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Alex

I am here for Networking

About Me

We are here to complete, not compete, when you compete you measure yourself again others, but when you complete, you are trying to beat yourself.

My Interests

Snowboarding, Running, Swimming, Biking, Beer Tasting, Cooking, Movies,

I'd like to meet:

people that I like

Music:

Hendrix, Clapton, Dream Theather, Joe Satriani, Steve Vai, Metallica, GnR, Black Label Society, Jeff Beck, Cradle of filth,

Movies:

Dumb and dumber, Dodgeball, Castle in the sky, Shining, Black Hawk Down, LOTR, Traffic

Television:

Food Network, Discovery Channel, LOST!!

Books:

Into Thin Air, Into the Wild, Alive, Ultramarathon man, It's Not About the Bike: My Journey Back to Life, To the Edge, God is not great

Heroes:

Iron Chef

My Blog

Finger Lakes Tri 07

I finished the Olympic distance (.9 mile swim, 24 mile bike and 6.2 mile run) at the Finger Lakes triathlon today. Despite the lack of sleep I had last night, I actually had a pretty race today. My f...
Posted by Alex on Mon, 24 Sep 2007 08:38:00 PST

Road to become an Ironman

Cottage is booked, Registration fee is paid, I'm ready to make some sacrifices, I'm ready to do everything I can to ensure I will complete the 2.4 mile swim, 112 mile bike, and 26.2 mile run ...
Posted by Alex on Sun, 02 Sep 2007 11:08:00 PST

Chicago Marathon Recap

Just a little over a year ago I finished my first marathon in Rochester. Back then I was a very amateur runner, I remember I started out at a 9 minute mile pace and hit the wall after the 16th mile ma...
Posted by Alex on Tue, 24 Oct 2006 12:22:00 PST

Marathon Ready

After 3:45:32 I have completed my 20 miles training run. The longest training run before race day. Overall I'm feeling pretty good, since I was able to work at my side job at the restaurant right aft...
Posted by Alex on Sun, 01 Oct 2006 08:48:00 PST

My triathlon story

For those of you who don't go to my other blog, here is the story of my first triathlon. I have completed the sprint distance triathlon this morning. My overall finishing time was 1:53:02. As a newbie...
Posted by Alex on Mon, 11 Sep 2006 06:20:00 PST

Livestrong

Today I ran about 5 miles and did a little bit of weight training, tomorrow Tommy T and I will head out to the lake after work for one final open water swim. That will pretty much sums up my triathlon...
Posted by Alex on Thu, 07 Sep 2006 08:58:00 PST

Home sweet home

Alex is will not be in US until March 6th
Posted by Alex on Wed, 22 Feb 2006 09:16:00 PST

Real Blog reminder

Don't be a fool, come here instead www.thesoupdujour.com
Posted by Alex on Fri, 03 Feb 2006 12:39:00 PST

ARRRGGHHHH

I hate my job today.
Posted by Alex on Wed, 07 Dec 2005 02:10:00 PST

lack of endurance

I wanted to get a small taste of what's it feels like to be a triathlete, therefore tonight I swam 200 yards, biked about 5 miles and ran 1.5 miles all in one single work out session. Dude that shit i...
Posted by Alex on Tue, 06 Dec 2005 10:20:00 PST