About

This blog is by Chris Bennett, a 50 year old who enjoys triathlons, even though he isn’t particularly good at them (especially the swimming).

A Civil Engineer by training, I work for the World Bank in the transportation sector. This means lots of travel so I get to train in very interesting – and not so interesting – places. Originally Canadian, we lived from 2003-9 in  Washington D.C.  which is a great city to train in, with many clubs and places to escape the city. If you have to live in a large city in America, this is a hard place to beat. I started triathlons while living in D.C.

In late 2009 we moved back to the top end of the South Island of New Zealand where my wife will be opening a Bed & Breakfast. It’s a great place to train and our Endless Pool will hopefully attract some triathletes as guests.

I love cycling and my web site www.lpcb.org has my trip journals from cycling San Francisco to Maine, mountain biking the Rocky Mountains from Canada to Mexico, following the Tour de France, and more. It also has all my technical publications and papers if you are a glutton for punishment.

My triathlon race support is through my long-suffering wife Lis Pedersen. Originally Danish, we met in New Zealand where she was my nurse in hospital. I may have got a bad knee, but that was a small price to pay for a wonderful wife. She is a self-appointed ambassador extolling the virtues of New Zealand to anyone who will listen. She uses my frequent flyer miles to escape down under whenever she can.

Contacts:

Christopher R. Bennett and Lis Pedersen
232 Westdale Road
RD1 Richmond 7081 NEW ZEALAND
e-m: chris[at]lpcb . org
Phone: +1-703-957-9443
Fax: +1-270-294-6240