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Just thought I would share a few pics from my recent triathlon, which was race #3 from the Central Florida Triathlon Series on August 17. Overall my individual event times were up and down from race #2, but overall I managed to shave some time, which was nice.

Me exiting the swim, which was at 7:40, a little slower than last month when I came out of the water at 7:25. However I was able to make up some time in T1, bringing that down from 2:06 to 1:36.

Beginning the bike, like a moron, I missed my pedals two times, oh well, overall the bike course was nice and I managed to cut my time a little from 24:27 down to 23:52.

Also coming in to T2 was nice and I was able to bring that down from 1:06 to a sweet 0:35 seconds.

Finishing up the run I felt great and wished I had picked up the pace a little earlier. Still I managed to cut my time a little from 25:49 down to 25:04.

My official results were:
SWIM (.25 mile): 7:40
SWIM TO BIKE TRANSITION: 1:36
BIKE (8 miles): 23:52
BIKE TO RUN TRANSITION: 0:35
RUN (3.1 miles): 25:04
FINISH: 58:45

What does this tell me, I need more time in the pool, I still need to work on my transitions, although to be fair T1 does include a decent run up the beach, and I also need to work on my overall confidence when it comes to running and not be afraid to pick up the pace and really push.

Sadly this series just includes three races, but I look forward to next year and with some proper swim training I am hoping for 55:00 flat on this course.

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In preparation for an upcoming move I have begin the dreaded task of cleaning out stuff that I have and do not need or simply do not use.

The rules are simple, first come first to get. I am not setting any prices on these items because I am not looking to really make money. In fact I just want a quick sale and fully expect to get way below retail for most of this stuff, even though its all either new, like new or very slightly used. I am pretty OCD and take extra good care my stuff. Of course most of this has been sitting unused in my office for longer that I care to remember.

So with that I guess you can say my loss is your gain. Here is the list, if you see something of interest, send an email to areyouageek (at) gmail (dot) com and make me an offer. If the offer is fair its yours, and I stand behind everything I sell.

Because of the amount of stuff I have, I did not take individual pics, but will offer pics of any item upon request.

• 500GB USB Western Digital MyBook external hard drive (used for about 6-months, looks new, always mounts, never had any issues, just replaced it with a 1TB drive)
• SkullCandy Smokin’ Buds earbuds (new in package)
• Nero 8 (brand new in box, never opened or installed, and will toss in a red Nero laptop bag also)
• Plantronics Explorer 370 Bluetooth headset (opened, with all accessories and manual, was used two or three times)
• Jawbone Bluetooth headset in Black, this is the Original Jawbone. Looks new, lightly used, about a year old, still in box with all accessories.
• Apple Bluetooth headset, had Apple replace it with new about 6-months ago, since then it was used 2 or 3 times at most. Still in package with all accessories.
• Apple USB Mighty Mouse (new)
• Apple Bluetooth keyboard, this is the older model with the clear plastic shell. About a year old, but looks new, was a spare that was tucked away. Probably used a handful of times.
• 1GB Samsung U3 mp3 player in green. In box and new, but was opened.
• 1GB SanDisk Sansa Clip mp3 player in black. In box and new, but was opened.
• Zune branded FM transmitter. New, never used, but opened, it came with my car charger.
• Original Apple iPhone 8GB, great condition, still with original box and all accessories. (This was sold but my bastard friend backed out of the deal in favor of the 3G)
• Everex Cloudbook with original box and accessories, used for a few weeks, but bought the HP Mini-Note instead.
• Asus Eee PC 701 with original box and accessories, also includes a 4GB SD card, car charger and has had the RAM upgraded to 1GB. Same as the Cloudbook, used for a few weeks, but bought the HP Mini-Note instead.

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Enjoying some quality time with my youngest, almost 11 months old now. She loves to eat, and fortunatly for us she will eat just about anything. Here she is enjoying some chicken and rice with carrots and peas.

Edward “Eddie” Davidson, aka, the “Spam King” decided prison was just not for him, and has recently walked away from the Florence, Colorado minimum security prison camp where he was doing his time.

Davidson, was sentenced to serve 21 months, but decided to make his break without even serving 2 months.

It always amazes me when I read a story about someone “walking away” from prison. I cannot imagine being able to do that.

First, how can one just walk away from prison, even if it is a minimum security camp, and second why would you do that on a 21 month sentence. Sure that is almost 2 years, which is long time, but its got to be better than being on the run, forever. What a jackass.

Davidson was last seen in the Denver suburb of Lakewood, about 90 miles away from the camp where he was supposed to be.

Thankfully, we have a bunch of geeks out there who hate spam, with that I cannot imagine it will take long for at least one of us to spot him.

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