The calendar says its spring, all the stores have super cute spring clothes out, but the end of March has still been winter like. My friends and I were whining while sitting in a local bowling alley with our kids during spring break while everyone else was away in sunny places. They really should have "shhhh'd" me though, because at the end of the week I was able to escape the midwest and head to San Diego to watch Adam race IMCA 70.3, and spend a few extra days afterwards being part of a very cool project!
I landed mid day Friday, with enough time to hang out with AZ a bit and have an early dinner before race morning. I must say seeing him get ready to race was getting me pretty fired up for my first race in a few weeks. Early race morning I hooked up with a good friend who had mini Razor Scooters for he and I to get us to the race start quickly from our parking spot! Yep we took the Razors for spin through the dark on our way to the start line! I have raced this and spectated Oceanside before and it has always been pretty chilly at the start, but this year it seemed perfect. As I was scoping out a great spot to see Adam come out of T1 I saw fellow midwest Wattie Karin Langer, and she immediately saw none other than Massi! We knew we were in for a very special spectating experience having Massi in the mix! aka...#eurostar!
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| Massi! |
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| #OGs!! |
Lots of Wattie teammates were also there cheering and racing. During the bike Karin and I wandered around the pier with coffee, soaking up the sun, and wondering why we stick around Chicago.
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| Langer! |
I also checked out a few surfers. The time flew and before we knew it pros were already coming in to start the run. We scored a great spot to watch the run on a downhill corner and cheered for everyone.
It was awesome to see Adam having a great race and start to his season. He has been working extra- incredibly hard this winter.
I say it all the time……hard work, discipline = goals met. Just saying.
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| AZ on the run! |
Of course a great race, being in southern California, and tons of friends around deserves a reason to celebrate. The post race party with Mules= fun
After AZ left to head back home, I went for an amazing run on a hilly wood chip trail. Finally a chance to run without all the layers. I was supposed to be putting in some race pace miles, but the hills slowed those miles down, but gave my legs a good workout. Race pace miles have to seem easier after that, and I actually felt sweat dripping off me.
I had to be in another part of San Diego later that day for the start of the special project. So i spent the rest of the afternoon, checking out the beach, surf shops, and coffee shops. I could get used to that sort of life, so different than the midwestern burbs of Chicago! (how many years left until the kids graduate from high school?)
I can't say very much about the special project I got to be a part of for a few days, but it involved me taking off work during the week, photographers in the middle of the desert, a crazy schedule each day and hanging with some cool pros. We ate salads for dinner on the side of the road out in the desert with the sun going down,
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| in bloom! |
saw the the Octillio bush in bloom with the sun coming up and celebrated with delicious Mexican and Margaritas the final night. I had a 3:30 a.m. wake up call the next day to fly back home to real life.
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| Yum |
And, if you've been following my blog you know March was going to be a busy month. Not kidding! After about 2 years in the making our book is finally OUT!!! I practically cried when I got the email from Deb Hodgett who took an idea that came about with she, Carla Hastert and I were having a "girls night" sitting around the table at a pizza place while our kids played video games. (now thats a classy girls night !) I don't care if it only sells a few copies, we have a book in print! "Tri -Mom: swimming, biking, and running through motherhood" is out now on Amazon. Its full of funny stories about trying to train and race, while trying to still be a good mom. Check it out!!
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