Posted on October 5th, 2008 by Ryan Bickerstaff
A lot has happened since Elite Nationals a couple weeks ago. That race ended up taking a lot out of me physically…at least as much as the Wildflower Half Ironman, which is a pretty tough race and twice as long. Knowing that I’d need some time to recover afterwards, I had dental surgery planned for [...]
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Posted on September 26th, 2008 by Ryan Bickerstaff
Nationals were last Saturday, and although I didn’t finish terribly well place-wise, I accomplished the performance targets I was trying to achieve, and I was actually in a position to be competitive going into the run. Here’s how it played out:
Swim
It was an overcast day at Hagg Lake outside of Portland and in the upper [...]
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Posted on July 16th, 2008 by Ryan Bickerstaff
I just returned from the Musselman Continental Cup, and the race went pretty well, all things considering. Overall, I was just about 30 seconds off in the swim from making the lead bike pack. With that swim and not having the foot injury, I think my actual 14th place could have turned into [...]
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