IRONMAN Coeur D'Alene June 26, 2011

Buffalo Springs Lake 2010 rides into the sunset

R finished an incredibly hard race with a smile on his face. I gave away a bike lever and the Scott exchanged the front wheel for a ZIPP 808 speed weaponry.

16 sweaty miles

Ran 16 humid miles this morning. The first half was with one of my good friends and made it that much more fun. What I'm already at 8 miles?! The run back by myself made me realize what a difference running with someone can be. This past week has been great with a bike ride to work and a 5 mile hike that turned into a 9 mile hike from a bit of misdirection. The bonus-we saw an owl! Amazing sunsets along town lake with a friend and her dog. It's Austin, it's June, and it's hot, but I like it just the same.

running is music to the ears

Bike envy in Denver I just want to ride and any bike will work

Barracuda

I found out from my neighbor that the son of the original owner of my house used to work on Plymouth Barracudas all the time. Apparently he had one in pristine condition in the back and would work on another one in front of the house. I love learning the history of things e.g. what the original owners were like, it helps open a window to me of something shared. I don't believe in spirits, but perhaps I do because I can almost feel them swirling about in a way. I'm tempted to hang a Barracuda poster in my garage as an homage. We can't forget what was here before us. I myself haven't been feeling very Barracuda lately and training has been rough with the heat and humidity but I press on not worrying about speed. I had one hot 11 mile run on Saturday, road 30 on Sunday, 24 on Monday, Ran 4.5 today and my muscles felt really tight. R says I need to stretch and he is absolutely right, now it just takes doing.