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Benefits of quitting… 1

Jul

26

2013

So this week I came across an interesting Freakonomics podcast , which was actually just a re-broadcast that previously aired. The podcast was titled The Upside of Quitting the podcast goes on to explore from an economic angle the pro’s and cons of quitting, and challenges the old adage, Quitters never win, and winners never quit.. It ...

Photos/ Report Randolph Lake sprint Triathlon 2013

Jul

7

2013

Today a few friends and myself took part in the 2013 Randolph Lake sprint triathlon. Held at the Randolph Lake NJ. This sprint triathlon that features a short and calm 880yd clockwise lake swim, followed by a rolling 16-mile loop bike course and a mostly trail 5k run. We signed up very late for this ...

Happy Birthday America

Jul

5

2013

Happy birthday America on this July 4th 2013.. enjoying some fireworks in my hometown.

Race Report & Photos: 2013 Lincoln Park Sprint triathlon

Jun

30

2013

Today a few friends and myself took part in the 2013 Lincoln Park sprint triathlon. Held at the Lincoln Park community lake, a local sprint triathlon that features a short and calm “500yd” lake swim, followed by a fast and flat 10-mile loop bike course and a 5k run. This year we would be doing ...

2013 Sunset Classic 5 mi. Run

Jun

28

2013

Today a bunch of friends of mine plus about 600 other participants took part in the 25th edition of the Bloomfield Sunset Classic 5 miler. What makes this race unique is that its held in the early evening on a weeknight typically in the humid and hot weather of a NJ summer. Its a very ...

Websockets : PHP code complete tutorial client & server 46

Jun

25

2013

Step-by-step to build a simple HTML5 using a PHP server for true server-push websocket communications I’m going to demo how you can create a simple and easy echo server, and communicate bidirectionally with various web clients. The ability for the server to send (or “push“) communications to the client (browser) at any moment provides a ...

Race Report: 2013 Wyckoff triathlon

Jun

15

2013

Took part today in the 2013 edition (31st Annual) Wyckoff triathlon. Its very popular ( usually has over 900 participants) local triathlon held in the Franklin Lakes/Wyckoff area. The race itself is a somewhere between a sprint and Olympic distance race. Its a 800m swim, 17mile bike and 5 mile run. Pre-race Getting up about ...

Race Report: 2013 Ironman 70.3 Eagleman triathlon 1

Jun

11

2013

This is my second attempt at the 70.3 distance, having done the 2012 Amica 70.3 Ironman in Providence, Rhode Island. I choose this 70.3 because after last year’s tough Providence Rhode Island course, I felt this flatter and hopefully faster course will suit me better. Good thing I did because they actually discontinued the 70.3 ...

Race Report & Photos : Nav-e-Sink or swim 2013 2

Jun

2

2013

Today, I took part in the 8th annual Nave-sink -or- swim, it’s a an open water swim race and festival held in Rumson, NJ at the navesink inlet at Victory Park. Again this year , like last year the weather was perfect, and the water was calm and myself plus around 400 swimmers, got ready ...