ESPN: Other Olympic Sports I Attempted

Many thanks to Lucas Gilman, who took 99% of these shots for ESPN.

: Swim practice, Modern Pentathlon, 2006

: Shooting practice with Coach Sill, Modern Pentathlon

: Fencing practice, Modern Pentathlon, 2006

: Fencing practice, Modern Pentathlon, 2006

: Equestrian practice, Modern Pentatlon, 2006

: Track evaluation, Modern Pentathlon, 2006

: Track cycling development camp, 2006

: So fast, you can’t even see me

: Team Handball practice, 2006

: Mass swim start, Hawaii Iroman 2006

: And we’re off!

: Emerging from Hawaii Ironman swim practice

: Expression sums up what its like to learn 7.6 million things about cycling in two years

: Sport Beans, 2006

: An Ironman’s effect on the human toenail

: On a practice run at Ironman Hawaii 2006

: On the run in Ironman CA 70.3

: Electrolyte replenishment, Ironman California 70.3

: After the ITU Nevis Triathlon in March 2008, my race numbers are sunburned onto my arm. As of March 2009, they’re still there.

: Mt Eliza, Australia. Not an ugly place!

: Vaseline to prevent chafing, bleeding, and shark feeding

: Bruce Dixon, BBSwim race director, flips for open water swimming

: Leon Cox of Melbourne helps me through the Bloody Big Swim

: Reaching for my kayak to grab a drink, mid swim

: One of the many jellyfish I swam through in my first open water swim race, 7.1 miles in Australia’s Bloody Big Swim 2007

: This is what your tongue looks like after a 3 hour swim in the ocean. It will shed a layer of itself.

: SuperSwimmy, The Legend.

: Jellyfish print toilet paper. Only in Australia.

: Lining up with the other top 100 lightweight rowers in the world. I come in 20th place, after not rowing for 10 years.

: On the erg, CRASH B rowing champs

: Martha and Lauren, my Colgate rowing teammates, came to cheer me on at 2007 CRASH B indoor rowing champs

: Marilyn Monroe watches as I eat McPancakes after my leightweight rowing weigh-ins

: Cycling races often mean early morning commutes

: An Arizona dawn at the Usery Pass Time Trial, 2007

: KB’s happy cactus dance

: In athleticoma after the World Time Trial Championships in Varese, Italy 2008. Italian girl next to me is in tears. I’m too tired to cry.