For Memorial Day weekend Harmony, the dogs & I headed east to Walla Walla for the Onion Man Triathlon. We made it to town Saturday afternoon, first order of business was to head out to check out the lake & bike course. The lake looked small & warm, both good things in my book. The [...]
Archive for May, 2009
#116 Onion Man Race Report
Posted in Race, tagged Olympic Triathlon on May 27, 2009 | 1 Comment »
#115 Killer Week
Posted in Training on May 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Last week was by far the toughest yet & a good taste of whats to come. My total number of hours training was just under 20. The hardest workout was on Saturday, 4 hours on the bike with a :30 transition run. The weather was beautiful, Josh & I met up at 10:30 then headed [...]
#114 Carnation TT Race Report…The Hills
Posted in Race on May 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Again this is a overdue race report, TT’s are just not that exciting. This was the second of a three race series, it was 14 miles & included two good climbs. Pre race was uneventful (no snow this time) I got a good warm up in on the trainer & felt pretty good.
The first climb [...]
#113 Jamba Juice Oatmeal
Posted in Gear Reviews on May 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Recently I heard that Jamba Juice was serving up oatmeal. Not just any oatmeal but slow-cooked, organic, steel cut oats with fruit toppings. This morning I changed my route to work so I could give this stuff a shot. A picture is worth a thousand words…
This was some of the best oatmeal I’ve ever had. [...]
#112 Running Around Memory Lane
Posted in Training on May 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I grew up in Poulsbo & moved to Seattle in 1998. I still have quite a bit of family over there but no strong nostalgic connection to the area. It seems like I make it over a few times a year for a day or a weekend but thats about it. Last Sunday I headed [...]