Hi everyone, I hope yer all hopped up on aloha. I am doing real well these days.
Two weeks ago I went up for my annual pilgrimage to UC Davis. I missed last year because there was way too much going on and was bummed to miss my friends who I always get to see so [...]
What a crazy month. The stock market posted positive results for the first time in 6 months. I fully immersed myself into a new sport and further heightened my love for the Hawaiian culture. Had some family health issues that put a scare into alot of us and reminded us again how precious life is. [...]
Hi everyone, you are probably wondering about the vague, yet oddly descriptive post title. Well, I am here to share my stoke on how the canoe paddling has been going but also talk about so many good folks losing their jobs.
We’ll start with the less then fun dialog…jobs and the economy. Upper Deck yesterday laid [...]
Hiya folks. The latest installment of my adventures is that I am going to join and paddle for an outrigger canoe team! The group is called Ikuna Koa (victory, strength) and they seem pretty cool. A real focus on the hawaiian culture which is important to me, and a neat sense of ohana (family). I [...]
Wow, time flies. 2008 was one of the most challenging years I have experienced in over 30 plus rounds. Despite all the negative things though, it was also a year of growth, challenge, and great success.
ClarkeDesign has been a wonderful journey so far. I just relaunched my professional website (www.ClarkeDesign.net) after 8 years of the [...]
Since the triathlon I have really neglected things around here. Sorry. I will try and contribute some more fun posts soon.
In the meantime, the big news is I would like to welcome a new addition to my family…an iphone*! thats right, I have hopped onto the modern age and have a kick butt new toy [...]
1 week after the Tri, I am figuring out what next goal to go after, and cranking through some really fun projects with ClarkeDesign. I just came across a link, called: “The Story of Stuff“. Give it a look if you a little time for a lesson on where our stuff comes from and the [...]
update: 10/7 11:13pm:The splits are posted now at Mission Bay Triathlon page.
NAME: CLARKE GRAVES - AGE: 31 - CITY: SAN DIEGO - WAVE: 5
CATEGORY: MALE 30-34 - AGE GROUP PLACE: 47/151
OVERALL RANK: 283/1458
SWIM RANK: 441 - SWIM: 0:09:36
Transition 1: 0:03:50
BIKE RANK: 550 - BIKE: 0:32:51
Transition 2: 0:01:15
RUN RANK: 69 - RUN: 0:20:30
FINISH: 1:08:02
Congrats to [...]
I will have more splits, and lots of pictures that Stefanie took of the race, but while weary, I am too excited to share with everyone that I finished my first Triathlon this morning! I had a little issue getting on the bike on the mounting area and got a little scrape on the shin [...]
My body (calf and knee) are healed up. The training has been a little lacking but solid. And today I did my first dry-run (ok, wet) run of the three events in succession to see how it would feel and not be surprised by the results. Went ok. Definitely tricky to hop into a new [...]
