Swimmer in Transition Posts

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…

July 7, 2008

Before starting triathlons I was pretty serious about climbing. My home away from home back in MN was Vertical Endeavors, the local gym. Last summer brought my first season of true outdoor climbing, basically every weekend. So after leaving…

July 2, 2008

The title has nothing to do with the day…well I am wearing shoes. But I’m in a silly mood. 🙂 So watch out: randomness post ahead!Had a busy last week with the bro and his gf in town. Took…

June 25, 2008

Ok, not really. But I did feel better today on the Cabrillo ride. And I learned a little bit about bike maintenance. Yesterday I got some chain cleaner and lube. I followed the directions…and it worked! 🙂 Go figure.…