Triathlon claim to fame ...
Adrian Wynne
Hi,
Here's my triathlon claim to fame ...
- I share a hairdresser with Luc Van Lierde
well, to be precise, when I was no holiday I had my hair cut by a guy
who had also cut Luc's hair.
What's your triathlon claim to fame?
regards
adrian
Matthew Beaugard
Adrian Wynne wrote:
>
> What's your triathlon claim to fame?
>
When I was home for spring break I ate at a mexican restaurant owned by
Ken Glah's Brother. The guy was extremely energetic. I also was
surprised to find out that he was Ken Glah's older brother as he looked
to be about 30. He also was taller then Ken Glah, or at least that's
what my dad said. The food was OK, but Ken Glah's brother's singing
made the meal interesting.
Matt
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At Powerman Honolulu Michael Tobin put his bike beside mine and talked to me
for a few minutes .....nice guy
G.Cook
Mark Linenberg
I was at the Bud Light USTS nationals in, at Hilton Head Island, 1989
watching my older brother compete, and at the airport on the way in I
saw Scott Molina. I being 16 years old at the time, enthusiastically
ran over to him and I asked him to sign his autograph. When I handed
him a pen to write on my paper, the pen was not really working. So,
Molina, starts writing in circles to get the pen started, and then
finally proceeds to sign his autograph. It's pretty funny everytime I
look at the autograph and see a spirograph doodle next to his name.
Mark Tri-Man Linenberg
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Mick O'Connor
This is the truth...USTS Mt. Snow Vermont 1989...My father and I took the
trip up to Vermont, sort of a father/son weekend (a great memory in and
of itself), for the 3 years they had that race up there (it was a GREAT
race). On Saturday afternoon, the day before the race, it was raining
like crazy so I was milling around in the game room at the Red Cricket
Inn. To shorten the story, I played ping pong (table tennis) with Wes
Hobson. I had never heard of him before but I'll never forget it. If
Wes reads this, I know he lurks, do you remember that?
Mick O'Connor
Adrian Wynne wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Here's my triathlon claim to fame ...
>
> - I share a hairdresser with Luc Van Lierde
>
> well, to be precise, when I was no holiday I had my hair cut by a guy
> who had also cut Luc's hair.
>
> What's your triathlon claim to fame?
>
> regards
>
> adrian
Campbell Maffett
back in about 1990, i stayed with some friends down in Geelong,
Victoria, Australia, the night before the big Geelong tri, and had a
bbq with guests that included Greg Welch, Troy Fidler, Mark Pringle
and other such Aust original triathlon stars.
CM
Mafuada
My buddy told me today that he was checking in at the
OceanSide(???) hotel at St. Anthony's last year when
Spencer Smith tried to ride his bike through the
double doors at the entrance of the hotel. Spencer
proceeded to wipe out and two old ladys helped him
up. Said it was pretty funny.
My buddy also said he had HUGE legs.
Rob
Rick Denney
My triathlon claim to fame:
Both Dan Empfield and Tricia Richter know who I am. And Steve Locke
and other Important People who lurk 'round these parts. And, lest we
forget, Famous National Class Racers like Ruth Kazez.
A no-talent back-marker engineer geek like me can only be amazed by
being known to such luminaries just because of the electrons
traversing this little thin telephone line.
On Wed, 25 Mar 1998 16:16:32 +0000, Adrian Wynne
<apw...@sec.dra.hmg.gb> wrote:
>Hi,
>
>
>Here's my triathlon claim to fame ...
>
>- I share a hairdresser with Luc Van Lierde
>
>well, to be precise, when I was no holiday I had my hair cut by a guy
>who had also cut Luc's hair.
>
>What's your triathlon claim to fame?
>
>regards
>
>
>adrian
Rick Denney
Take what you want and leave the rest.
Unknown
Ummm...I ride with a guy sometimes who has a wheel which once belonged to Jurgen Zack, so the legend goes....
Kim H
Richmond, VA
jeremy@home
Way back in the "dark ages", when the tri-dinasoars roamed......
1983 and triathlon was new, my first tri with a swim was the St Croix
Valley Challenge a 20 mile bike, 1/4 swim and 6 mile run in Stillwater,
MN.
Anyway at the "pasta party" the night before I had dinner with John
Howard, legendary cyclist and IM winner. Very talkative and down to
earth.
My race goal was to survive and John told me to go for it. Had a good
bike, a full contact swim and hung on for dear life in 90 degree heat on
the run.
ah the good old days!
Kwan Low
Last month I was racing with San Jose Bike Club crit , across the street
from my house (how lucky). Anyway, I was out before the
2nd lap. Later on, some guys got a flat and looking for spare wheel
to get on to finish the race, I loaned him the wheel. It turn out the
gentleman name is Craig Shulmer. Craig was in US national team
on the 88 Olympic and won numerous national races.
He's not even in tri, only in cycling, but hey what the hack...
Kwan
Adrian Wynne wrote in message <35192D...@sec.dra.hmg.gb>...
CBerghoefe
At the last Coors Light Du championship, I let Maddy Tormean cut in front of me
in the porta-john line (her wave was going first). The next year at the Spin
Coach Du, Michellie Jones lifted up a mesh fence so that I could crawl under.
Chuck Berghoefer
Swmbkrn4fn
last year i heard lori bowden needed a place to crash for the weekend of
vineman. i told russ, the race director, our place was available. So...she
stayed with us for a couple days, and needless to say she won the race. She is
awesome!!!
scotty d.
Perth Guy
As a second stroke of luck - I was doing one of my 180k trips in prep for
Forster 2 weeks ago and joined up with a group of three cyclist and one of
them turned out to be Lucy-Tyler Sharmon (world bike record holder for a few
things).... Hellova nice lady and really down to earth.
Perth Guy wrote:
> I had the awesome privelege of being an official at the World Triathlon
> Champs held here in Perth last November and got the plumb job of allowing
> or not allowing people into the elite area of the transition. Needless
> to say I got the opportunity to say G'day, Good Luck or well done (as the
> case may have been) to just about all of those 'gods' of triathlon both
> male and female. I must say that it was a real eye opener as to the
> attitude of some of those elites to us mere mortals that chose to
> officiate. Some of the people who I had seen on TV and thought they were
> nice - well some weren't, and others who I thought were so up themselves
> from their apprearnces on TV - weren't. I must say though that 85% of
> them were geniunley pleasant and did acknowledge that you breathe the
> same air as they do :-) I just wish I had taken my marker pen and got
> them to sign my shirt, o well another opportunity gone.......
>
> Adrian Wynne wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > Here's my triathlon claim to fame ...
> >
> > - I share a hairdresser with Luc Van Lierde
> >
> > well, to be precise, when I was no holiday I had my hair cut by a guy
> > who had also cut Luc's hair.
> >
> > What's your triathlon claim to fame?
> >
> > regards
> >
> > adrian
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Matthew Beaugard <mcb...@psu.edu> writes: > Adrian Wynne wrote:
> >
> > What's your triathlon claim to fame?
> >
>
one so I thought I'd share it.
In 1994, when Teemu Vasala won IMC, she walked into a porty-potty that
he was "occuping". I guess he didn't lock the door.
Alison Keple
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Mill Bay, BC
Perth Guy
I had the awesome privelege of being an official at the World Triathlon
Champs held here in Perth last November and got the plumb job of allowing
or not allowing people into the elite area of the transition. Needless
to say I got the opportunity to say G'day, Good Luck or well done (as the
case may have been) to just about all of those 'gods' of triathlon both
male and female. I must say that it was a real eye opener as to the
attitude of some of those elites to us mere mortals that chose to
officiate. Some of the people who I had seen on TV and thought they were
nice - well some weren't, and others who I thought were so up themselves
from their apprearnces on TV - weren't. I must say though that 85% of
them were geniunley pleasant and did acknowledge that you breathe the
same air as they do :-) I just wish I had taken my marker pen and got
them to sign my shirt, o well another opportunity gone.......
Adrian Wynne wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Here's my triathlon claim to fame ...
>
> - I share a hairdresser with Luc Van Lierde
>
> well, to be precise, when I was no holiday I had my hair cut by a guy
> who had also cut Luc's hair.
>
> What's your triathlon claim to fame?
>
> regards
>
> adrian
Hannes Cohnert
Adrian Wynne schrieb:
> What's your triathlon claim to fame?
At last years IMG, Lothar Leder checked in his bike just in front of me.
As we were all waiting in line for the check-in, he came from the side
and asked *me* if I would allow him to go first.
Hannes
Augie Calabrese
The year was 1985. I had been competing in triathlon for a year and a
half, and was trying to get into the '85 IMH. I was *so* confident that
I already booked the trip for my wife and myself. To make a long story
short...I didn't get in. So, in true tri-geek fashion, we vacationed in
Kona for the two weeks around Ironman.
While there, we stayed at the Kona Surf. We weren't there an hour
before spotting Dave Scott and his bride of a few days. Dave was
sitting out the '85 race to do race coverage for ABC. All week long we
kept running into the newlyweds. Dave and my wife had a chat about the
new sunscreens that were on the market (Trispouse burns easily and the
Hawaiian sun was particularly strong.)
Anyway, I resisted pushing the envelope as I felt they deserved some
privacy on what was their honeymoon. Then Thursday PM we were seated at
adjoining tables in one of the hotel's restaurants. After we ate, we
got into a little small talk during coffee. He asked if I was racing, I
said, "No, I didn't qualify, but we're going to volunteer at the Bike to
Run transition." He talked about the tremendous Ironcrew support, and
his plans for Saturday on the video van, confiding that it'll be a
strange feeling for him to watch the race. I also remember asking him
if it was true that he rinses his cottage cheese to get the fat off! He
chuckled as if this was about the 500th time he'd been posed that
question after one of the mags reported it.
The race of course was Saturday, and I was up bright and early Sunday AM
for a long run. In those days, I used to be able to run pretty hard.
(32 min 10K/2:43 marathon). I started up the hill to Alii Drive from
the Kona Surf at 7AM, only to run into who else but Dave. We chatted a
bit on the rolling hills in Keahou about what each of us did the day
before and the race in general. Then amazingly, Dave said to me, "How
far are you going?" I replied, "into town and back" (16 mi RT) to which
he answered, "I'm not going to be able to hold this pace, why don't you
take off." I wasn't sure if he was trying to blow me off and get in a
solo run or if I was breaking the guy!!! I like to think the latter,
but it was probably the former.
What a great run I had.
Augie Calabrese
rodr...@yahoo.com
In article <3519472D...@psu.edu>,
Matthew Beaugard <mcb...@psu.edu> wrote:
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> Adrian Wynne wrote:
> >
> > What's your triathlon claim to fame?
> >
>
> Ken Glah's Brother.
Back when triathlon was less segrated between amateurs and pros, my bike was
racked right next to Ken Glah's. Very friendly guy. It was at the Stone
Mountain Triathlon in Atlanta. I had never heard of him - - then he won the
race. I think at the time (c. 1986) most folks had not heard of him.
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I was flying from Salt Lake City to L.A. in July, 1995. A very fit woman
wearing a really cool watch said hello and sat down next to me. She pulled out
a laptop and I started reading a report. I finished about halfway through the
flight, and she asked me if I wanted a copy of Triathlete magazine. I said,
gee, thank you very much, I haven't read that magazine in eight or nine years.
Thinking about it, I realized had lost touch with the sport when I got out of
grad school. I was still working out -- more or less -- but not in any
systematic way. As I read through the magazine, I realized three things: I
needed new goals, my workouts lacked focus and structure, and I was still in
love with the sport of triathlon in general, and Ironman in particular. Once
we were on the ground in L.A., I started to return the magazine, but, no doubt
noticing my interest and the fact I was only halfway through, she graciously
offered to let me keep it. I finished the magazine that night, returned home
the next day and picked up a couple of triathlon books. Within days I was
combining swimming, biking and running into my workouts in a systematic way,
and lurking on RST. In a few weeks, I did a sprint tri on a borrowed bike and
was thoroughly hooked, thanks to a generous fellow passenger. It wasn't until
I had checked into my hotel room that I glanced at the address label and
noticed the name: Sally Edwards.
Thank you very much.
Steve Blum (stev...@aol.com)
Tellus Venture Associates
"Certainly the game is rigged. Don't let that stop you;
if you don't bet, you can't win." R.A.H.
Tricia Richter
Wildflower 1996: Shared some TRBars with Paula Newby-Fraser the day
before the race. The next day she won. ("What, you mean to say you don't
believe my TRBars were responsible for that?!")
;-)
Talked quite a bit with Paul Huddle that day too.
Escape from Alcatraz 1995: Sat with Pete Kain on the boat ride to the
Rock. Stood chatting in a portajohn line with Greg Welch after the race.
Got a photo of Greg feigning acute bladder distress as he waited. Also
chatted with second-place finisher for the day Mike Pigg.
Wildflower '97: Bumped into Wolfgang Dittrich (Life's Great Mysteries
#237: What IS the proper spelling of his last name?? I swear I have seen
it spelled 7 different ways and have no clue which is correct!) at
registration and chatted about his comeback from his knee problems. Damn,
he's cute...but short!!
Also bumped into Cristian Bustos a little later.
Training ride 1997: Ran into Greg Thompson out on Canada Road and rode
with him for about 3 miles.
Swim training: Holly Nybo swims at the Stanford pool and I see her in the
locker room quite frequently.
I've also been lucky enough just to get to see quite a few of the stars of
our sport in person at some of the big races around here. Michellie
Jones, Karen Smyers, Simon Lessing, Scott Tinley, Dave Scott, Sian Welch,
Lori Bowden, Erin Baker.
That's the great thing about our sport: We little pack-fodder age
groupers get to rub shoulders with the stars in a really relaxed
atmosphere. It's very inspiring. Sure, they're just people like you and
me, but people with incredible athletic gifts; it's quite awe-inspiring.
Now, if you want a really "meaningful" encounter with triathlon greats, I
suppose ya gotta attend the Multisport School of Champions. Maybe next
year....
Tri-Baby
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Jason Mayfield
Adrian Wynne (apw...@sec.dra.hmg.gb) wrote:
: Here's my triathlon claim to fame ...
I think I'll chalk my claim-to-fame as being the one to get Tri-Baby
started on all of this madness. >:) Someone has to keep the insanity
going for the group.... >:)
Who's next? ;-)
Jason
Lynne Fonda-Kosorek
I volunteer my off-racing time to the USAT Official's program. I know
everybody and they know me <wink>.
Does having picture in rankings supplement count? <wink, wink>
Lynne
Lynne Fonda-Kosorek
That was YOU, Adrian?? What a nice guy ! thanks for the royal treatment !!
Lynne
Simon Haigh
Adrian Wynne says...
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>What's your triathlon claim to fame?
>
>
>adrian
I used to roller skate with Rina Bradshaw (now Hill) in Brisbane before either
of us took up Triathlon. But that was 15 years ago
AJ
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Ggreg Snyder
I had the same acupuncuturist as Scott Tinley...
Adrian Wynne wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Here's my triathlon claim to fame ...
>
> - I share a hairdresser with Luc Van Lierde
>
> well, to be precise, when I was no holiday I had my hair cut by a guy
> who had also cut Luc's hair.
>
Karl Edmark
At Wildflower 1997 Cameron Widoff (overall winner) came over to the awards
lawn after the race and talked to us. Cameron was also seen on the olympic
course cheering us on during the the run. He was cruising around on his
Trek carbon mountain bike. Cameron rode a Hotta during his win. I have at
least one thing in common with Cameron, and that's a fetish for carbon : )
I race in Arizona, and see Jeanne Krisman, 1997 collegiate national champ at
all the races here, big or small.
I also saw Jimmy Ricitello competing (he won) at the Tucson Allsport sprint
tri last week. Jimmy is cool, but I was surprised to see him throw his swim
goggles on the ground in the transition area like they were disposable
(does he have a goggle sponser or something?).
The first USTS series race will be in Arizona next month. I bet I will see
a lot of big names there. Will keep you posted.
Ka...@msn.com
"Life's a brick"
Rick Denney
Waaaaaaal, if hanging with Big John is all that it takes, I can say
that I was once, in the very deep past, the Texas District
Representative of the USCF. This would be before Howie had any Ironman
dreams, but after his road racing star had faded slightly. 1983 you
say? Pah! We're talking late 70's. He was stumping for Campagnolo and
Exxon (remember the Graftek?), and living in Houston at the same time
I was wrenching in the leading Houston bike shop (Boone's). Sad to
say, we did not find him down to earth. Perhaps "earthy," but that is
really a different thing altogether. But I was often meeting him as a
referee, and he, like most bike racers, had little regard for the
striped jersey, especially when it was so amply filled, but that, too,
is another story.
Then there was the April Fool's Stage Race in Houston in, maybe, 1979
or 1980, when all the Big Boys decided Texas was a warm place and
showed up. Let's see, there was Tom Doughty (1984 Olympic Road Race),
Alan Kingsberry, Dale Stetina, Leonard Nitz, and, lest we forget, Greg
Lemond. I was the head ref, which placed me somewhere between slug and
scorpion on the food chain, but I got some really classic views of the
race from the official's vehicle. That little get-together was the
proof-of-concept for the Tour of Texas in later years.
I also remember covering as a reporter the Tour of Garland in 1980 for
the Midwest Bicycle Review. That got me in the press vehicle in front
of the racers, and cost me about 100 bucks in film and camera motor
drive batteries. Worth it. That race as I recall featured a
little-known junior (or maybe recent ex-junior--I forget) by the name
of Ron Kiefel (pre-Wookie). As a reporter I was treated only slightly
better than the officials.
But all that pales into insignificance compared to the luminaries in
whose glow I now bask daily here in RSTland.
Ken
One day back in 1989, while climbing the longest steepest hill on Guam near
the end of a 107 mile ride a small car came along side. It was my friend
Ken Allen. He leaned out the window and asked me to stop at the overlook
at the top. When I got there he said, " hey Ken,(yep, that's my name also)
meet my son Mark". I had not even known that Mark Allen was his son and
we had been cycling friends for about two years. Allen is a fairly common
name and he had never once mentioned anything about being Mark's father.
Ken@Kauai
IMH-97(1st in ag), IMNZ-97(1st+record) IMH-95(2nd), IMH-94(2nd),
1998 PowerMan Hawaii 1st+ag record +++ IMH 1998-Qualified
Mracg
Okay, initially I wasn’t going to write in anything to this thread, but it
sounds like everyone is, so what the heck, why not .... be warned... this is a
long one.
Nov. ‘95, a good friend calls me at my desk while at work. “Hey do you want to
go to a party after work at the deli (the corporate cafe)?” Wondering why she
was inviting me (knowing she had a boyfriend), I said, “Yeah, I guess, what’s
it all about?” “Well, there might be someone there you would like to meet!” she
says. My face lights up! NO WAY, you mean who I think you mean. “Yup”, she says
again.
For the next hour and half I sat in the deli and talked one on one with Mark
Allen and Karen Smyers. Both of them were being honored for their ‘95 wins at
Kona that year. They showed slides of the race and each narrated their portions
of the race. One word ... unbelievable. Both the nicest people in the world.
Total people at this gathering ... about ten.
But wait ... there’s more. Vineman ‘97. Lori Bowden. Chatted with her after the
race about her sponsorship with the company I work for. But the topper of all
time has to be...
Hawaii ‘97. Where do I begin. First night, reception party ... uh, Karen Smyers
and husband Mike King. Wendy Ingraham. Mark Allen. Scott Tinley. Bob Babbit.
Graham Fraser. Paula Newby. Paul Huddle..... but wait there’s more.
Race Day, Hawaii ‘97. Helping Darren Wood, my pro buddy at QR, set up his
stuff. Suddenly... “hey Mark, how’s it going.” Yep, Mark Allen again. He came
over to wish Darren good luck. I also helped Julie Moss with her bike. Then
there was Alexandra Paul (more to come on this). I was volunteering in the
swim/bike transition and was on the first and second rows where the pro’s
are.... but wait, it’s getting better .....
Race start, Hawaii ‘97. Out of the swim and to the bike. Alexandra Paul. Yes...
that was me... the kiss on the NBC and if you had your sound turned up you
could hear “mmmmmwwwwaaahhh” .... the sound of my 15 milliseconds of fame
kissing her! Well, let’s see the rest of the day was kind of down hill from
there ..... working the bike course, calling in the top pro’s to the info desk
as they went by .... ho-hum ... Zack. Hellreigel. Tim Deboom. Chris Leigh.
Wendy. Paula. Lori...... (insert some time here).... HEY! GO ALEXANDRA!!! She
see’s me, smiles and say’s “hey” back. Yep, I’m sure she was considering
stopping for another smooch on the lips. (grin).
The run course was great too ... saw Lori Bowden flying along the Queen K. “GO
NIKE GIRL” I yell... later I would see Lori after her finish, cleaned up and
wearing our Team Nike Endorphin shirt I had given her a few days before. “Hey
Dennis, I heard you yelling “Go NIKE Girl” at me on the course. I have to say,
that pumped me up.” Wow. I motivated Lori Bowden to run faster! I’ve got to
stop, this can’t get any better ... can it?
Day after the race ... walking up from the beach with Darren Wood. Swear to
god, we were talking about Wendy Ingrahams awesome performance (they are
friends) and who comes walking (very, very slowly) around the corner, but Wendy
herself. “Hey Wendy, great job yesterday.” She says thanks, we all stand around
for 5 minutes chatting about the race and Darren asks if she is taking some
time off now. “Nah, going over to Maui in a couple of days to race X-Terra.” I
want to sit down and cry. This lady just swam like Flipper through the swim
course, biked like a female Hellreigel-Zack combo on the bike and crawled her
way across the finish line, can barely walk, is sunburnt so bad she still looks
like she has her TYR one piece on, though she is in a two-piece, has band-aids
on her knee’s from crawling and is saying she’s going to race the X-Terra
off-road Triathlon a mere 5 days from then! Unbelievable.
Oh yeah, stood in line with Scott Tinley the very next morning at the airport
(we were the only two checking in). He was heading to Maui for X-Terra also. As
I sat in the waiting area for the plane I start talking to this girl sitting
there with me. Really only about 5 other people around. I could tell she
competed and we start talking. We talk for about 45 mins, get on the plane, sit
together and talk for the 45 min. flight to Honolulu, walk through the airport
chatting and spend a few more minutes talking before I leave for the mainland.
Isabelle Gagnon. 24 years old. Very nice. Probably, out of all the people I
met, the most impressive of all. She came from Canada all alone, raced all
alone and went home all alone.... with a first in her age group and 8th overall
woman.
Oh, did I mention the plane flight with Jimmy Riccettello and him hooking me up
with a ride to the aiport? Ah, another story, another day ... I want to end by
saying, I just happen to be in the right spots at the right times (and working
for a company that sponsors a few of these greats, doesn’t hurt), but all in
all it’s the fact that we are in a sport that allows us to mingle with our
hero’s and them with us. That’s cool.
Dennis McMinn
BPSullivan
Well, this one isn't triathlone, but it is multi-sport . . .
Last night at a benefit dinner for Prentice School in Tustin, California, I sat
with Bruce Jenner, who was being honored with a lifetime achievement aware.
Prentice is a K-8 school for kids with dyslexia. Jenner learned as an adult
that the reason he had so much trouble in school as a kid wasn't that he was
dumb - quite the contrary - but rather that he had dyslexia. He learned to
read, and has made a very nice living out of "being" Bruce Jenner.
Anyway, I didn't know what to expect, and was thrilled to find a warm,
sincere, interesting man who made a trip, alone, to this dinner to help out the
school and bring a message to the parents of dyslexic children that if they
love and support their children that they can overcome their learning
differences. His speech was very impressive, but most impressive of all was
that he cared enough to make the commitment and come.
Oh, yeah, I did manage to wheedle out of him some track talk. Like all other
aging athletes (myself included), he seemed more than happy to tell old war
stories. A real pleasure.
Brian Sullivan
bpsul...@aol.com
David W.
Adrian Wynne wrote:
> Here's my triathlon claim to fame ...
> - I share a hairdresser with Luc Van Lierde
> well, to be precise, when I was no holiday I had my hair cut by a guy
> who had also cut Luc's hair.
>
> What's your triathlon claim to fame?
In 1995, Mark Allen was the guest celebrity at the Hootersman Triathlon
in Atlanta. He signed autographs at the race expo. My race number with
his signature hangs proudly on my cubicle wall (at work). It's an
inspiration as that was the year he came back to win IMH.
On a more personal note, I have met professional triathlete Darrin Wood
twice, at the QR/Hed road shows. I also had the opportunity to meet his
wife, also a professional triathlete. It is so cool to be able to talk
to professionals who respect the average age group MOPper/BOPper and are
willing to spend time talking about the sport we all love.
David