It has been a great summer at the house. My Summer Doodle dog has settled in and I have been cooking. It has been great to make meals and desserts and other fun stuff in my lovely kitchen. I am so happy with my home.
Wednesday, September 24, 2008
Cooking and Enjoying
It has been a great summer at the house. My Summer Doodle dog has settled in and I have been cooking. It has been great to make meals and desserts and other fun stuff in my lovely kitchen. I am so happy with my home.
Monday, September 15, 2008
End of Summer: Tri at Pacific Grove
It has been an amazing summer. The trip to Michigan with Arne,
crew regattas,
enjoying my new home, and my dog Summer Doodle.
For the last summery event, Arne and I headed down to Monterey for the Pacific Grove Triathlon. I was doing the sprint distance with my crew teammate Lehmann, and after doing Olympic Distance at Lavaman and Wildflower, I have to say, I think I am a sprinter.
On Sat we headed down, enjoying the sunshine, although it was so pleasant on the drive, Arne fell asleep!
We went to the Aquarium, where I ran into Shelly Straus! I went to nursery school with Shelly and she now lives up in Portland, so it was a real treat to see her and her lovely 2 boys.
After time with the fishes, we checked into our hotel...we were in a 1830's adobe building called Merritt House.
Sat night it was dinner with Lehmann and Jason at Passion Fish - a wonderful meal, and then home to set everything up for the race in the morning.
Sunday morning came and we headed out to the course...
Lehman and I got into our wetsuits, then Arne needed to leave the transition area.
The swim was short (only 400 meters), but through kelp and sometimes called the kelp krawl. While the water was cold, I had a wetsuit and a headcap (with red ear covers) and it was actually a good swim. When I got out of the water it was just as the last wave was entering, making my swim a 9:54 leg.
The bike was a lot of fun. It was 2 6 mile loops around the bike course which went along the water. Each loop I got faster as I tried to overtake more bikers and just kept thinking "light and bright" the way my crew coach tells me to row. I ended the bike section in 44:53 and it felt good.
The run is always tough for me, but since it was only 2 miles, it was a lot easier then the 10k of the Olympic distance. The run was two loops along the water and then a sprint through the finish line in 22:23.
The whole race was over (with transition times) in 1 hour and 23 minutes with a huge smile on my face. I just had such a great time doing this race.
Then is was a lazy afternoon of sleep and shoe shopping before heading home.
crew regattas,
enjoying my new home, and my dog Summer Doodle.
For the last summery event, Arne and I headed down to Monterey for the Pacific Grove Triathlon. I was doing the sprint distance with my crew teammate Lehmann, and after doing Olympic Distance at Lavaman and Wildflower, I have to say, I think I am a sprinter.
On Sat we headed down, enjoying the sunshine, although it was so pleasant on the drive, Arne fell asleep!
We went to the Aquarium, where I ran into Shelly Straus! I went to nursery school with Shelly and she now lives up in Portland, so it was a real treat to see her and her lovely 2 boys.
After time with the fishes, we checked into our hotel...we were in a 1830's adobe building called Merritt House.
Sat night it was dinner with Lehmann and Jason at Passion Fish - a wonderful meal, and then home to set everything up for the race in the morning.
Sunday morning came and we headed out to the course...
Lehman and I got into our wetsuits, then Arne needed to leave the transition area.
The swim was short (only 400 meters), but through kelp and sometimes called the kelp krawl. While the water was cold, I had a wetsuit and a headcap (with red ear covers) and it was actually a good swim. When I got out of the water it was just as the last wave was entering, making my swim a 9:54 leg.
The bike was a lot of fun. It was 2 6 mile loops around the bike course which went along the water. Each loop I got faster as I tried to overtake more bikers and just kept thinking "light and bright" the way my crew coach tells me to row. I ended the bike section in 44:53 and it felt good.
The run is always tough for me, but since it was only 2 miles, it was a lot easier then the 10k of the Olympic distance. The run was two loops along the water and then a sprint through the finish line in 22:23.
The whole race was over (with transition times) in 1 hour and 23 minutes with a huge smile on my face. I just had such a great time doing this race.
Then is was a lazy afternoon of sleep and shoe shopping before heading home.
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