This is my website

I am a graduate student in Political Science at the University of Colorado at Boulder. I am a former professional triathlete, a freelance journalist, and a one-time frequent blogger.

Mar

26

And now I am updating it.

Category: enjoy the blog | 2 Comments

“If you want to know how I am, go figure it out yourself! We have mutual friends! And I have a website!”
Yelling this at someone really only applies if the website indicates something current about how I am. Not to mention, yelling this at someone out loud would have been better than yelling it in my head.
I am fine. Like this post, things feel faltering, like I am still picking myself back up with distraction as my crutch of choice. …

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Mar

9

I’m going to keep my blog

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It’s snowing and it’s March and I’m going to keep my blog. Who knows, life may be more interesting now outside the confines of swim-bike-run.
Also recently someone read the entire blog. Entire. Which not even my mother has done. Imagine learning that someone you have met one time knows your 2008 opinions and occurrences better than you do! So, odd, but also perhaps a testament to the entertainment value of at least some of this. And how else would I …

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Dec

27

Thanks for a great run.

Category: Rev3, enjoy the blog | 7 Comments

Or in my current situation: thanks for a great water-run! Because I still can’t run for real until the end of January.
I’m closing in on my last couple of days of being a triathlete. In the wake of a bunch of things, and looking forward to a bunch of other things, I have decided that I won’t renew my USAT license. Not as a professional, nor even as an amateur.
What I kind of wanted to title this post was “hey …

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