The JimAnna Chronicles

So, although I have done a number of endurance events, I had yet to complete a full marathon. So, this year I decided it was time and since Paris is only a few hours away, it was destination: Paris Marathon 2008. The plan was to race with Anna, me and our good friend Jen (unfortunately, [...]

This Memorial Day weekend was the 16th annual Cocos Crossing. This is a chance for a couple hundred slightly masochistic people to get on a ferry way too early in the morning and ride two and a half miles out to Cocos Island off the southern coast of Guam. Then, get in the water and [...]

This weekend, I got back on my road bike for the first time in a couple months. I had done a couple mountain bike races last month, but that is entirely different (of course). So, as you can imagine, it was a little rough and since this was a true road, I had to take [...]

This weekend, our adventure de jour was a trip to Saipan for the highly touted XTerra off-road triathlon. I have to say, it did not disappoint in the adventure category! The one thing I will say this weekend taught me (before I launch into the story in earnest) is that I discovered, I am not [...]

I know it’s been a couple weeks since my last post. Sorry, just we’ve not done anything website worthy. Last weekend, however, I decided to continue my masochistic habit of triathlons. If you’ve been following the site, you’ll notice that last year, I was very active, racing something like 12 times last year. This year, [...]

To continue my triathlon passion that’s developed here on Guam, here are pictures from yet another triathlon. This one is different for a couple reasons though. 1, this is an Olympic distance and 2, I did it as a team with Mark (who was kind enough to do the run). So, here are a few [...]

Last weekend Anna and I participated in yet another multi-sport event. This was a short Duathlon (2k run – 20k bike – 2k run). One of the volunteers there was kind enough to take these shots for us. Here we are ready to go. As you can see it’s a pretty small grough (about 30). [...]

These past few weekends there has been a mountain bike series race. Unfortunately, I don’t own a mountain bike, so I had to borrow from a friend and missed the first 2 races. Fortunately, I was able to make the last few. I know it’s not too exciting hearing about my bike racing, so I [...]

This past weekend, the base had a triathlon. It was a shorter than sprint distance with a 400m swim, 12k bike, and 5k run. This year I have decided I really like triathlons (as this is my 9th of the year). However, they have all been sprint distance or shorter. I would like to race [...]

Today Anna and I ran 6.7 miles (yes, I know that’s the reverse of ’76, but nonetheless that’s how far the run was) to celebrate our nation’s birthday. Lots of hills, through the jungle, and terminating at the Agana Swimming Pool (where we started). This is my first post to this website, so I am [...]