tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-43894340051603381342011-04-21T20:46:32.988-07:00Brad Gale - Professional Triathlete- www.bgale.infoMy name is Brad Gale and I am a professional triathlete living in Salt Lake City, Utah. I divide my time between managing a local swim shop in Salt Lake (Pool N Patio) and training for & racing in Ironman distance events to short course races. I all so do Triathlon coaching, feel free to contact me for training plans and more info on what I can do for you. This is my triathlon diary. www.bgale.infoTo Allhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04506631858626465405noreply@blogger.comBlogger21100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4389434005160338134.post-49809162805608189802008-12-04T13:02:00.000-08:002008-12-04T13:15:17.620-08:00WOW IT’S BEEN A REAL LONG TIME!!!!Wow it’s been a real long time since I’ve added any thing into my blog…..<br /><br />Well to cut a long story short I got a bad running injury in/on my right hip, I later figured out I was running in bad running shoes, a bad style for me :)<br /><br />I still trained, kept up with my swimming and my biking and as much running as possible, I did a 1 triathlon in Provo Utah with my pain and did well in it, but after the race a few days later the pain was unbelievable, taking off time from running here and there, I did a few more local triathlons but just did the swim and bike…I did a masters swim meet and a few local bike rides with my friends.<br />A total of 6 months of inconsistent running, I decided to get new shoes, off to a local running store I went, walked in with my flip flops and a pair of socks in my hand, I let these guys do there magic at the store by doing treadmill testing and so on..<br /><br />They found a problem straight away..put me into some stability shoes(mizuno) and I was cured …fantastic…. But now the session was coming to an end..<br /><br />What do I do…September I decided to race Ironman Arizona on November 23rd my 28th BIRTHDAY …<br /><br />I will do a full race report on how my day unfolded in a few days…<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4389434005160338134-4980916280560818980?l=bgale.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>To Allhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04506631858626465405noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4389434005160338134.post-4672801110551056872008-01-06T12:18:00.000-08:002008-01-06T14:08:05.093-08:00Home for the Holidays<div>Hi all,<br /></div><br /><div><br /><div>On the 20th of Dec Sonia and i left Salt Lake City for our 27 hour flight to South Africa to spend Christmas and New years with my Family and Friends,</div><br /><br /><div>Our flying fun started with a flight to New york then to Dakar then to Johannesburg then onto our final stop Cape Town...shooo what a lot of time on the plane.</div><br /><br /><div>When we got to Jo-Burg we had to disembark the plane get our luggage then go through customs ...well some how our 3 suit cases never come through on the carousel ...hmmmm now what...we found the lost and found baggage counter to file a claim....the guy behind the counter gave us a case # and a phone # to call to find out the progress of the lost bags..</div><br /><br /><div>We then flew on to Cape Town to see my Family, i could not wait..it had been over a year and a half since i last saw them all...what a great welcome we had...</div><br /><div><br />We all piled into the Kombie(van) with no suit cases and headed back to my Mom and dads house ...we all stayed up till 3 am chatting and catching up....</div><br /><div><br />That morning i woke up first and went out side to see the view from my Parents House..wow it was amazing, i just sat out side and let my mind go crazzy with all the good times i have had in Hout Bay.....</div><br /><div><br /></div><br /><div></div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5152466560768529954" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_crXio_VlRqE/R4E9Cb-v1iI/AAAAAAAAAAs/jRphdt8-81A/s320/view+from+house.JPG" border="0" /><br /><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><br /><p>We all had a few days to catch up before we headed up to my mom Sisters holidays house in hermanas, on the way we stoped at the Airport to get our 2 of our 3 bags that they had found...i was getting a little tired of wearing the same clothes for 3 days..we got to the air port and found out all 3 bags were there...Great... so on to hermanas we went..its about 1 and a half hours drive...it a good drive we past a huge squatter camp (shanty town)</p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5152470293095110194" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_crXio_VlRqE/R4FAbr-v1jI/AAAAAAAAAA0/WRpFU17BRlA/s320/camp.JPG" border="0" /><br /><br /><p></p><br /><p>We drove through a real nice mountain range and saw the opposite to a inversion...</p><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_crXio_VlRqE/R4FCTL-v1kI/AAAAAAAAAA8/l84a_dqtozQ/s1600-h/mnt.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5152472346089477698" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_crXio_VlRqE/R4FCTL-v1kI/AAAAAAAAAA8/l84a_dqtozQ/s320/mnt.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><p><br /></p><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><br /><div>We got to Hermanas and met up with every one, there were about 16 of us in all and about 6 dogs..we had a great Christmas and we got some great gifts and great food, Sonia did the Turkey and boy did she do a great job.</div><br /><br /><div>We went down to the beach a few times to catch a little tan.....</div><br /><div></div><br /><br /><div></div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5152474308889531986" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_crXio_VlRqE/R4FEFb-v1lI/AAAAAAAAABE/YmQX79aq3c0/s320/bradbeachsa.JPG" border="0" />We all Stayed at my Moms Sisters house for a few days then went back to my mom and dads place back in Hout Bay the rest of the time in Cape Town....</div><br /><br /><div></div><br /><div>It was great to do some long runs on my old stomping grounds ... I did a little local 15km road run for fun and had a good time and i all so did do one great run in particular up a road called Chapman's peak drive...and this is the view at the top looking back in onto Hout Bay...</div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5152476632466839138" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_crXio_VlRqE/R4FGMr-v1mI/AAAAAAAAABM/kKn9RziY4QE/s400/chapies.JPG" border="0" /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><p></p><br /><p>We did some tourist things and wine tastings...and much much more...before the new years party....at the look out deck...this is a pic of myself, Sonia, Mom and Dad before the night got rough...we all had a great time ...<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5152478724115912306" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_crXio_VlRqE/R4FIGb-v1nI/AAAAAAAAABU/rkNFMKFhA1Q/s320/fam.JPG" border="0" /></p><br /><p></p><br /><p>Thank you Mom and Dad for such a great time..</p><br /><p>Love you lots.</p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4389434005160338134-467280111055105687?l=bgale.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>To Allhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04506631858626465405noreply@blogger.com2