Sunset Cat

Just a short report, longer to follow!
The race started as a tri but ended up being a du — the swim got cancelled due to the wicked longshore current. Instead, we got to run 1/4 mile thru knee high to waist high surf. No kidding.
You know how triathlon is all about how you [...]

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Dave and I did the LA Bike Tour Sunday morning. Early Sunday morning. REALLY early.
And only in LA can you have traffic jams while bicycling. Ah well. It was overall a fun experience, as long as we didn’t let ourselves get stressed out about the crowds, and got us revved up [...]

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I did the LA Tri Club “Ocean 101″ this a.m. — just to get a few refresher tips on reading the waves etc. And to get myself into the (ice-cream-headache-provoking) frigid (53?) water.
It wasn’t nearly as cold as I feared. In fact, I truly believe that Ventura last June was colder - [...]

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We flaked Saturday a.m. — didn’t do ANY of the races. However, Sunday, we did a nice 50+min bike ride followed by a short 25min run. As per normal I was tired (but in a good way) the rest of the day. It’s the first real brick workout I’ve done in who [...]

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I finished the first of my New England socks for the KOTR KAL yesterday!
I changed a few things from the book — I prefer short socks, so only did 2 diamond repeats on the leg, not 4, and the lace ribbing on the back goes to just before starting the heel flap. For the [...]

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I purchased a semi-tailored training schedule for Wildflower from Acme Training. Training started Monday. Of course I’ve not stuck to it — couldn’t swim on the days they wanted me to (shifted forward one day), didn’t bike Wednesday but did a spin class Thursday, ran Wednesday instead of Monday, etc. Did the swim [...]

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