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Life on the Prairie, the East Central Illinois Dahmans: September 2011
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Life on the Prairie, the East Central Illinois Dahmans. Happenings in the lives of Scott, Jennifer, Faith, and Zachary. Monday, September 12, 2011. Gateway Cup, Labor Day. Monday @ Benton Park, pack finishes in both cat 4/5 and cat 4 races, 1 top 10. Friends and family, nice weather, kids race, rubber side down - a great day! I visited my hometown on Labor Day for the finale of the Gateway Cup. The start/finish line of the Monday course. Cat 4/5 ride profile. Cat 4 ride profile. My mom and dad, Zach, and...
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Life on the Prairie, the East Central Illinois Dahmans: The Bike Split
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Life on the Prairie, the East Central Illinois Dahmans. Happenings in the lives of Scott, Jennifer, Faith, and Zachary. Monday, June 29, 2009. At last year's Mattoon Beach Sprint Triathlon, Wild Card Cycling. Finished 2nd, but posted the fastest run split. He recounted the race in a blog post, aptly titled The Run Split. And carbon tubular Zipp 404 wheelset. Certainly did not hurt. Like last year's edition. Series. Past editions of this event featured both a 1/4 distance race (with each leg 1/4 as lo...
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Life on the Prairie, the East Central Illinois Dahmans: April 2011
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Life on the Prairie, the East Central Illinois Dahmans. Happenings in the lives of Scott, Jennifer, Faith, and Zachary. Sunday, April 17, 2011. 2011 Pioneer Sprint Triathlon. Not that I usually win the bike split either ( I have once. The out-and-back course included some rollers near a creek close to the turnaround. Nothing major, but I did have to get out of the saddle 4-5 times. ( Bike Profile. Shortly after I finished, Martin rounded the turn into the school parking lot for his finish. He started...
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Life on the Prairie, the East Central Illinois Dahmans: My First Xterra
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Life on the Prairie, the East Central Illinois Dahmans. Happenings in the lives of Scott, Jennifer, Faith, and Zachary. Tuesday, August 30, 2011. I raced my first Xterra. Off-road triathlon on August 20 at Wildlife Prairie State Park. Near Peoria, Illinois. This event would feature an 800 meter swim, 10 mile mountain bike, and 4 mile trail run. I had really fallen off the training wagon since my last race, 5 weeks prior, as kids' activities like football practice. Hey Jim, how's it going? I dropped 5 mor...
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Life on the Prairie, the East Central Illinois Dahmans: 2011 Tour de Champaign
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Life on the Prairie, the East Central Illinois Dahmans. Happenings in the lives of Scott, Jennifer, Faith, and Zachary. Thursday, May 26, 2011. 2011 Tour de Champaign. The weekend of May 21-22 marked the third edition of the Tour de Champaign criteriums. I missed racing on Saturday for my kids' birthday parties, but I served as a volunteer course marshal for the masters, cat 3, and Pro/1/2 races. Here is my race profile. Scott (2nd), Frank (1st), and Jon (3rd). Here is my cat 4 race profile. Lots of Wild...
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Life on the Prairie, the East Central Illinois Dahmans: Support for Champaign County Charities
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Life on the Prairie, the East Central Illinois Dahmans. Happenings in the lives of Scott, Jennifer, Faith, and Zachary. Monday, November 30, 2009. Support for Champaign County Charities. I serve on the Rotary Club of Champaign. Charity committee. I am on a subcommittee that directs monthly donations to local charitable service organizations. We are currently selecting recipients for 2010 donations. The typical award is in the $300-$500 range. The Eastern Illinois Foodbank. And Restoration Urban Ministries.
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Life on the Prairie, the East Central Illinois Dahmans: Madness Indeed
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Life on the Prairie, the East Central Illinois Dahmans. Happenings in the lives of Scott, Jennifer, Faith, and Zachary. Sunday, May 15, 2011. I only half-jokingly considered doing the entire race in my wetsuit. Any day that my furnace kicks on is not one that I would choose to ride dripping wet and wearing only a wafer-thin tri suit. In the end, Martin and I are both competitors (who both dropped $65 in non-refundable race fees), so we decided to harden the #$%* up. The gap steadily grew though and Marti...
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Life on the Prairie, the East Central Illinois Dahmans: Finally, Success in Olympic Tri!
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Life on the Prairie, the East Central Illinois Dahmans. Happenings in the lives of Scott, Jennifer, Faith, and Zachary. Sunday, July 17, 2011. Finally, Success in Olympic Tri! I raced the Evergreen Lake Triathlon. At Innsbrook, Missouri, three weeks prior. Following that race, I decided to focus more on endurance training and less on speed and intervals. I asked my Wild Card Cycling. I swam a 1000m PR in 16:11, but felt terrible walking to transition and paid for it later. The conditions made for a fast ...
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Life on the Prairie, the East Central Illinois Dahmans: Last Tri of the Season
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Life on the Prairie, the East Central Illinois Dahmans. Happenings in the lives of Scott, Jennifer, Faith, and Zachary. Saturday, August 16, 2008. Last Tri of the Season. Today I competed in the Lytle Park Triathlon. I returned and racked my bike and headed over to start area for the pre-race meeting. The swim would take place in the Lytle Park Pool. From the bike rack heading the other way. I didn't know exactly how far ahead of me she started, but it seemed like I was gaining ground. I know fro...Offic...
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Life on the Prairie, the East Central Illinois Dahmans: May 2011
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Life on the Prairie, the East Central Illinois Dahmans. Happenings in the lives of Scott, Jennifer, Faith, and Zachary. Thursday, May 26, 2011. 2011 Tour de Champaign. The weekend of May 21-22 marked the third edition of the Tour de Champaign criteriums. I missed racing on Saturday for my kids' birthday parties, but I served as a volunteer course marshal for the masters, cat 3, and Pro/1/2 races. Here is my race profile. Scott (2nd), Frank (1st), and Jon (3rd). Here is my cat 4 race profile. Lots of Wild...
