Mom and Me
May 21st, 2008 | Published in Photos
Archive for May, 2008
Yellow Brick Road
May 20th, 2008 | Published in Photos
at “Legends” in Kansas City en route to the airport. Didn’t get to stop at for a brew at Granite City but we did get ice cream
anyone chance a guess at who belongs to which feet-and to those in the photo-no cheating!
Topeka High
May 20th, 2008 | Published in Photos
I realize that they were our school colors but the gold robes are a whole new flavor of ugly
driving in the rain, just driving the rain
May 15th, 2008 | Published in Photos
i was lucky enough to drive four hours in this to shoot 40 frames-hoooray
pitman letters
May 14th, 2008 | Published in Photos
I think this is my favorite photo of the year so far. This isn’t the toned version but something about it just grabs me.
Stop the Presses NYTimes has tri training breakthrough
May 13th, 2008 | Published in Photos
Now normally I am a big fan of the Times, as they indirectly pay me, and I think the national and international coverage by the Grey Lady is some of the best in the world- but this article–defines stupid.
I appreciate that they are trying to cover my sport and they spoke to some sports medicine types but come on. Did they miss the whole point and ethos of the sport? Triathlon is hard, really hard and it takes balance or some sort of strategy involving playing to your strengths. A world class swimmer can’t come in and win a race on the strength of their swim leg.
I really think that the premise of the story is rather obvious. It likely doesn’t reach to the same depths of the sky and its blueness or the obviousness of gravity but come on. Specialists in … anything are going to be better than generalists. I live with it everyday in my career, I am not the best sports action shooter in the entire world, but I do a pretty decent job balancing sports with news, portraits, wild art and all of those things my situation calls on me to do.
I encounter the same thing in training for a triathlon. I realize that I have three disciplines to work on. While I am swimming at the pool I realize it isn’t helping my my bike or run splits, and when I am running I am fully cognizant that it isn’t helping my bike speed or my stroke technique. grr maybe I am just taking out my training frustrations but does anyone question why world class marathoners don’t ride bikes for 6 hours each day and why world class swimmers are pool dwellers-they . . . wait for it. . . ride their bikes.