One Tri Down

Sunday was my first tri of 2009, but more importantly, the first one since my knee surgery in December of 2007.

Overall it went well. I finished a 0.5 mile swim, 13 mile mountain bike, and 4 mile run in 2 hours, 15 minutes, and some change.

No problems with the knee, and overall I am happy with my performance. I'll report more later. Essentially the swim was rough due to very choppy conditions, the bike was fine, and I felt very good on the run. I wasn't very fast, but I felt okay.

My brother crushed it and finished 19th overall (including 2 relays), and 5th in his age group. He got a nice plaque. I think it was his first hardware from a triathlon.

My charts are below, with Sundays approximate race times included.

Two Weeks

My first tri since my knee surgery is two weeks from today.

I am excited, but I cannot expect too much from myself. My knee is still not 100%, and my training is not where I would like it to be.

A lighter week again this week. No more lunch swims for a while. I'll have to start swimming in the morning.

Here are the graphs:

Semi-Rural Living

Living in a rural area makes for some picturesque road bike rides. Here are some pictures from this week's longish ride (22 miles, 2.25 hours):







And the updated training summary:

Tour of California Part Deux

Here is a small piece of video that I took on Saturday. The riders are Hincapie, Hamilton, Zabriskie, and Armstrong.



Also, I found this map online. It's from a website called www.mapmyride.com. They have GPS downloadable maps for every stage in the Tour. Very cool.

Tour of California

Watched the Tour of California Prologue on Saturday in downtown Sacramento. My first time on light rail in Sacramento. We had a lot of fun. At least one-half of the people were there just to see Lance. I have some video that I'll post once I learn the best way.

Here's the current data. The knee is holding up, so I've started to increase my running.

The Drought is Real

Folsom Lake is scary low. Here are a couple pics from this weekend. Water rationing can't be very far away.

With water levels this low, the triathlon in March will be interesting.




Here is this week's data.

February 2, 2009

On my long ride this week (2 hours, 20 miles), I saw a ewe with two newborn lambs. One lamb was still in its' sack, being cleaned by the mom. I looked around for the owner, and so no one. They were on their own.

It was an interesting contrast to this week's story about a young girl who had eight babies that were conceived by in-vitro fertilization, and removed from her body by c-section surgery performed by a team of medical professionals.

Here's this week's data summary: