Today I noticed a new marketing strategy with two of my favorite Half / Full Marathons. It’s called the California Dreamin’ Series and it involves the San Francisco Marathon, Long Beach Marathon, and Surf City Marathon.
If a runner signs up for all three (either Half or Full Marathons) and complete all three within a [...]
Archive for May, 2008
California Dreamin’ Series
Posted in Training on May 31, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Look Around, Enjoy the Views
Posted in Training on May 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
This weekend has been a great training weekend. I feel I covered a lot of territory and feel good about my progress.
Friday evening I was fortunate enough to leave work early with the early market close and cleaned the apartment while Super Husband worked. I thought I would get in a nap before [...]
Back to Business
Posted in Training on May 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Sunday was back to training business with a 22 mile ride around West LA. My friends and I got out early before the sun scorched us. Since we rode through the city streets – with many stops and starts, I felt a bit of strain in my calf and ankle from kicking out [...]
Palos Verdes Half Marathon
Posted in Race Day on May 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Today was a great success! Super Husband and I awoke at 4:45 a.m. and got our things together – double checking items – and left at 5:30 to beat any rush.
We never ran the Palos Verdes (PV) Marathon or Half before – so this was a new race for us. We arrived and [...]
Who Put the Poo in Pool???
Posted in Training on May 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Masters Swim was cut short….as we swam – a “suspicious” substance was floating in the pool.
Enough said.
EVERYONE OUT OF THE POOL!!!!
The swim gods and goddesses must want me to rest this week.
Cruisin’ the Conejo – Part 2
Posted in Race Day on May 11, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
A couple of things I forgot to include yesterday about the excellent Cruisin the Conejo Metric Century – in Thousand Oaks.
The volunteers: Excellent! Great groups of volunteers! They were there setting up – tearing down. Baking cookies for the SAG stops. Handing out half bananas, sub sandwiches, pretzels…. filling water [...]
Cruisin’ the Conejo
Posted in Race Day on May 11, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Today I finished my first Metric Century. I drove north to Thousand Oaks and decided to take on the 68 mile moderate course. My two friends were going to complete the 62 mile challenging course – which goes past Mulholland and up the training route I did a couple months ago. Since [...]
Carbo Loading
Posted in Training on May 7, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
A.K.A. “Can a person make a dinner of strictly breadsticks?”
The answer to that question is: Why YES – Yes I can.
Yesterday was a day of rest. I was thinking of heading to Masters swim but decided to rest after the long training weekend.
I went home and met Super Husband. Since his hunger [...]
City of Angels Fun Ride
Posted in Race Day on May 4, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Today was the 11th Annual Volvo City of Angels Fun Ride. I decided at the last minute to do this ride; I have been contemplating it for about a month but kept procrastinating. After Super Husband and I cranked out an amazing (and invigorating) 11 mile run yesterday, I felt good enough where [...]
Rest Easy
Posted in Training on May 2, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
After Monday’s swim I decided to take Tuesday as a rest day. I definitely needed it, my body felt a bit exhausted after the swim. I even cut the Masters class short by 10 minutes and called it a night after putting in 50 laps. The IM intervals felt good – stretching [...]
