It was the perfect day in LA today. Our hotel is comfortable but very basic. Chatworth (where we are staying) has nothing much to offer. We crossed the mountain and drove to the ocean this morning. I’m so glad we decided to rent a car and have the freedom to move about. The Whoopie babes […]
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A visit to Cortona
We are staying at the Relais La Corte Dei Papi in Pergo just outside of Cortona. It is beautiful here in Tuscany. The vibe is laid back with old stone buildings up every hilltop and greenery nestled between hills and mountains. As you drive in any direction, you randomly come across vineyards and olive groves. Most […]
Upcoming Napa Vacation
After yesterday’s long run, it was time to take it just a bit easy today. I went for a swim at Lifetime Fitness and did a few sprint sets for a total of 2,100 meters. Next week at this time, we will be in Napa. Julie-Len, Mitch-Nancy, Don-Debbie, Marty-Brian, Whoopie Babes and Martha will join […]
Run, Swim, Whoopie
It has finally started to cool down a bit in Scottsdale. Mornings and evenings are quite pleasant but the afternoons are still in the upper 90s. If you want to run outdoors, it is best to do so early in the morning. Today is Sunday. If I weren’t training, I’d lounge around in the morning […]
A perfect day in Berkeley, Sonoma, Napa and San Francisco
The day started relatively early. I decided to run from the Four Points Sheraton in Emeryville to Sanjana’s apartment, wake her up, have coffee with her, and run back. It would be a run between 5.5 and 6 miles; slightly uphill on my way there, and slightly downhill on my way back. I txt’d her […]
Run instead of swim | Kristi at Fatehpur Sikri
The plan was to swim this evening. Instead, when I got to the gym, I felt a slight tick in my throat. I thought swimming would only compound this; hence I changed plans and ran on the treadmill for an hour. It was a pretty smooth run of just short of 8 miles. Binita and […]
Shouldn’t a first aid kit contain tweezers?
I had organized a group run today on the greenbelt at 92nd and Shea. When I woke up, I really did not want to go; hence I made up an excuse (ya, that’s the truth folks; if any of my run group buddies are reading this, I simply didn’t want to run this morning)! I […]
Easy ride in N Scottsdale
Kristi and I took a relatively easy early-morning bike-ride today. It was another beautiful day out with crisp, cool morning air. We rode our normal 20-mile route up McDowell Mountain, down through West World to Hayden, north to Pinnacle Peak to Williams, and back to Thompson Peak Parkway. Kristi is back to her strength after […]
Here we go…Number 258
The race participant list was published today. My number is 258. I like to have the number 7 as one of my numbers on my bib (G is the 7th alphabet), but I am not superstitious. There are a total of 1,450 participants with a pretty strong pro field of 70+ athletes. My age group […]
Ironman NZ result | HH at Skep
Will took a 4-minute penalty, yet finished Ironman NZ in 10:31. Amazing! His swim was an incredible 1:09, bike was 5:25 and run was 3:51 with about 10 minutes in total transitions. He is in the most competitive age-group (35-39), yet came in 15th. Again, amazing! A bunch of us got together for happy-hour at […]