Sea Otter Bike Classic and Sea Level Training
Well I’m on a plane again headed to San Jose, California for yet another FJ Trail Team event. Who will be at the Sea Otter Bicycle Classic in picturesque Monterey.. Sea Otter is the biggest and best bike event start the season. 60,000 people over 4 days will attend, race, catch up over last years stories and hopefully test drive the FJ Cruiser.
This past weeks training went well. I was on schedule for all that was asked of me by Shawn and Peter. The bike rides where indoors due to the ever changing weather of Colorado. Have to love that fact that it is April and we’ve seen more snow this month then all of March. With the new friends I made at the Team Timex camp from shoot, I’ve found that the tri community is very small and six degrees of separation are more like two or three.
At camp I became friend with a few of the Colorado natives and have gone a few training runs with Erin Kummer who is a great athlete and person to be around. She’s full of energy and has a great view on the sport. Well grounded and she loves the challenge of the race and training. This past Saturday she invited me out to Boulder for a Trainer Ride (cold and icy outside) at her coach and friends house Joanna Zeiger. That’s right “THE” Joanna Zeiger. I have know the Zeige’s for a year working on PowerBar and think the world of them so I couldn’t say no at the chance to see Mark and Joanna again while doing a training ride in her basement. It was a good time and memory lane was well visited along with a different view of how great Mark and Jo are. After the ride we went to dinner with a few of their friends and talked Tri, movies and the crazy weather. Good times had by all.
The next day I had a long run 90 minutes worth and I was crossing my finger during the night that the snow would stop so I could run outside. I awoke to what seemed like a movie set. Large snowflakes where falling and sticking to tree limbs and the ground, and accumulating fast. Erin called me see what the conditions where like in D-town(Denver) as she made mention that Boulder had overcast skies and semi mild temps. So why not do a long run with a cute girl in Boulder. So I made the Easter trek to Boulder and he headed out for a now 120 min run. 20 minutes into it life was great. No wind and no snow, until Erin asked me why I wasn’t or didn’t wear sunglasses or eyewear. I said “it’s overcast and not snowing”. Right then and there I jynked myself, as the snow started to fall ever so gently from the clouds. As our run time increased so did the intensity of the snow. It was very calming and relaxing actually, yet annoying at the same time without glasses to keep the flakes from getting into my eyes. The last two/thirds of my run I felt like a battering-ram running with my head down to cut the wind and keep my eyes shielded from the falling snow.
We finished the run in good spirits but hungry for food and Eater Eggs. No, we didn’t see any hidden eggs on the run, but I was looking for some, as they should have been easy to spot, all bight and painted in the white snow. Oh well there is always next year.
Overall the week and weekend of training was a blast, hanging out with good people and training with people that get what I’m doing as they are in the same boat but at a much faster pace. During the long run my side stitch in the lower right groin area flared up a little and forced me to Jeff Galloway the last 3 miles or so. More news on the cause of the side pain in the next entry once the doctor has had time to exam the images from the ultrasound.
Well folks I hope that you’re well and Spring is actually visiting you, as I know I have to try and find it in CA again since she only teased us in Colorado. Until you read again. Cheers.
This past weeks training went well. I was on schedule for all that was asked of me by Shawn and Peter. The bike rides where indoors due to the ever changing weather of Colorado. Have to love that fact that it is April and we’ve seen more snow this month then all of March. With the new friends I made at the Team Timex camp from shoot, I’ve found that the tri community is very small and six degrees of separation are more like two or three.
At camp I became friend with a few of the Colorado natives and have gone a few training runs with Erin Kummer who is a great athlete and person to be around. She’s full of energy and has a great view on the sport. Well grounded and she loves the challenge of the race and training. This past Saturday she invited me out to Boulder for a Trainer Ride (cold and icy outside) at her coach and friends house Joanna Zeiger. That’s right “THE” Joanna Zeiger. I have know the Zeige’s for a year working on PowerBar and think the world of them so I couldn’t say no at the chance to see Mark and Joanna again while doing a training ride in her basement. It was a good time and memory lane was well visited along with a different view of how great Mark and Jo are. After the ride we went to dinner with a few of their friends and talked Tri, movies and the crazy weather. Good times had by all.
The next day I had a long run 90 minutes worth and I was crossing my finger during the night that the snow would stop so I could run outside. I awoke to what seemed like a movie set. Large snowflakes where falling and sticking to tree limbs and the ground, and accumulating fast. Erin called me see what the conditions where like in D-town(Denver) as she made mention that Boulder had overcast skies and semi mild temps. So why not do a long run with a cute girl in Boulder. So I made the Easter trek to Boulder and he headed out for a now 120 min run. 20 minutes into it life was great. No wind and no snow, until Erin asked me why I wasn’t or didn’t wear sunglasses or eyewear. I said “it’s overcast and not snowing”. Right then and there I jynked myself, as the snow started to fall ever so gently from the clouds. As our run time increased so did the intensity of the snow. It was very calming and relaxing actually, yet annoying at the same time without glasses to keep the flakes from getting into my eyes. The last two/thirds of my run I felt like a battering-ram running with my head down to cut the wind and keep my eyes shielded from the falling snow.
We finished the run in good spirits but hungry for food and Eater Eggs. No, we didn’t see any hidden eggs on the run, but I was looking for some, as they should have been easy to spot, all bight and painted in the white snow. Oh well there is always next year.
Overall the week and weekend of training was a blast, hanging out with good people and training with people that get what I’m doing as they are in the same boat but at a much faster pace. During the long run my side stitch in the lower right groin area flared up a little and forced me to Jeff Galloway the last 3 miles or so. More news on the cause of the side pain in the next entry once the doctor has had time to exam the images from the ultrasound.
Well folks I hope that you’re well and Spring is actually visiting you, as I know I have to try and find it in CA again since she only teased us in Colorado. Until you read again. Cheers.
posted by Jon at 4/15/2007 07:02:00 AM
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