My sprint tri on Sunday was scary.  No, wait..the swimming portion was scary.  400 yards and I had to rest 3 times.  Grrr.  I've been swimming Monday and today and will swim every day (in the lake) until the tri as I'll be going 3x the distance.  Today, I was making my way down the swimming area (and not doing a good job) when this guy says, "You ( Read more... )

I signed up today for an open water sprint triathlon for this Sunday. This is big as the ONLY other open water tri i did was my first. I thought I was going to drown. I feel the need to do another open water before my Olympic distance tri on July 18. The Olympic distance is 1500 meters (.93 miles) in the open water. It won't be anything like ( Read more... )

I just heard a story on the morning news about a woman who is suing Google because she walked a route that Google suggested and was hit by a car. The route includes a busy road that has no pedestrian walk ways. Her lawyer says Google is at fault because they didn't have a warning that this route was not safe for walking ( Read more... )

I drove to the work gym, jogged home to let out Gretchen, walked around the block with her, jogged to the neighborhood pool (which is between my house and work), swam 20 laps and then jogged back to work. The total run was about 1.5 miles.

It was a nice workout.

She's been breathing a little heavy lately. Tonight, she's breathing even heavier. I'll be taking her to the vet tomorrow morning. *sigh* Please keep her in your thoughts.

Gretchen and I went to the dog park after work. We're both worn out.

I never wrote about my Canada trip ( Read more... )

Yesterday I took the dog on a 4-mile run at the Trinity River Trails. She did well, mostly. At one point I let her run however she wanted on the leash as my right arm was exhausted from trying to hold her to my side. Oy. Later I went to LA Fitness to get in a swim. 20 laps is all I managed. Meh. I'll go again later today (and hopefully every ( Read more... )