Sid with his best friend Andrew.
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| Sidney's Graduation |
Tuesday, June 30, 2009
Sidney's Kindergarten Graduation
Sidney's Kindergarten graduation from Parkcenter Montessori.
Sid with his best friend Andrew.
Sid with his best friend Andrew.
Friday, June 26, 2009
Journey to the center of the earth...
This weekend, we went to Julia Davis Park in Boise to watch an outdoor movie: Journey to the center of the earth. The hollywood version of Verne's bestseller was a hit with the kids.
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| movie |
Saturday, June 13, 2009
2009 Boise 70.3
The stars were not lined up for this half Ironman. It started in the winter training or lack thereof... I caught 6 colds and had a skin infection on my finger. We eventually linked all this sickness to a tooth problem which according to the dentist had been present for a few months. My immune system was affected and I did not make the connection. Considering I had not been to the doctor over the last 10 years, being down in bed every other week-ends killed my psyche and did not help in my base preparation. With the root (canal) of my health problems taken care of, I quickly made progress. Until I was faced with the next setback: a toe fracture. Another visit to the doc where I found out it would take 4 weeks to heal. This means that I would miss the bulk of the pre-race running volume. Luckily, I could still maintain the aerobic engine with some biking and swimming. This took me to the last three weeks of training before the race within which I was able to log in a few long runs and a short taper.
Then on race day, lady luck snubbed me again. A bad storm hit everyone right in the middle of the bike course. With wet roads and gusty winds, the conditions were not optimal, until they became down right awful.
Lucky Peak was very choppy and my poor navigational skills did not help during the swim. Getting out of the water was a relief. And looking back, I certainly took it out too hard in the first miles on the bike. Withing 16 miles into the bike course, I had a rear flat. I surprisingly did not panic and changed the tube fairly quickly considering it was pouring rain (in 4 min 30 sec according to my Garmin). As I engaged the CO2 cartridge to inflate my new tube, all I heard was the sound of a brief swoosh of air being released Then, nothing. The cartridge was empty. There was barely enough air in the tire to support the weight of the bike and myself. (At the end of the race, I engaged the pump to measure the pressure and it read 25PSI, so considering the air filling up the tube extension of the pump, I probably rode 43 miles on 30PSI). I was getting passed left and right, by man and women, old and young. At one point, it was pouring hail. A true deluge. T2 did not come soon enough. With a quick transition into the run, I settled into a good pace until about mile 10 when my body started screaming. My feet, legs, back, core... Every part of my body was begging for a break. I finished in 5:10 (Swim: 38:00 / T1: 2:21 / Bike: 2:48:40 / T2: 1:14 / Run: 1:40:16). Surely disappointing but, considering the lead up to the race and my race day adventures, I could only be satisfied with my performance.
Then on race day, lady luck snubbed me again. A bad storm hit everyone right in the middle of the bike course. With wet roads and gusty winds, the conditions were not optimal, until they became down right awful.
Lucky Peak was very choppy and my poor navigational skills did not help during the swim. Getting out of the water was a relief. And looking back, I certainly took it out too hard in the first miles on the bike. Withing 16 miles into the bike course, I had a rear flat. I surprisingly did not panic and changed the tube fairly quickly considering it was pouring rain (in 4 min 30 sec according to my Garmin). As I engaged the CO2 cartridge to inflate my new tube, all I heard was the sound of a brief swoosh of air being released Then, nothing. The cartridge was empty. There was barely enough air in the tire to support the weight of the bike and myself. (At the end of the race, I engaged the pump to measure the pressure and it read 25PSI, so considering the air filling up the tube extension of the pump, I probably rode 43 miles on 30PSI). I was getting passed left and right, by man and women, old and young. At one point, it was pouring hail. A true deluge. T2 did not come soon enough. With a quick transition into the run, I settled into a good pace until about mile 10 when my body started screaming. My feet, legs, back, core... Every part of my body was begging for a break. I finished in 5:10 (Swim: 38:00 / T1: 2:21 / Bike: 2:48:40 / T2: 1:14 / Run: 1:40:16). Surely disappointing but, considering the lead up to the race and my race day adventures, I could only be satisfied with my performance.
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