Sharkies yes, but Sharks, no.

I survived the first open-water swim in Aquatic Park, and all I got was this lousy blog post (no, not even some Sharkies)!

As ye olde sayig goes, a picture is worth a thousand words (too bad it's not a thousand dollars, huh?) so check out this bling:



Eric prepares for the "wetsuit entry" demonstration, while Emma Louise explains how and why to use Body Glide (snicker).



Eric and Max fully prepare to enter their wetsuits.



Down to their swimsuits.



Haha!



We all made it safely into our wetsuits. Time to warm up those arms.



49 degrees + 30 minutes = total numbness.



We rock.

Fire on Valencia!

Sorry to be a total triple ring road brat, but I couldn't resist!



Shout out to Dave et son trois choix for posting the original.

I am kitten, hear me me-OW!

I had been plateauing for a while, but this weekend was definitely a time of breakthroughs. First of all, I did FORTY push-ups in a row. Second of all, I ran ELEVEN miles today (after swimming at least two miles. If that wasn't two miles, I'll eat my swim cap!). I have never run eleven miles before in my life. I think I've run nine maybe once, and eight a handful of times. Methinks the legs doth protest too much. I got this scary feeling at the end, where I really, REALLY wanted to stop running, but I just couldn't. Even when I got back to the parking lot, I wanted to keep going in this weird state of endorphin-induced masochistic agony. Yikes, is that a runner's high? I don't have any pictures to post at the present, but next week is the first open-h2o swim, so that should yield some good ones. Time to break out hte swimming mantra. Here, in radio-edit: If the girl can't swim, she's bound to drown.

Wish me luck and a shark-free environment.

OMFunkyG

I am too tired to say much. We had a bike/run brick today: 34 mile bike followed by 8 mile run. Goodness. We rode around the Mt. Tam area and then ran along the water. At least the weather was amazing. Here is a picture that gives a sense of the "rolling" nature of the bike ride.



We did a bunch of other workouts this week as well, but one kind of blends into the next.

Who needs a nap?

Dites "fromage" encore!

Phillip really went to town with the underwater photos at IVC recently. Here are a few of his snaps:

1. Work that freestyle!



2. So many legs!



3. Wow! Eyes open and no goggles! Tessa looks hilarious...hehe.

Words of Wisdom

I read this in Outside magazine today. "The first rule of triathlon: you will get kicked in the head during the swim."

Food, Glorious Food!

This is what I love the most about tri training. I can eat a wagonload of anything, really, and I am still losing weight. Yikes! I am hungry all the time. Now I know how that adorable caterpillar felt. I am up to eating breakfast twice, lunch, at least two snacks, dinner, and sometimes dessert. This is excellent.

Training was du rigeur this weekend. One and a half miles in the IVC pool today, followed by forty miles of cycling. Too bad I didn't have this photo of IVC earlier to post under "whose pool rocks?"



Working backwards, yesterday was a hilly run in Ross, followed by the honoree potluck. Good times, and good weather.



Wednesday was a really good workout at Kezar. We focused on form and core work. Yowsers. Here I am working on abs of steel.



Good grief, it's time to eat something again.