Posted on June 24th, 2008 by Ryan Bickerstaff
After taking the beginning of last week a little easier to recover, I started back up with some more race specific training, gearing up for the Mussleman Triathlon, an ITU Continental Cup in Geneva, NY on July 12. My foot still hasn’t healed, so I’m seeing the doctor and maybe getting a bone scan on Thursday/Friday. Depending on how that goes, I may not end up racing in New York, or I may just go and [...]
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Posted on June 20th, 2008 by Ryan Bickerstaff
In a way, I have two full-time jobs. By morning and/or evening I’m focused on triathlons, and by day, I work as a software engineer. When I graduated from Stanford for the second time in 2005, I really thought about giving triathlons a full-time commitment right away. However, I had just returned [...]
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Posted on June 19th, 2008 by Ryan Bickerstaff
I raced at the Wildflower Half Ironman back on May 3 and had a pretty good result. I went faster in the swim, bike, and run compared to 2 years ago, so it was a good sign of progress, especially since my bike training volume had been a bit lacking the previous months. I then [...]
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Posted on June 16th, 2008 by Ryan Bickerstaff
For most of 2000-2004 I tried concentrating on running as a member of the cross country and track teams at Stanford. I wasn’t as successful as I had hoped, but I had always planned on returning to triathlons. So, in January 2005, I decided to return to the sport. I had a goal of winning [...]
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Posted on June 15th, 2008 by Ryan Bickerstaff
I’ve been competing in triathlons since my 9th birthday, May 13, 1990. It was an IronKids triathlon in Wichita, KS that consisted of a 100m swim, 5km bike, and 1km run. I actually did the bike on a one speed BMX dirtbike - I remember my parents taking the bike into a bike [...]
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