Swimmer in Transition Posts

September 15, 2008

1:07.54! 9:11 swim, 33.41 min bike (PB – 20.7 mph!!) and 24.04 run. 5 club races at Coronado this year. Next month it moves to Fiesta Island. Recap – 1:19, 1:14, 1:10, 1:09, 1:07. Twelve minutes drop in 5…

September 12, 2008

August 30 through Sept 7 training log: -25 mile morning Del Mar bike before I borded the plane-25 min swim in Lake Pokegama-25 min run hungover on the trails behind Uncle Tom’s house in St. Cloud (beautiful)Seriously rachel? Trip…

August 29, 2008

The past two weeks have been semi-uneventful, but I’m sure this will somehow become a long post. Weekdays have been staying pretty consistent, Mon – evening run and JCC swims, Tues – JT’s Cabrillo ride and run, Wed –…

August 19, 2008

Well, the title says it all. Here’s a recap; I’ll try to keep it quick.Friday: Cove swim was cold and only a mile, but still fun. Paul, Dawn and I went out for sushi afterwards…yummy! Great food and silly…

August 12, 2008

Race report: Saturday morning, snoozed 3 times at 5am and somehow managed to crawl out of bed after staying up way too late watching the opening ceremonies of the Olympics…I have a feeling this will happen a lot in…

August 7, 2008

Tong twister, thigh burner, and thrilling.Ok, I’m off the “t” rant. The past two Tuesdays (I promise that’s it) on my usual Cabrillo morning ride, I’ve opted for the longer version up to La Jolla. July 29th we had…

August 4, 2008

1:55!!This morning I competed in the highly anticipated La Jolla Cove Swim Club Tour of the Buoys 5 mile swimming race. My sister and I arrived to the shores at 7:30am, I got my race packet, found my kayaker,…

July 29, 2008

Okay, I know I rant about the La Jolla cove amazingness, but I love this place and I feel it deserves a post. Especially after such a great weekend. Friday was a half day at work (woohoo!) and then…

July 24, 2008

What a great weekend! Last Friday I went to the cove with Bethany and then headed to Paul’s for the drive up to the San Bernardino Forest. We arrived and settled into “camp” (tents in the parking lot at…

July 15, 2008

Last week was kind of a lazy week for me. Monday night swim, Tuesday morning bike and then nothing until the weekend. I saw WALL-E on Wednesday (such a great movie with a great message!). Friday I carpooled with…