Olympic Distance Triathlon – Check!

Posted on: January 25, 2010

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Yesterday was the Louie Bonpua Memorial Triathlon – named for a TNT athlete who succumbed to cancer, as I understand it, about 9 years ago. H and Dad were volunteering – well – DAD was volunteering. H was “volunteered” by me, and he was not all that ha …

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Another Day, Another Workout AND The “My Computer and the Rock” Story

Posted on: January 12, 2010

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The workout for today is a Swim, then a Spin. Got up this morning to do the Swim early, then realized that at 7:30 a.m., the JCC would probably be teaming with folks trying to get a workout in before going to work. So I did some work – rebooting my com …

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Hey Cupcake!

Posted on: January 11, 2010

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The Cupcake Girls – and Jakie of course. Sunday the 10th was a Mentor Run. Mentor Margaret set it up in her town of Napa, and we ran between all the cupcake stores! Jake and Herbert came with me to the run. Our “merry band” included Coaches Jen Jay, Se …

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Heeeeeere Piggie Piggie Piggie…

Posted on: January 11, 2010

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Coach Skip & Head Coach Dave, bringin' sexy back. Saturday (January 9th) ended our 9th week of Iron Training. We were back out to Pleasant Hill, this time for a Bike, Swim and Core/Strength Day. I was minus my trusty Navigatrix Iron Mel, as she …

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Week Update

Posted on: January 11, 2010

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OK, so I totally suck at keeping track of mileage. I managed for all of ONE post (last one). So Be It! This is the Wednesday-Thursday-Friday post, then Saturday will have its own, and Sunday too! I’m catching all this up on Monday – the blessed REST da …

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Swim’N’Run

Posted on: January 5, 2010

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Just a quick post – today did a 2350 yard swim, and a 4 mile (1 hour) run. A few of my IronTeam members are keeping track of their “mileage” – I didn’t think to start that, but I am going to try to remember to post the mileage when I sign in. The Swim …

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The First Full IronTeam Workout in 2010

Posted on: January 4, 2010

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lifeguard at our swim Sunday Morning and it was time for IronTeam Training! Met Iron Mel at the Larkspur Ferry at 6:30AM. Thank goodness I had blogged about the workout – I somehow had thought it was Saturday (which was the Bike Marker) – and Mentor Ma …

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A few thoughts and catch-ups…new bike marker set; 3 flats in a row; etc.

Posted on: January 2, 2010

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“Happiness is nothing more than Health and a Poor Memory.” I haven’t blogged in a while, so I think I will start with today and go backwards/ through my Tweetlog: Today we had a Bike Marker set. We did it on the same course as last time – though this t …

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Holiday Week – A Bit Behind on the Diary

Posted on: December 25, 2009

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‘Tis the season and all that – which basically means something had to “give” and that something was posting on the blog. Not the training, I’m happy to say! This week, after the aborted Bike Ride (see previous post), we had Monday off, then Tuesday was …

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Episode 19: The Spirit Cape Speaks, a couple of Tune Snippets, and my current favorite quote.

Posted on: December 21, 2009

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On Saturday, I received the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society Team In Training Ironteam Spirit Cape, and this podcast details what happened next that day while inspired by the cape.  Happy holidays, and be sure to check out the blog for some photos. As p …

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