From sand, to sea, to...mud

Last weekend, I joined some friends at the MABRA Cyclo-Cross Champs. In predictable fashion, I talked a good game, but when the gun went off, I put the pedal to the metal. As you watch the clip, you'll realize a couple things: 1) I truly am Egyptian. I come from a lot of sand, not a lot of mud. 2) As a pro triathlete, I am great on the pavement, traveling in a straight line. Put me in mud, with turns, and run-ups and, well, it's anybody's game. 3) There simply aren't enough layers for me when it comes to the cold. My friends said I wanted to win and win by a lot. Sure, I wanted to win, but the truth is that I was riding in circles, looking for the car and a warm ride home.

A lot of pro road racers will race cyclo-cross in the off-season both for a mental break as well as for the natural anaerobic cross-over benefits that the training and racing provides for their year-end workouts. While I'm not sure I'm there yet--can't we do these races in 85 and sun and not 24 and mud--I did stumble across a new hobby, and perhaps yet another facet to the Omar Nour story.

I hope you enjoy this race vid and all of the various falls, crashes, tumbles, and assorted slip-ups. I promise to be more regular in my Blog and Vlog postings, so please continue to check back and by all means, tell your friends and family about my site. I hope to offer you a front-row seat on my bumpy ride to the London Olympics.

OMAR NOUR

Egyptian Professional Triathlete
2012 Olympic Hopeful

My First Vlog (Jamaican Style)

In the beginning...

...there was light.

And with that, welcome to my new blog, Omar Nour: Olympic Triathlete.

In the months leading up to the 2012 Olympics in London, I will be sharing a lot of my life with you. Either via Facebook, Twitter, or here on the new Blog.

While Triathlon is comprised of three disciplines, there are quite literally hundreds, if not thousands of moving parts that have to come together in order to make the Olympic games. In my case, that journey, is not merely a statistical achievement, it is actually historic. Literally.

You see, when I toe the start line in London, I will be the first person in Egyptian Olympic history to compete in triathlon.

My journey had an unlikely start line and the steep climb leads to a daunting finish. Yet I have defied the odds, the nay-sayers, and the unforeseeable, along the way, only to be 18 short months away from writing Olympic and Egyptian history.

Follow my journey. Share in my adventures. Support my efforts.

The best is yet to come...

OMAR NOUR
Egyptian Professional Triathlete
2012 Olympic Hopeful