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Wildflower Weekend Pregame

Back in March, the team went up to Lake San Antonio for our Wildflower Training Weekend. Remember that it was one tough weekend, rain, wind, cold – probably the worst camping experience I’ve ever had. Conditions were so bad that we had to modify the planned training bike and run routes for safety.

Last weekend the IronTEAM returned to Lake San Antonio with relatively much better conditions (no rain!). I carpooled with my teammate John W, headed out from the valley at 7:30am, and made it just in time to camp to set up our tents and join the team for a preview of the lake. When we got to the lake, we noticed how windy conditions were, so there was a little current in the lake with a little (actually a lot) of choppiness. We swam as a team with a nice easy pace to the first buoy about 100 yards. We hung out for a bit in the water getting some tips from our coaches, then we swam back.
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I’d Rather Take The Stairs

I made an interesting observation was made at the Las Vegas Marathon Expo earlier this month. Almost all of the attendees who had the goodie bag (meaning they were registered for the race) were taking the stairs. People who didn’t (possibly spectators, friends & family) took the escalator. Hmm… well, well. What do you think about that? I also find myself not really minding parking really far at the grocery store, or the mall. I’ve pretty much made it my routine every morning, to park on the 4th floor of my work parking structure, and use the stairs. I’m not talking a slow leisurely walk down the stairs either. I try to go down as fast as I can, making sure my heart rate is up by the time I’m done. Why? It wakes me up. It’s a great start to a workday. Also, on my way home, there’s another way, using the rooftop access, then taking the stairs down the parking structure. You know, after have trained for hundreds of miles, and ran a few 26.2s, what’s a flight of some stairs?