In 2007 RacerMate Inc of Seattle, Wa. hired me to produce their new software line of products to be called, TA DA, Real Course Videos. So almost overnight I became (cue the theme music) RCVman. This is the story of my work on the road, filming triathlons and searching for true love. Some things never change.
Friday, April 24, 2009
Mountain Du
That time of year again folks. We will kick it off Sunday down in Enumclaw for the Mt. Rainier Duathlon. It's a tough little 10K/40K/5K Du that has always kicked my fanny. The video clip is from the much-discussed (as compared to award-winning) Northwest Triathlon 2003: Tips video. As mentioned in the YouTube description, there are a lot of familiar faces here, overall champs Leroy Popowski and Anne Jensen put on a virtual running and biking clinic and my old buddy Tim Becker takes Oscar home for "Best Demonstration of Marking the Start Line at a Local Event", illustrating in 16:9 aspect ratio the true beauty of this low key, yet thrilling, once a year event. And BTW, that is the incomparable Billy Hale channelling John Fogerty on the score. I just spoke with the event organizers at BuDu racing http://www.buduracing.com/and there is still room folks. Come on out and join the fun.
Thats a great video, captures everything well. I'm glad I didn't watch it beforehand though as it likely would have intimidated me (as I didn't see any 50 somethings with my build). Need those synch up ties on the running shoes I'm seeing and a pair of crutches.
ReplyDeleteI think I was the oldest male competitor today. At least I can still eat French Toast like a kid!!!!
ReplyDeleteThey are called lace locks. Nice effort, congrats, and thanks for the kind words on the vid. I might post some of the other sequences as the 2009 events come up. Next up would be Wildflower.