Courtenay Brown

And I can't wait to share it with you all - here's a taste: Team Trakkers/REV3 2011 from REVOLUTION3 Triathlon on Vimeo.

On Saturday, I found myself on the A-list bike ride, i.e. 2/3 of the 2010 Ironman Kona women's podium plus some other very notable notables. So obviously I sat at the back and talked non-stop for a solid hour. Then I looked at my watch, gasp I have to get home! And peeled off, without ever having a. been silent, b. said hello to the people providing the lovely draft, or c. shown my face at the front. How completely embarrassing! Here's hoping I get another invite to try out my group-riding skills again. And at the very least, here's hoping I was moderately entertaining - considering everyone was nice to me at swim practice yesterday, hopes may be valid. The ...

Even though over-plurality is tolerated in other University of Colorado at Boulder realms (namely, the 4 or 5 "official school websites that all are essential and have different school things on them and are not merged"), I was not able to register for every graduate seminar in my department. How annoying. I'm having the worst time being focused and directional about my course and sub-field selection. Explanatory side note: of the 6 sub-fields in our Political Science department, we choose 1 major field, a second major (taking comprehensive exams in both), and a minor field (coursework only, no comps). Policy, International Relations, Comparative Politics, American Politics, Methods, and Political Theory are our choices. Everything sounds interesting! Which I guess is how ...

This time 'round, I chose swim... I just finished a 3 week block with 61 kilometers of swimming in total, a new record for me. After a couple of lessons with Monica and plenty of FAC swim practices, it's become clear to me that swimming is sort of like losing weight. There is no magic secret pill that will replace hard work! Swimming 20k a week takes me kind of a long time. On the plus side, I am enjoying the time in the water, and, per my last post, I'm totally not pale! School starts tomorrow. I teach an 8 a.m. recitation section (which is what ...

"This is Boulder. We don't get pale, we just get cold!" - Michael Lovato So cold right now Indeed indeed. When it comes to swimming, Boulder seems to think it's in the tropics. People swim outside, regardless of whether it's 13 degrees (yesterday) or 9 (Friday, when I actually wussed out and went to the indoor short-course yards pool, oh how inferior, at North Boulder Rec Center. Julie Dibens and Mirinda Carfrae were there too. But yesterday, since it was New Year's Day, my indoor options were closed and I had to suck it up). Luckily, I bought a swim parka at the ...