesling I just got in from the best run I’ve had in four years. Yes, seriously. 60 minutes, strong to the end, probably about six miles total. I’m totally jazzed. Some folks have very kindly asked how my triathlon training is going. Punch line: much better than last year. I credit one thing above …
Lynne Kiesling Here’s an amusing cultural amalgamation: I am getting ready for triathlon season, and so am thumbing through the Tri Zone catalog that just appeared in my mailbox. When you do tris that are Olympic or longer, you want energy and hydration close to hand while you’re on the bike. Here’s a solution: the …
Lynne Kiesling Guess what? There’s a women’s football (that’s American football) league, and it’s got a Chicago team called the Force. Even better: my fellow triathlete and bike/run spinning class instructor Mandy is a rookie wide receiver on the team! If you’re in town and want to spectate, they play at Lane Tech HS field, …
Michael Giberson An update on my “Markets vs. Wisdom of Crowds” NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament brackets. See the earlier discussion here. The Market bracket (based on Ticket Reserve fan forward prices) beat the Wisdom bracket (based on ESPN’s “national bracket” aggregation of 3 million plus entries submitted), with final scores in the ESPN tournament challenge …
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Michael Giberson Once again this year, like millions of folks around the country, I filled out a NCAA basketball tournament bracket. Once again, my bracket is far from perfect. Once again, this year, I have been searching for an edge. (Preferably, the kind of edge that will enable me to out-pick my sports-minded, math-teacher wife.) …
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Michael Giberson The 65-team field selections had barely finished being announced on Sunday when CBS commentators began complaining about the selections and the seedings. One ESPN story on the subject is online here. Sports commentators are paid for maintaining audience, and controversy probably keeps an audience tuned in, but what does the market data say …
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Michael Giberson The 65 teams for the NCAA men?s basketball tournament have been selected. Maybe your team has been seeded well and suddenly you think there is a chance they will make it through to the Regional finals (aka the ?Sweet 16?). Can you still get tickets? Sure, from some casual searching, I found online …
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Lynne Kiesling Feeling sporty here at KP … I am happy that the Olympics have begun with women’s hockey, and have been watching as much of it as possible. I have not seen either USA game, although I have seen both Italy games. Italy lost to Canada 16-0 and just this morning lost to Sweden …
Lynne Kiesling There are few better ways to start a sunny summer Friday than an early morning bike ride on Chicago’s lakefront. Breathtakingly, stunningly gorgeous, and a great way to clear the mind for a day of thinking about complexity, dynamics, and electricity policy. This will be a biking weekend, too, so running across this …
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