Articles by Dan Empfield

Swimming is a big fat hassle, until you’re good in the pool, and then swimming is the easiest leg of the triathlon, and when I say easy, I mean by far it’s the easiest.

Asics is shipping some 2010 product out to stores like ours, and we availed ourselves of the chance to run in next year’s version of the famous Asics GT-series.

Have you ever considered where bike racks come from? I hadn’t, until I decided to run a triathlon. Now I suddenly need a million of them, and sadly they don’t show up in the Sears catalog.

This is, of course, Asics answer to its own Kayano 15, and, no, it’s not the same shoe as the 15; it’s more to your liking, or less, depending on your foot and ankle structure.

Rutger Beke bounces back from an injury that forced him out of Kona to win Ironman Cozumel in 8:18:40; Yvonne Van Vlerken cruises home 10th overall to take women’s title in 9:06:58.

Every now and then you’ll have an easier week, and some will be harder. Like this week. You are a bona-fide athlete now, and I’ll be treating you like one.

The sponsorship tactics for the Musselman Tri could have been lifted straight from Kids as Customers, in which James McNeal classifies juvenile nagging tactics into seven major categories.

In the sport of triathlon there’s no brand like Ironman. Here, iron is wealthier than gold. Funny how much love Ironman doesn’t get from the very entities that ought to love it the most.

Our tech running editor revises and extends his remarks on Newton shoes. There’s speed to be had, if you run with proper form.

I wage battle with one of our committee members to see who can email the other fastest when we get a new entry. He’s ahead, and we are both pathetic.

We’re going to start varying effort levels, week to week. But first, let’s talk about wetsuits. At some point you’ll want to consider investing in one.

The website is purring. I’ve got a Bike Coordinator, Run Coordinator, Safety Coordinator, and probably a Coordinator Coordinator working away at raceday strategies.