Journal of Pier Luck

Friday, Dustin and I went for a 3 mile run just to loosen up our muscles, and we continued to pack all the essentials, which takes a really long time. My heart rate monitor got back from repair at the LAST minute on Saturday morning, before we packed up the car, so that relieved a lot of my stress. Saturday, we packed my Murano to the max with all of our equipment, food, drinks, Jeff, Kendra, Dustin, myself, and oh yeah, don't forget to throw the bikes on the rack too! We drove a little over two hours and went straight to registration/expo and met Tim and his son, Carter there, and found Kendra's sister Paula and her friends Mandy, Brandon, and Chris (Mandy and Chris raced also). We got our bike helmet, bike frame, and shirt numbers, chips, got weighed, got our swim caps and our baggy of goodies, and then off to drop off our bikes for the night on the transition racks. I had a bad spot because it wasn't around anything noticable, so when you run into the transition area and...

Yesterday, Jeff and Kendra got here! We picked them up from the airport with our boat in tow! It was so funny to pull that thing through the airport! Anyway, we went straight to the Arlington boat ramp and boated to downtown and ate at the River City Brewing Company for Kendra's birthday! Then, we boated north of Arlington and Dustin, Kendra, and Jeff skiied. I decided against it, knowing that I would end up getting hurt or something for this weekend. Today, we took the ferry across and drove on the beach in Hugenot Park. We played some "yard" games on the beach and hung out, got in the ocean for just a bit. Then, tonight Dustin had a navy dinner to attend, but Jeff, Kendra, and I went to the Riverside Y for spin and swim. It was storming and the pool isn't grounded so lightning could hit us while we were swimming, so the pool was closed. Kendra and I did Bob's spin class while Jeff played basketball. Tomorrow, we are planning on running a few miles. It ...

Last Wednesday, we ran 7 miles on Girvin, and then went to TNT swim practice and swam 1850 meters. Felt good on both. Thursday, we had a business meeting, so we weren't able to fit in a workout. Friday was our day off and we probably should have done something, but we didn't. Saturday, we met the TNT group at the beach and swam in the ocean at 7 AM! We got pointers from Roberta on how to enter and exit the water efficiently. We swam without wet suits this time, so it was a bit chilly. Then, we rode 25 miles. We then went home, did some yard work, took showers, and welcomed Elizabeth's family, the Boyers for a quick visit (they were vacationing in St. Augustine, just south of here). We were able to hang out with Elizabeth and John a bit longer, and took them on a tour of Hecksher Drive out towards all the islands before taking them to the airport for their flight back to San Diego! Sunday, we ran 6 miles down Girvin pretty quickly and sweated a lot! It wasn't eve...

Tuesday, I rode 16 miles with Megan and we did yoga afterwards. Then, we met up with Dave and Dustin and celebrated their end of finals by going to Cafe Carmon; my new favorite (but expensive) place in San Marco. Wednesday, we went on an 11 mile run near Brooks Health off of Deerwood Pkwy, and down Southside. It was a pretty hot and tiring run, but we did it. Then, we went to the Hammerhead Tri Club meeting right afterwards at 7 PM and learned many more things about nutrition, etc. Thursday, we missed spin class because of the stupid Mathews Bridge closure/switch of traffic patterns, but went to swim with Christine and took it easier than usual (1500 meters). Friday, we were off and went to dinner with our neighbors, Amber and Stuart to celebrate her new job. She is now going to be teaching 1st grade right around the corner instead of 30+ minutes away. We went to the new restaurant, Cobblestones around the corner and it was good! Saturday, we did a Hammer Jammer put on by the tri...