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I kicked it's butt! :)

The race report is up, and really long, so I'm just going to link to my tri blog here :) See my Trifuel blogOh, and Mike did awesome as well, and got a Kona slot, so next I'm going to HI ( Read more... )

Having the job of packing tonight makes IMKY seem really really real. I’ve gotten a number of wishes for good luck both for me and Mike - thanks all :) For those of you who want to track us, I’m #604, he’s #527.

Some thoughts going into this race, about what I’ve done differently than other years:

1. Biking mileage - this was my biggest change from a ( Read more... )

My car is getting a facelift right now. Isn't that what LA calls a new windshield now? New lights could be a boob job.

Either way, it's through Safelite -- it was easy to set an appt, they come to home or office (I picked home) and seem to be a reasonable price ($225ish with all labor, parts, new windshield wipers, etc). So hopefully it will be an ( Read more... )

well damn yo. I got the fellowship. Looks like I'll be adding school to my free time for a bit.

just enough time for a couple quick updates!

• My windshield is cracked -- a rock on the freeway and then a carwash, and then the crazy high temperatures this week :(
• Bikes are ready for IM KY -- they leave on Thursday! Pictures are posted here (mine and Mike's), here (mine), and here (Mike's).
• My digital camera is dead, so I've been using Mike's cell ( Read more... )

So there is this book that recently came out that people pre-ordered years in advance, showed up in costume to pick up, and stayed up all night to read. I still need a copy. I don't need it now... I have about 1000 pages of reading in the same series before I'll start it. And with how busy life is, that will take a bit of time, so it doesn't matter ( Read more... )

So leaving CVS with new boxes of bandages, Mike was slowly getting into the car and the lady parked next to us walked up. She said not to worry, and then saw his wrapped leg and told him to take care of his knee and again not to hurry... she wouldn't run over him. And laughed lightly, as Mike shut the door. I turned to him. "Um... not funny to me ( Read more... )

Wow. Where to start... This race report is going to be long. And tough. Kinda like the day. There was the good, the bad, and the ugly. Guess I'll just keep it how the day played out, but we'll start a bit before Sunday.

( leading up to the race )

Well I finished my application for the University of Redlands Masters in GIS program. Which I thought was needed by July 31st. Turns out it was by sometime last week (due to the work fellowship program I'm also applying for). Well after that stress of yesterday, and due to some awesome work by percussivebunny and my ever favorite prof Geoff, I got everything in ( Read more... )