Sunset Cat

We had a wonderful weekend in San Francisco — clear warm sunny days, cool nights, great dinners out, and Dave got to swim in the San Francisco Bay!
The tri was Sunday, we drove down Friday afternoon and arrived a little before 9pm at the Cow Hollow Motor Inn (cheap large clean rooms very close to [...]

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Well, I figured out a lovely training plan to take me up to the Malibu Oly.
Then I got sick.
Bronchitis (to which I’m prone) requiring days abed, antibiotics, expectorants, lots of extrastrength Tylenol for my fever, and now cough suppressants so I don’t pull any more chest or back muscles (which I did last night).  I’ve [...]

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So I did it. I registered for the Malibu Olympic triathlon. They’ve not posted the course yet, but I’m assuming it’s just the like the sprint….just further.
That stretch of PCH is one of my favorite rides — nice wide bike lanes, not a lot of traffic, rolling hills, and peeks of the ocean [...]

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Mel and I did the PV Half this weekend.  The course was great — hilly and hot but very scenic.   A little after the turnaround my right knee started it’s usual ‘boy, we haven’t done this in awhile, so I’m going to complain’ routine.  (It was fine last week for the four mile XTerra Malibu [...]

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I really hope things are back to normal. In December I found out my pap smear was abnormal — that led to multiple biopsies including a surgery the end of January. Everything is apparently okay, but training was on a hiatus til 2 weeks post-op, i.e. nothing til last Thursday.
Thursday Mel and I [...]

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Well, 2007 had its high points (finishing Barb’s Race, a few PRs earlier in the season) and its low points (being sick most of the fall, having some bad races at the end of the season).
I’ve rearranged some stuff on the sidebar and will be updating planned races etc for 2008.

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Wow, an update. I’ve not fallen off the face of the earth.
My training has gone all to hell, between being sick on & off, the recent fires, etc.
Malibu: survived, first time I’ve not PR’d in a race I’d done before. Could’ve been worse though.
La Jolla: what a neat course. Too [...]

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Malibu is this weekend and I’ve been sick for about a week. This sucks.

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Yep, finished, close to last, but finished. I signed up as Athena so I’m not listed with the bulk of the participants (pun intended, ha).
The bike course is absolutely gorgeous, one of the nicest if not nicest I’ve done in a race. The swim was pleasant. The run was pretty but [...]

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No swimming this week because I’m on the ‘Mom’s Trip’ in Marin. It’s a Sierra Club outing — hiking and painting. I’ll try to fit in the following workouts.
Monday: Bike 1:15-1:30 Z2 with 6×2m hills z4/5
Tuesday: Run 50m w/ 3×5m z4/5 with 1 min jog rest btwn
Wednesday: Run 2 hrs [...]

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