'Heart of an Awl'

This weekend sees Team members travel 'international' for the weekends activities, with a journey down to Huckleberry Country; aka North Idaho. It's here that numerous calories will be spent in a controlled fashion, then consumed with reckless abandonment- all depending on the time of day.

The contenders for Ironman Coeur d'Alene 2010 are :

#1 Tom Evans aka "Doctor Big Deal"

For: 4 x Ironman Champion
Went 8:07:59 as a 40 year old (not that long ago)
Rides an Orbea Ordu
15:23* PB for 1500 scm (1989)

*Hand timed, digital timing yet to be invented

Against: Races with Hairy Legs
Run course passes multiple Ale-houses
Favourite Movies; 'SuperBad' Slapshot


#2 Michael "Part Bear, Part Man" Lovato

For: 3 x Kona Top 10 (2003, 07, 08)
Sponsored by 'Monkey Brains' cereal
Can commentate & compete at the same time

Against: Once raced with a mullet
Website has multiple posed 'gun shots'
Country & Hip Hop Fan


#3 Andy Potts aka "Bootsie"

For: Olympic Triathlete (2004)
2 x Kona top 10 (2008, 09)
70.3 World Champ (2007)
USA National Swim Team (1995>7)
15:43:07 1500mt PB
Reads 'Hemmingway',
Favourite Movie; 'Braveheart'

Against: Races with Hairy Legs
Uses 'twitter'
Middle name is Robert


#4 Bryan Rhodes aka "Rhodsey"

For: Is in the twilight of his career
Nickname is simple to remember

Against: Is a 50/50 for starting and finishing


#5 Chris McDonald aka "Big Sexy"

For: Ironman Champion
Lives the 'endless summer' lifestyle

Against: Has the worst nickname in the top 5
Races in a one-piece


Stay tuned for the top 5 'Dark-horses' bios later this week....guys like

#13 Jonathon Caron aka Pinapple Jonny

Pros Rides Orbea

Cons Unlucky #13, Catatonic fear of bees, diet of mostly popsicles

Right of Way

A picture says a thousand words. This one says seven....

Get the F**K out of my way.

If this scenario happens to present itself to you in an aquatic environment, just do as the truck says and save your self and ego from getting Tyre marks down your back.

Mortgage Heights

Based on the last few posts, it would appear as though the blog is once again pissed off at the team members for their lack of contribution to blogging . I thought I'd better post something before I'm replaced by someone less worthy of a spot on the Team roster.

In my defense, I have been busy buying real estate with Tina, doing some renovations (Tina mostly) and becoming a slum lord, all while working and trying to stay somewhat fit. Other team members have been busy feeding twins, pulling teeth, breaking 12 hrs and 17hrs in Ironman and getting married.

It's all good though because the team can now enjoy post race BBQ's with this view

Unfortunately, the bar did not make it up the hill but we made sure a man cave was included with the new house

On a sad note, my Freedom 55 retirement plan has now been downgraded to Freedom 65!

Stay tuned for the results from this coming weekend as G-Dub and I demonstrate our performance or lack thereof at the Oliver Half Iron. Remember it's all about Performance!

The Line

Short notice, long-term, union backed industrial action will see 3/4 of team sit this weekend out and instead consume Japanese food and plot what actual 'action' to take.
You may see us on the road in taking a stand...


And if things get out of hand resorting to this type of action...


In all likelihood we will end up riding our Spanish bikes through the Canadian countryside for a long time, contemplating on why the line was drawn in the first place.