Random stuff. Saturday we had our "Meet the Team" ride. In the fall, each of the cycling teams in the Seattle area host a rotating "Meet the Team" ride where people interested in joining a team are encouraged to come out and go on a ride. It's a conversational "no-drop" ride that's about networking more than training. Ours was on Saturday, and we had a great turn out and great weather. It's a lot of fun riding in a group, I've always loved it and...

Signed up for Ironman Canada. Looks like 2007 is going to be the Ironyear for me. Arizona in April, Canada in August. Oh boy. I was on the phone with my mom, who really wants me to do IMC for a few reasons (it’s fairly close to Spokane, etc.). Anyway, I was resisting the idea and as a way to get her to stop pressuring me, I used the secret weapon. She, can be a little...

I remember when I was a kid and was at the pool for summer camp or whatever, there were two thigs about the pool that I noticed. First, there were all these grown ups swimming back and forth (laps) for some reason I couldn't understand. Second, they wore nose plugs, which was equally perplexing. What was so bad about getting water in your nose? Wussies! Well none of this was clear until about a year ago. The ProClub...