Up and Down, into the wind...

Up and Down 9.66 miles, then into the wind around Alki Point, hate riding into the wind, it just bleeds speed off, and kills your momentum... Here's the route, and 9.66 miles, in 34m 59s.

Me Kwa Run

Just down and back, forgot exactly how far it was, thought it was around 1 mile, couldn't figure out why it was taking sooo long, turns out it's 1.98 miles... :D

http://www.mapmytri.com/route/us/wa/seattle/104124103089334770

Yay... ME...

Back at it...

Okay, I'm back, it's been a long ski season, and it's not over yet, but I'm back on the bike. Today couldn't remember how to reset my bike odometer, so no numbers, but went my usual Alki Route...

http://www.mapmytri.com/route/us/wa/seattle/107124033589558348

Anyway, the HR was right up in the 170s, good ride, stoked to be training again!!!

So anyway, there might be a Team Pirate in training, I'm trying to talk a couple of my buddies into running sprints, there may be more pirate jerseys showing up at triathlons soon!!!

Change of Status!!!

Okay, so race status has changed...
Memorial Day Triathlon (confirmed)
in Elma, WA 05/26/08
Issaquah Triathlon (confirmed)
in Issaquah, WA 05/31/08

Freezing Cold

Okay, so usually the water temp in Lake WA is upper 50's or so around this time of year, not this year!!! Freezing, but had to get used to the new suit, so 25m sprints, then back to the dock, times probably 6... It's doable, just not enjoyable...

Race Schedule

Well, it's that time again... Tri season, yay!!! I'm anticipating doing a lot more tris this year, so we'll see how this season nets out. I also was able to buy a wetsuit at SpeedyReedy (our local multi-sport store) for an incredible bargain, so now I'm racing in a BlueSeventy Reaction Suit!!! So, here's the Sched...

Beat the Bridge 8k 05/18
Elma Memorial Day Sprint 05/26 (confirmed)
Issaquah Sprint Tri 5/31 (confirmed)
Five Mile Lake Sprint Tri 6/14 (tentative)
FireCracker Sprint Tri 7/04 (tentative)
Ocean Shores Sprint Tri 7/07 (tentative)
SeaFair Sprint Tri 7/20 (space available)
Federal Escape Sprint Tri 7/28 (tentative)
Beaver Lake Sprint Tri 8/18 (tentative)
Heart of the Sound Tri 8/26
Seattle Escape from the Rock 9/09
Kirkland Sprint Tri

Beat the Bridge...

Okay, I beat the bridge on Sunday for Juvenile Diabetes... I was a little unhappy with my time, as it got thrown off by the initial crowd pushing out, I think my wave took over 2 minutes to cross the start line... It was a bumpercar match until atleast mile one, with accelerate/brakes/accelerate, move left, sidestep right... Anyway, you're probably not terribly concerned with that... Here's the times.

Distance: 8k/5miles
Time: 38 minutes 23.4 seconds
Pace: 7 minute 44 second/mile

Definitely within expected limits, probably could of cut 15 seconds off of that atleast, possibly 20. Started my final push a little too early, didn't know exactly where the finish line was, there was probably 200y that I didn't account for when I started to push, so all that was poor planning on my part.