Well, the winter slumber is ending - starting to pay attention to diet, rest, and getting the spiderwebs out of the biking knickers and dusting off my shoes - TRY training at the Vincennes Y starts in a month!
Looks like there may be a nice sized group of ladies from Olney headed over for the training - enough that we may need 2 vehicles to car pool - what a hoot! After briefly flirting with the idea of a new vehicle (but really - a car payment - really?) have ordered a 'hidden hitch' and a cool 4 bike carrier to go with it so that we'll all be able to transport our treasures! Plus new tires for GiGi will help assure safe traveling...
Tuesday, February 21, 2012
Friday, January 27, 2012
Time Flies ...
How can it possibly be that I have not posted in nearly a year!! Too true it seems - but 2011 was really busy! Did the fantastic 12 week TRYathlon training class via Vincennes YMCA again - with a new training buddy, Cheryl. We had great adventures and shared our deep appreciation of 'bark and twigs' on our way home after each session!
Lincoln Trail College in Robinson hosted their first triathlon in May - several of us, with our trusty sherpa helpers, did that on a cold, windy, rainy day - and completed! The run route goes past a prison (twice) and there was something just not right about the prisoners out in their rain slickers (so they were dry) shouting encouragement (we'll go with that) as we 'ran' past (twice) soaked through and through!
June was the 5th SIS Women's TRYathlon in Vincennes - another strong showing by Olney/Richland County ladies in this popular event. However, our eyes were mostly looking forward to the first RCRC White Squirrel Triathlon held in Olney in late July.
We had hoped / prayed / pleaded for at 100 participants and wound up with 221! And a fantastic time was had by all! The community really came together - there were folks swimming, biking, and running all summer! And the really cool thing is that after the event they kept at it until the cold weather forced us all indoors! What a hoot!
The 2012 event in Olney will be held on Saturday, August 4th - super sprint (200 meter pool swim, 11.3 mile bike (some hills - but they are grouped together for your convenience - if you're going to have to climb we've put them all in one mile!), and a 5k.
My training has already begun - starting slow with yoga twice a week but will have to pick up the pace (soon!) to be ready for the RCRC Cold Hearted 5k on Feb 11th!
Lincoln Trail College in Robinson hosted their first triathlon in May - several of us, with our trusty sherpa helpers, did that on a cold, windy, rainy day - and completed! The run route goes past a prison (twice) and there was something just not right about the prisoners out in their rain slickers (so they were dry) shouting encouragement (we'll go with that) as we 'ran' past (twice) soaked through and through!
June was the 5th SIS Women's TRYathlon in Vincennes - another strong showing by Olney/Richland County ladies in this popular event. However, our eyes were mostly looking forward to the first RCRC White Squirrel Triathlon held in Olney in late July.
We had hoped / prayed / pleaded for at 100 participants and wound up with 221! And a fantastic time was had by all! The community really came together - there were folks swimming, biking, and running all summer! And the really cool thing is that after the event they kept at it until the cold weather forced us all indoors! What a hoot!
The 2012 event in Olney will be held on Saturday, August 4th - super sprint (200 meter pool swim, 11.3 mile bike (some hills - but they are grouped together for your convenience - if you're going to have to climb we've put them all in one mile!), and a 5k.
My training has already begun - starting slow with yoga twice a week but will have to pick up the pace (soon!) to be ready for the RCRC Cold Hearted 5k on Feb 11th!
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