Quick like a bunny update. I don’t have interweb at my house right now, will be back up on Wednesday
and I’ll get more caught up on shtuff.

Last Friday, I rode about 18 miles with Maz. I was in a pretty horrible mode, for some reason and the ride did me some good. I picked him up in SoMa and we headed up through GG Park and out to Ocean Beach. I sat there for a while and absorbed the magnificence. The ocean really does charge my batteries. Then we hopped back on the bikes and headed back to his place. Ran into the last remnants of Critical Mass. Will have to check that out sometime… Afterward, we walked to Tu Lan and I got my Bean Curd in Tomato Sauce on. Yumsville.

Saturday was group training and it was time for bay swim number two. It was a bit cooler than the week before, but the water still wasn’t too bad. It does really take some getting used to. I really didn’t feel very great about my swimming until a lap or so. We practiced a few mass starts as well, which was crazy. With all those bodies flopping around next to me, it made me a bit frantic and I found I tended to try to sprint out ahead of them, which resulted in a quick loss of breath. Maybe I’ll try waiting and then going, so as not to exhaust myself in the first 100 meters, heh. After a few of those, we did laps. I managed .5 mile laps and about 1 .33 mile laps. Felt pretty good by the end of it. Then we waddled out, stripped off the wetsuits and then shoed up for a 5.3 mile run. I ran with Seamus, who plays soccer and is in a wee bit better shape than me. Felt good to push myself a bit though. The run was pretty all over the place and had us going up the Lyon Street steps, which are pretty brutal. Then a little cross country stint down through the Presidio and back down to Aquatic Park. Ran at a pretty decent pace and was pretty beat afterward.

On Sunday, I skipped the group bike and opted to go solo. I realized my bike computer sucks and made me have to re-figure all the miles I’ve put on it. Seems it’s about 37% off or so. Doh. So, I thought I had biked 50 miles, but in actuality, it was just 30 miles. Was a good ride though–made my first trip up the steep road to the Marin headlands and down the hellishly steep curvy road back around to the lighthouse. My legs were beat afterward, that’s for sure.

Here’s my route:
http://tinyurl.com/b4xxj

Total Tri Training Numbers
Swim: 21090 meters
Bike: 213.6 miles
Run: 79.3 miles