Brian Davis and I rode with the First Rate Mortgage cycling team this morning. Brian has been in Croatia with his wife for a few weeks, and was able to smuggle about 15 pounds of his mother-in-law’s food back into the country by storing it as love handles, back fat, and a recently rounded abdomen. […]
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Forecast for Brazil
This is the forecast for the five days I’ll be in Brazil. I have mixed feelings about rain, but the rain LOVES me. The race is on Sunday. Most of the forecasts I’ve looked at have said T-Storms, which would be bad news, but this one from MSN just says rain. I can live […]
Grumpy Old Grunter
My parents have been out of town this week, which meant I had the house to myself. I was excited for some quiet time and to be able to set my own rules. Instead I had to make sure I was home enough to walk my dog and take care of my kitty, who is […]
City of Darkness
I can’t seem to get used to the dark in Seattle. I was fine before I left, but after a month of 11 hour days in Hawaii I’m having a rough time getting my sleep back on schedule. I would have thought the extra dark hours would have me sleeping a ton, but instead I’m […]
Weekends
Saturday I woke up early to ride with First Rate Mortgage cycling team. It was raining buckets, however, so I bailed and went cross-country skiing with my sister. Now, I’ve been Nordic skiing before, but I normally stick to the trails and groomed locations around the city. I’ve also never been up with Susan (my […]
Swim Workouts
In Novermber I stayed with Loren Pokorny in Marin County (north of San Francisco). It was not the first time I stayed with the Pokorny Family, but it was the first time I was able to give a 1:1 swim lesson to Loren. He has been raving about that one lesson on his blog, and […]
Aloha! (it also means goodbye)
I’m on a plane home right now. Uncle Bob asked a good question on the way to the airport this afternoon: "Why do you need to go home?" The obvious answers seemed to disappear under the weight of implications. School started Monday. I will be arriving home Tuesday night, and begging for forgiveness from my […]
Hapuna Beach Park
What a day! Tough run then an even harder swim this morning, followed by a nice nap at Hapuna Beach State Park here on the Big Island of Hawaii. The past few times I’ve been to Hapuna Beach there have been very few people, but today was as crowded as Waikiki in the rain (very)! […]
I’m Unstoppable!
I’m going to the beach today. Hapuna Beach Park, where the Honu Half Ironman is swam. It’s my favorite beach park in this part of the island. Normally I would be excited for a long swim around the crystal clear waters, but right now I’m pooped after having done my longest two swim workouts since […]
The Big Kahuna
Friday was a rush. After a long breakfast and some electronic geeking out at Bob’s place I went to the dentist, followed by a 2k open water swim, followed by a pit stop in Waikiki, straight to a track workout at U of Hawaii, another pit stop at Momentum Multisport, back to Bob’s for an […]