My secret pal is absolutely incredible!
I just received a Halloween package including, in no particular order, 3 skeins of yarn in Halloween colors (Merino asparagus, Merino butternut, and Wool of the Andes carrot (BTW was the person naming these trying to get more veggies in their diet???)), a nifty little pumpkin bag, a cute Halloween [...]

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The Koigu sock is coming along.
Lady Eleanor’s Stole from Scarf Style is marching along in fine form in Noro Kureyon (bought on eBay).
I still need to cast on for the front of Mom’s Angora.
I’m feeling a little guilty about how fast I’m going (for me) on Lady Eleanor – fast enough that, had I made [...]

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Wow. The bike tour was an absolute blast. 26.2 miles in about 1:40ish. Basically flat course, varied scenery (darkness to beach to pretty houses to boonies to houses and beach), couple other LA Tri Clubbers, home by I think 9:30ish at the latest (‘course we got up at 4:30). Definitely will [...]

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…you thought I was nuts with the previous post, that list doesn’t mean I’m going to do ALL of those. Frankly I don’t have the money budgeted to do ALL of them. But those are the events/races I’m considering. The ones noted as ‘A’ races are ones I’m definitely planning on.
I’m still [...]

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February 11th 2006 Tour de Palm Springs (probably the 55 mile ride)
March 4th 2006 Tour of Borrego (probably the 40 mile ride)
March 19th 2006 LA Marathon (2nd time around, did it in 2001 right before our wedding!)
March 26th 2006 Strawberry Fields Oxnard Sprint 1/4 mile Swim, 11.5 mile Bike, 3 mile Run
April 2 2006 UCSB [...]

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Bummer.
My ankle generally doesn’t hurt; it reminds me it’s there with a gentle, almost subliminal throb. (Unless I try to wiggle it and flex it and work its range of motion; THEN it’s unhappy.) I’ve only walked, not run, this week.
And I am going to switch to just the bike tour [...]

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Okay. I’m an honest person so I’ll ‘fess up. I did better as an Athena at DATB than I would’ve as an age grouper.
Ugh.

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Hermosa Day at the Beach is about as close to home as you can get for us; the transition zone is less than 2 miles from our house. So it was a no-brainer to do this particular tri, though I’d heard the turns on the bike were a little rough and occasional collisions occured because [...]

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That’s it.
I’m tired of registering as an Athena and being stuck in the last wave.
You know, when I compare my times in the Athena category vs my age group, I usually place better (well, further away from last) in age group.
Okay, we all know that I will never be competitive even within my age group [...]

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Mel and I went to the LA Tri Club’s “First Thursday” at Sharkeez in Manhattan Beach last night (cheap beer, meet other tri clubbers, door prizes/raffles). This is the first time we knew of that this event had a South Bay venue, so we were pretty psyched to go. Mind you I have [...]

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