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Entries from April 2006

Lady Eleanor, frogging vs UFOs

April 30th, 2006 · 5 Comments

I picked up Lady Eleanor yesterday — I have 6 more tiers before I do the fringe. Getting there! I’m thinking of putting forth a concerted effort to get it done (GASP) over the next couple days.
I’ve decided to frog the Jaywalker sock I began — I made a couple obvious mistakes counting [...]

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Tags: Knitting

Post Jet-Lag

April 23rd, 2006 · No Comments

Finally got back in gear after recovering from being jetlagged (yeah, I know, excuses, excuses).
Easy 3 mile run with Mel on Friday.
Saturday, up the hard side of PV (my first time!), which is a 25 mile bike ride, followed by a 2.5-3 mile run (trudge).
Today I did the LA Tri Club beginner’s ocean swim.
I’ve [...]

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Tags: Triathlon

Fiji Pics

April 19th, 2006 · 3 Comments

I’ve posted more of our Fiji pics at Flickr — please leave a comment if this link doesn’t work.

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Tags: SCUBA · Travel

Socks and more socks….

April 17th, 2006 · 1 Comment

Got back from Fiji today! Awesome trip but the actual travel days were hard (21 hours to get home from leaving the resort to pulling up to our door).
I didn’t even consider bring my knitting — it’s WAY too hot and humid to even think of looking at wool, let alone handling it.
I’m thinking [...]

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Tags: Knitting

Pre-Fiji Training

April 8th, 2006 · No Comments

We’re leaving for Fiji tonight so no updates til at least the 18th.
Last week was an okay one for training, including a spin class, two runs (one a hill workout, in the very blustery wind and miserable rain (remember, this is Southern California!!! I’m not used to bad weather!) and 50 minutes on the [...]

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Tags: Travel · Triathlon

Lost in my own neighborhood

April 2nd, 2006 · No Comments

I’ve had some kick-ass workouts this past week. Don’t know if I’ll really be ready for Wildflower but I’m making a valiant try of it. Last Wednesday? Mel and I had a really good run, 4+ miles, where we really picked up the pace on our intervals (and I was actually heard to [...]

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Tags: Triathlon