Grumblings for the week of September 30th

Hello all!

I got an email from Bernadette & Dave looking for a place to stay in/near Ocean City, NJ for Saturday during the MS 150. Bernadette is having problems posting, so here is what she wrote...

"We lost the place we were staying at on September 29th in Ocean City NJ. Do you know of anyone who has a place we can sleep for the night of the 29th? Can you forward this to our other tri buddies since I don't have anyone else's email."

Let talk about trying to workout on Saturday morning, if possible. Since we are no longer outdoor swimming, I would suggest that we could meet at the Spring Mill parking lot (it is bigger than the snack hut) to start a run/bike. Friday night is my girls big birthday party (Theme: princesses) so I might on a bit of a sugar high Saturday morning...

Marlton Tri Pictures

Dave forwarded these to post on the blog. What a motley crew! My those burgers were quite tasty.

Grumblings and rumblings for September 17-23, 2007

Good day all! I hope that you were able to get out and enjoy the weekend's great weather. I apologize for not getting back to you all about this past Saturday's discussed workout, but I was out in Idaho for a meeting and did not get back until Saturday morning. Curious to know what Idaho looks like? Here is a picture.

Okay, that isn't really a picture of Idaho but of me golfing in St. Kitts when I took a vacation 3 years ago. Here is a picture of Idaho.





Not really all that exciting. As for this week's workout schedule, it does not look like I will be able to participate. I am leaving tomorrow for meetings in Rhode Island, I have an event on Thursday and plans for Saturday and Sunday mornings.

I know that there are a couple of people running in the Conshohocken FunFest 5k (http://www.conshyfunfest.com/). Continue to post items that you are planning to participate in/want to do so it gives slacker like me something to train for.

Ramble on...

Dates to Remember & Fall Events

Check this out...

http://hosted.verticalresponse.com/168678/5faedd4139/444016/d9fb2b1507/

5K Charity Run

Below is information for a 5K charity run that CGI Racing (the folks who put on the Thursday night swims and a bunch of the local triathlons... Philadelphia Women's Tri included)... I think it would be a great thing to participate in... considering how we all got our start with triathlons etc. I am going to checking my calendar and if it is free... I plan on running in it. I know that it is the weekend of the MS 150... but maybe the non-MS 150 folks would like to run with me. Pass along to friends as well.

.... In March of 2006 a 9 year old boy (Bradley Caraker) in lost his battle with Leukemia. As you may know, Wenonah is a very small town and we are all like family. Larry and I coordinate a 5k run “Bradley’s Buddies” for the family – all proceeds benefit Tcell research. The event this year is on September 30th at 9:00 am through Wenonah (which is a great run). If you can join us we would really appreciate it! If not, please pass the info along to anyone you think might want to join us...there is a 1K walk as well. You can register a number of ways – 1. online at www.bradleysbuddies.org , 2. At the Harvest Fair on 9/22 (Wenonah Park) 3. Race day from 8:00 – 8:45 am. Hope to see you there!

Ramblings for the week of September 10th-16th, 2007

Hello all! I hope that everyone had a great weekend. Kudos to Shannon for the excellent news of her TriTrip to North Carolina. It's good to know that she wasn't cursing out the her fellow participants.

The Art Cycle ride was hard but a lot of fun. I am glad that I got my brother out to join in and congratulations to Bernadette for going the 38 mi. course instead of the 20 mi. course. Apparently some jokesters decided to paint over one of the direction notices on the course, so instead of doing 38 miles, we (and a lot of other people) did 41.5 mi. I think that the last 4 miles were all up hill. One of the items in the freebie bag was a clip-on lip balm holder. When exactly is one supposed to use this?

I am trying to run on Monday and Wednesday of this week. Let me know in that post if you can attend. Also, are there any organized bike rides out there for this coming Saturday morning that you all are aware of?

Ramble on...

Surving Tropical Storm Gabrielle!!

Greetings from North Carolina!! You all would be proud of me... I held my own and represented the TNT Philly posse well down here at the triathlon!! =) The course was amazing and the weather held up despite the looming tropical storm threatening the great state of North Carolina. I definitely understand why the location is prime for a half-iron. The lake was crystal clear... the whole swim you could see the sand bottom. A couple rolling hills on both run and bike, but pretty flat. The exciting news is that I cut 23 minutes off my SheRox time... the race was the exact same distance (800m swim, 15 mile bike and 3.1 mile run)... finishing at 2hrs and 7minutes. More importantly... NO FLAT TIRES!!! And the bike travelled perfect on the plane... bike case was great... taking the bike apart and putting back together was EASY!!! Hopefully will work out the same way going home. Also, I have added aero bars to the bike and they were much fun to ride on... didn't get the stiff shoulders or anything. =)

Hope everyone who did a ride today rocked out and had fun in Philadelphia... good weather. See everyone soon...

September 10th @6:45pm-Run

Meeting at the train station in Conshy, same as before. Who else is in besides Beth?

Art Cycle THIS Sunday!

Mark this ride on your calendar... http://www.michenermuseum.org/events/artcycle/

Also, this is the same day as the Univest Grand Prix Criterium in Doylestown. This is a pro bike race within walking distance of the Art Cycle Ride. The riders do 56 laps of a 0.9 mile course right in downtown Doylestown. The race starts at 11.10am and ends around 1ish.

I'm planning on doing the 63 mile Art Cycle ride, then walk over and watch the Univest Criterium.

Thursday Evening Run?

So Do I have to work late tonight or are we meeting to run?
Where's "Mr. Motivation" a.k.a. Chuck?

Running Tuesday, September 4th

Please let me know if you are interested in running Tuesday night @7pm, meeting at the train station parking lot.

Ramblings for the week of September 3-9, 2007

Hello all! Congratulations to all whom competed in the Marlton Lakes Tri. After the race, while Dave was cooking hamburgers (Nice!) on Beth grill (Nice!) and in between stories of Shannon's cursing at random people along the course (Nice?), we talked about having one post per week for random chatter and the rest of the postings for noting different events. Here you go, ramble away...