Friday, September 9, 2011

SF..... Fog and sunshine


Weekend in SF…..
Friday drive up to Foster City arrived around 10:30 am.  Dropped off Cooper at my Cuz’s house and then Sydney had a Grooming appointment at 11:30.  Made masters swim at the local YMCA @ noon




Swam with a great group of girls.  They asked if I could swim with them every Friday.  I had to let them know that I was only visiting however when I’m up here I’ll be sure to join them.  2600 yards done!!  Then off to pick up Cooper and take him to the doggie wash.  He bites others so that’s why no groomer for him.  Grumpy old man.  Pick up Syd and then my mom from the airport than off to SFSU to watch a play my son is the sound man for.  It was a parody of the Barber of Syville .  Interesting?  Yes.

Saturday my cuz and I did a little road ride.  37 miles and rolling.  My cuz is a tad out of shape and I hurt him a bit.   Sorry cuz. ;)  It started out cold...

Then it warmed right up and we had a great ride Canada road /Portola valley loop/ by Stanford and back.  Almost 16mph avg (slow noodle ride for sure and I didn't want to hurt my cuz).   ;)

By the end of our ride it was sunny and warm.  Loads of fun on roads less traveled by me on the bike. Here are some more picks from the ride.



Sunday’s run was 7 miles and than it was time for a quick breakfast and then hit the road back to SD.  Fun times in SF as usual with many more fun weekends to come.  Can’t wait till Thanksgiving week up there.  



Friday, August 12, 2011

Half Ironman in my future

Sooo... after dragging my feet. Plus running into my best GF and sharing a lane with her at the pool today I signed up for Oceanside half. I was secretly hoping inside that this race was sold out but low and behold it was open soooo...... Here I go.
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Athletes will enjoy the calm waters of the 1.2-mile swim course in Oceanside Harbor, the tough one-loop, 56-mile bike course that includes the coastal beauty of San Clemente State Park and the challenging inland hills of Camp Pendleton 13.1-mile run through the coastal neighborhoods of Oceanside.

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Sunday, August 7, 2011

Our ride that turned into a nice long walk

Saturday Mark, Sydney and I went for a nice 6 1/2ish mile run.... Usually a short run in my normal run week however since my injury in February I've been on the comeback and this was my long run for the week. I've been running 4-5 miles on Wednesdays and trying to run one to two more days a week which has been hit and miss. Running is the only thing lacking in my workout routines. I've been killing the bike to say the least. upping the milage and riding almost every day of the week. So our 50 mile bike ride today (Sunday) turned into a morning lounging around and than an afternoon walk with Sydney. Here's what we saw on our walk.

Very eclectic group of musicians and a bunch of windsurfers at Cabrillo Beach



Than Sydney posed on the break wall by the cliffs


It was really windy and kind of cold down there. Probably why it seemed to be a hot bed for the windsurfers. Mark seems to have taken an interest in that sport. I think I want to try paddle boarding first.
Secretly I'm happy our ride was postponed today because of the mega miles this past week and track starts Monday night and my next rest day would have been Thursday (10 days of solid workouts later) ouch!! Lounging around on a Sunday is so rare.... I forgot what it's like (kind of nice). Have a great rest of the weekend!!










Friday, August 5, 2011

Trader Joe's Finds

The Jackpot from Trader Joe's!! These little guys didn't make it home!!

Yummy 1 pound of dark love!!
This will be on my salmon tonight!


Time to get fix'in