San Diego here I come.....

Well, a lot of things have come to an end....summer internship is done, physical therapy is done and i am 2 days from flying back to San Diego for 12 days! It will be nice to have a break from working and not have to do ANYTHING at all.

Apparently, I am training for a half Ironman 1 month too late. The last few days I've had some really good training in....which i didn't really do before. Yesterday I did a ride with an old CS manager of mine which totaled 46 miles!!!! This was broken up by a 1 mile swim in the gorgeous Walden Pond out in Concord Ma. I have to admit, the water didn't taste funky and it was a great temperature. I didn't even bother with my wetsuit. My legs were a little tired from just the mileage but other than that it was great. We went along the minuteman path, which you don't have to worry about any cars, besides the occasional stop sign. I continued the day with helping a friend move then stuffing myself with crab from the Barking Crab (great place). Then today I ran to the gym, did all my PT stuff plus some, then ran back around to the Trader Joes, got food, then walked back for a total of almost 6 miles. Okay, so I'm not doing another half anytime soon but seems like i'm training closer to what i was supposed to!

Anyways, if anyone wants to do a run, body surf rendition over in SoCal with me, let me know. I will be taking advantage of the weather and possibly trying to get rid of these ridiculous tri short tan lines (which i keep making worse). or if you want to eat a Burrito.

Heading off to Fenway Park soon here...Jen you would kill me I am going to be wearing a Boston Redsox hat. haha.

Catchya later!

Race Report- Boston Urban Epic Tri

Well, I didn't think I would be racing for the 3rd month in a row, but a free entry just so happened to land in my hands about 3 days before this race. Plus, it was a sprint triathlon (1/2 mile swim, 9 mile bike and 4 mile run) which after that half ironman seems like not too much!

The race took place in South Boston, which is about 5 miles from my place. Of course the train is too awkward to take there, so I bike there early in the morning (yeah i know, it's over half the actual bike part of the race). This entails biking through the sketchy neighborhood of Dorchester. First, this guy with a girl in his car creepily drives right next to me and just looks at me for a while. awkward. then I had a green light and an open road (its early on a sunday) and someone decided to cut me off by turning right in front of me to an outside lane. thanks masshole!!!!!!

Anyways, it was a fun race. My friend was doing her first one so it was great to be there with her. The swim was...pleasant. it was super calm (unlike rhode island). i felt like i was just ...cruising. but not really going anywhere because i have swam once in a month haha. but somehow i managed to be first woman out of the water and came in about the same time as last year. i am pretty sure i was way off course though and did more bc i have no idea how to swim straight without a buoy.

the bike was a 2 loop course (the same as last year). this was kinda fun bc there was definitely a wind...so it was really nice going down...i felt like i was flying...but then hard on the way back. I ended up averaging just over 20 mph, which is really good for me! my quads were kind of dead though. Oh, and i saw someone riding a fold up bike. hardcore.

The run...a little of the same as the bike with some wind for part of it. I started out "slower" but then was hauling and felt good at the end. ended up averaging 7:57 min/mile, which was ok...i feel like i could have been faster. but it was faster than last year (went over 8:30 min/mile). the sand finish was rough. i wanted to throw off my shoes. by the way, went sockless again cycling and running. i like it a lot. total time was like 1 hour 13 min...something. the afterparty was fun with beer and free stuff! i got 3rd in my age group, 6th overall woman. technically i got awarded 1st in my age group bc there were separate awards for top 3 women (2 were in my age group). so i kind of got first but not really. haha. whatever

Overall a really fun race. i didn't expect to be racing, but hey whatever!

Anyways....I am still in physical therapy...but i am expecting to be done soon. my back is so much stronger...but swimming manages to hurt it. lets avoid swimming :P

train hard! next up= a kind of olympic in pa sept 11th.