Back in the Saddle

We did a short bike ride today (15 miles?) — first time back on the bike since our August SCUBA trip. Felt good — we went from Gould to the Strand to the bridge at Marina del Rey and back. Tried out my LA Tri Club tri top — it was comfortable. We got...

Biking the Strand

Looonnnggg ride for me….we biked the entire Strand, 43 miles round trip, from RAT Beach north to Pacific Palisades and back. Adventure! Danger! Excitement! Wipe outs! Bonking! And this is supposed to be fun?? I wiped out in Venice Beach going north, going too...

ugghhh

I injured my ankle. Don’t know what I did. Rested it, took some days off, it’s better, but now I’m beating myself up for slacking off. I know, not slacking off, recovering from a mild injury, but ….. it feels like slacking off....

Training vs Knitting

Ack. Good thing my mom doesn’t read this much, or else she’d know the following: I’ve done very little knitting for the past couple weeks. Very little. I have about 3 weeks to finish her sweater, which shouldn’t be a problem, as long as I START...

Work Interferes

Ah, yes; the story of most of our lives, if tri’s are just something we do in our spare time. Work. 8am-6pm plus throw in a little (or a lot of)time for a commute. Luckily if I’m schedule 8am-6pm I get a 2 hr break for lunch which is of course enough time...