Steven Fair Comments Post Ironman 70.3 Augusta 2009

Quick interview with Pensacola Race Management owner Steven Fair. 1.5 mile swim, 56 miles biking, and 13.1 miles running all in succession is what Michael Bowen, Danny Turner, Steve Fair, Ferris Fox and over 3000 others from 13 countries did on Sept 27, 2009 in Augusta, Georgia. See related websites:

http://www.racepensacola.com
http://www.ironmanaugusta.com
http://www.runfastpensacola.com


... browse some of our team's other blogs at http://blogs.didx.net and http://blog.tmcnet.com/monetizing-ip-communications/. You're welcome to comment, contribute, and collaborate any time.

Michael Bowen Shares Ironman Augusta 70.3 Triathlon

Quick interview with Michael Bowen after he completed the Ironman Augusta 70.3 Triathlon.

Related websites:
http://www.racepensacola.com
http://www.ironmanaugusta.com
http://www.runfastpensacola.com

... browse some of our team's other blogs at http://blogs.didx.net and http://blog.tmcnet.com/monetizing-ip-communications/. You're welcome to comment, contribute, and collaborate any time.

Using Skype and Truphone to Share Ironman Results

We were live on http://www.wfxg.com (mentioned on Twitter) at the Ironman 70.3 Augusta, Georgia Triathlon. I am mega-sunburnt. Times for the some of the people from Pensacola in our group and I'm proud of all of them. I'm on Skype now and with others using Truphone on my Nokia E71 (AT&T) with others (in the USA and abroad) discussing the event and results.

NO FN LN DIVISION OVERALL DIVPL SEXPL SWIM RATE RANK T1 BIKE RATE RANK T2 RUN RATE RANK TIME
1675 Logan Roberts M 20-24 651 34/80 538/1803 25:35 1:13 485 2:41:51 - - - 2:40:23 2:10:32 9:58 1243 5:20:16
2859 Scott Sandfort M 40-44 659 103/325 546/1803 27:46 1:19 1070 4:36 3:00:31 18.6 1386 3:55 1:43:58 7:57 269 5:20:44
2521 Steven Fair M 40-44 1334 197/325 1052/1803 25:42 1:13 517 5:47 2:49:17 19.8 839 2:52 2:28:37 11:21 1858 5:52:13
89 Joe Dykes M 30-34 1618 211/268 1253/1803 28:08 1:20 1177 3:41 3:04:07 18.2 1549 3:08 2:27:41 11:17 1826 6:06:42
1152 Jonathan Roberts M 25-29 1622 140/189 1257/1803 27:20 1:18 908 5:18 3:16:01 17.1 2002 1:48 2:16:22 10:25 1441 6:06:47
3029 Michael Bowen M 45-49 1858 153/204 1414/1803 35:38 1:42 2405 6:52 3:12:52 17.4 1895 5:59 2:19:24 10:39 1550 6:20:44
2123 Ferris Fox M 65-69 2031 6/9 1529/1803 33:42 1:36 2286 5:56 3:13:48 17.3 1925 6:42 2:34:23 11:48 2007 6:34:29
2122 Danny Turner M 65-69 2493 9/9 1795/1808 38:27 1:50 2525 8:45 4:22:44 12.8 2554 6:59 2:52:43 13:12 2333
3161 Johnny Harrison M 45-49 95 3/206 83/1808 25:32 1:13 478 2:35 2:27:38 22.8 63 1:23 1:37:31 7:27 141 4:34:37
2154 Lisa Harrison F 45-49 758 15/79 138/711 26:41 1:16 719 2:52 2:41:11 20.8 449 2:06 2:12:46 10:09 1339 5:25:35

Wow, and I thought I was cool when I finished my first marathon in 2007 in 5 hours... a 1/2 Ironman? 1.5 miles swimming usually in a river or the ocean, 56 miles on a bike and a 13.1 mile run.

Talk with Pensacola Race Management for more information about training with F.A.S.T. (running), with Mere Mortals (bricks), and so on for good planning for your own triathlons and running races.

More blog posts on this 2009 event.
1. http://lifeonuhbike.blogspot.com/2009/08/rode-ironman-augusta-703-bike-course.html
2. http://www.sparkpeople.com/mypage_public_journal_individual.asp?blog_id=2429947
3. http://triaflete.blogspot.com/2009/09/final-countdown-to-augusta.html
4. http://www.eatitatlanta.com/2009/09/26/power-pierogi/
5. http://muppetdogs.blogspot.com/2009/09/augusta-703-spectathlete-report-part-1.html

... browse some of our team's other blogs at http://blogs.didx.net and http://blog.tmcnet.com/monetizing-ip-communications/. You're welcome to comment, contribute, and collaborate any time.

The King of Spain and I Trade Places

Isn't it beautifully ironic that when I visit Barcelona, Spain for GSMA Mobile World Congress, the King of Spain visits my hometown and the Super Technologies, Inc. and DIDX headquarters (Pensacola, Florida)?

http://visitpensacola.blogspot.com/2009/01/king-and-queen-of-spain-to-visit.html

Check a couple posts down for meetups in Barcelona. I can't wait to meet you here at GSMA! We'll be updating where we are and where we are going so we can meet as many of you as possible via http://twitter.com/suzannebowen and http://www.facebook.com/p/Suzanne_Bowen/586485349.

Car Wrecks, Qik, And SIP in Pensacola, Florida

Time 5:50 PM, Tuesday, Jan 27, 2009. I'm reading Facebook statuses of hundreds of friends, laughing, being educated, and/or feeling empathetic. Michael's driving us to run the Emerald Coast Racing Team workout.

Boom! Airbag, smack! My progressive eyeglasses crushed... Michael's saying he's okay. I can't see to get to Qik to stream this shenanigan.




We open the doors of our Chevy Tracker (which doesn't look totalled but later we find out it is). We huddle in the ditch. I take pictures of anything I can and change my Facebook status to "Michael and i just got into abig car accident. A guy coming out of a bar hit us. We.re both bleeding but able to stand outside the car. i.m shaking."

I forget about Qik. We didn't catch on video a very peculiar situation that I will not discuss online. Hindsight. Michael's mid section is pretty banged up. My head, oh my big head.

Steve Fair shows up after he sees my Facebook status. Then Steve Cayona shows up, same reason, with Michael's insurance papers. Bless you both. I sit on the ground and read my Facebook friends' words of encouragement on my wall while hugging Michael close and crying silently.

Next day, the neck, shoulders, head, and right eye are throbbing. Can't see to work on my computer. Progessive lenses shot.

Steve Cayona, my Super Technologies' colleague, calls and says, "Quit feeling sorry for yourself. You and I are going to the ITGulfcoast meeting. Why would you want to miss John R. Bartoszewicz, Managing Partner of Business Communications & Data (BCD), discuss Sessions Initiated Protocol (SIP) in little old Redneck Riviera Pensacola, Florida?"

Watch some on Qik starting with http://qik.com/video/934968 and 3 more videos* after. (It's a bit sloppy because I just can't see that well. I'm feeling very sloppy.) He mentions that Cox Communications will be providing SIP soon. (Cox and Super Technologies, Inc. are sponsors of ITGulfcoast.)

John also mentions the fact that his company will be using an IP PBX hosted by Commpartners (who btw, are the ones who manage http://www.voip-info.org. We spent some time with them at PTC in 2007. John explains SIP so well and so simply.

You make me proud of Northwest Florida, John.

I'm going to work now with my face as close to the Dell as possible. See you at the Super Bowl party on Sunday in Miami and most of all ITEXPO East / 4G Wireless Evolution / Digium | Asterisk World, all 12,000 or more of you. Get your passes here at www.itexpo.com now.

* I'll get the Qik videos titled, etc. soon.

Running Marathons and High-Powered WiFi, Best Friends

Michael and I were discussing the Pensacola Marathon that we are helping to measure via calibrated bicycle. The race is scheduled for Feb. 15, 2009 at 6:30 AM. One problem for races is the slow process of data entry and availability of scoring and timing and upload of photos and videos. So, I turned to Brough Turner's Next Wave Redux Internet Telephony magazine column post, NextGen WIFI and Wireless Disruption.

"Now 802.11y defines how new high-powered WiFi devices can operate in the US in the 3650-3700 MHz band (at ranges up to 5 km!)."

My husband and I immediately discuss why marathons and high-powered WiFi should be best friends, and I want to share that conversation with you.

Traditionally, scoring and timing of a marathon is done this way. Place the computer system in a van or trailer and data is entered offline. More recently, some race results are being uploaded near real time, but again the server is in the van or trailer itself, subject to damage and loss and elements in the open and on the drive to the race site.

If a race or even just some of the splits are situated within the 5Km range of the WiFI, think of the opportunities! Leverage of GPS. Real-time upload of scoring, timing, photos, videos and more. And... with something as cool and tiny as a PDA, Asus Netbook Eee or HP Mini-Note, or even a cell phone.

You're right, Brough. It's a game-changer.

Trying out Flock's Blog Editor

Always pushing me to try this and that on the net, Rehan, my business partner, has got me hooked on another cool item, Flock's Blog Editor. I can't wait to show Michael this, my husband, a human performance technologist, who is an avid blogger about coaching athletes.