Well a new month is upon us. August is my favorite month. Warm days, clear nights, meteor showers and Hood to Coast! Hood to Coast is a 197 mile relay race that starts at Timberline on Mt Hood and ends in Seaside Oregon. Teams consist of 12 members, 6 to a van, and each team member runs 3 legs. The legs distances range from 3-7 miles. It is a great time and pretty much a party for 2 days! I will be doing this event August 24-26. In my van will be members from our marathon training group VancouverFit. Angela is going to be our Designated Driver for the week-end.
It is official!!!!!! Angela is a multi sport athlete! She participated in a Triathlon relay Saturday July 28th doing the bike portion and then on Sunday the 29th she did a Duathlon! Being the awesome woman that she is, she did 2 events in 2 days and took first in her class in the Duathlon! Way to go sweetie! Angela spent the week-end with her Weight Watchers online group at the events. We were able to meet the people we only knew from WW online and put faces to names. It was great meeting all of you! The group picks a Triathlon event once a year and everyone goes to that event. Next year it is looking like the event will be in Austin Texas in October.
I have 7 weeks until The Grand Columbian half Ironman. Training is back to normal after a week of vacation. Needless to say, training was difficult during vacation but I did what I could. I am concentrating on the bike portion of my training most because it is my limiter. Swimming and running are doing great so I will back off of those a bit giving me more time on the bike. At the end of this week I will have close to 200 miles on the Kuota. I am confident that I will be ready for this event and maybe even overtrained! It will be a great time for Angela and I to discover a new part of Washington.
