tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-76306928398303403692024-02-18T18:35:44.422-08:00Suck It Up Buttercup!Moniquehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09313295346412939839noreply@blogger.comBlogger60125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7630692839830340369.post-20241787572797861462010-09-06T09:29:00.000-07:002010-09-06T10:31:11.861-07:00AcroYogaThe best video EVER! My new Goal for 2011!<br /><br /><br /><object height="385" width="640"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/5tUMs3L13Ro?fs=1&hl=en_US&rel=0"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/5tUMs3L13Ro?fs=1&hl=en_US&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="385" width="640"></embed></object>Moniquehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09313295346412939839noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7630692839830340369.post-56570805255982934472010-06-17T21:41:00.000-07:002010-09-06T10:31:38.533-07:00Hawaii 5'O<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFE94MuzQM0n52RZKVKveF-Sw6t8ZKYZ7eb1VDTcRgfvlGjJ7uf1Nvpi0GEYcfg0GaZs7WcEFQ_1kGNlT-80i4UBXXbjyPMfl2i1Uwp2mrph3G-0Pyi3r8jfPDUl_dRT8_TaNwRBFpDtHt/s1600/h2"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; 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display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj35wuc6yJBwbH_qKs6YKdJj5tjl-xDDdURAo_d81kL6GFgnyUxApvlUTiDNsg3KUlbqRg4ViJ7fEFea7FFCPsENzqbO0dJZgWYbNY_1C72OOXsf6TgFly_k5W6h68y_oDyZ0VMQAjFiVyb/s320/pool" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5470445393622411330" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Recovery time in Palm Desert with the family..... life is good!<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>Moniquehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09313295346412939839noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7630692839830340369.post-38733036587167885742010-05-06T17:05:00.001-07:002010-05-14T18:23:40.301-07:00Ironman St GeorgeIMSG was super fun and I hate to say it (with everyone saying its one of the hardest ironman races in North America) but I thought it was "easy". For me it was the first race that I have followed a training schedule and was super stoked how it unfolded the day of the race. I was cruising through the course just enjoying the sights, the crowds, volunteers, friends and others in the race. I never ever had the feeling that the bike was taking forever like i usually get towards the end of the race. I enjoy going long and was prepared for an all day excursion. I got my "Money's" worth is the easiest way to explain it : )<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpDe6mEKUHCbj4AJqPtnZ7lFVLgYdlloMtH5xZ23ZO8RC2JzAh-d2uLjTRHs6Sp2VEUPhdJSMfb7ZHOZqETcQKA-cLnH_IXi_sgKCNxr2fYfMCsn5ar_ZzExJFHw-Fr4oA5HFFq1e9Nj6c/s1600/trans.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpDe6mEKUHCbj4AJqPtnZ7lFVLgYdlloMtH5xZ23ZO8RC2JzAh-d2uLjTRHs6Sp2VEUPhdJSMfb7ZHOZqETcQKA-cLnH_IXi_sgKCNxr2fYfMCsn5ar_ZzExJFHw-Fr4oA5HFFq1e9Nj6c/s320/trans.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5469803516235606434" border="0" /></a>where's waldo?<br /><br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEis0Oo9WDjtdmJi5Me3xlDkRfKUuticicf8fGIwmcj8HLBiEMG64dokFFCwhroTpf-jxmSKIa2EB-C9-fGgrSDBMyXJinEZON4Y0OiHaySE83odolCzuU34rafT3ShuAI4liT37LzteGqMJ/s1600/Picture+7.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEis0Oo9WDjtdmJi5Me3xlDkRfKUuticicf8fGIwmcj8HLBiEMG64dokFFCwhroTpf-jxmSKIa2EB-C9-fGgrSDBMyXJinEZON4Y0OiHaySE83odolCzuU34rafT3ShuAI4liT37LzteGqMJ/s320/Picture+7.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5469803183804986434" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Finishing time of 14:26<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Swim 1:21:38<br />Bike 7:32:51<br />Run 5:16:50<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYD8xy757V1GWIvzQyo9FvTglRulHyS656AAwUaZ26WhwGazNQq2T5TnrR2gAfQHbcw0zJn4r6QHc9o6TMCzPC34sPjR3088Q6WVOB7axQNvMgphyphenhyphenh1JmQyShY7AfAU0xKfu38PHqUtlOq/s1600/Picture+10.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYD8xy757V1GWIvzQyo9FvTglRulHyS656AAwUaZ26WhwGazNQq2T5TnrR2gAfQHbcw0zJn4r6QHc9o6TMCzPC34sPjR3088Q6WVOB7axQNvMgphyphenhyphenh1JmQyShY7AfAU0xKfu38PHqUtlOq/s320/Picture+10.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5469803177911612978" border="0" /></a><br />My swim results surprised me and I thought my time would be about 1:40. Lesson learned: sight a little more often instead of watching others... I think I swam an extra mile LOL and struggled to get back to the bouys. I got super cold towards the end and couldn't move my fingers to get my transition bag open, watch on etc..<br /><br />The bike was beautiful and I was enjoying the day.. I did have some stomach issues, and I think its being the the aero bar position after drinking, eating.. had about two bottles of vitargo about 280 calories each, two bottles of water with nuun, and two bars totaling 380calories.. ~940calories<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZ2ETW75A8tssQ2TOqlHAKdknUEyZrLVkoD5Ov3Jj3BW11zL-D8_xxvGDg7w3IRqXZaURC8RbvArI2cGU5GWGI3yj7OOkbvXXWjY0rvI6zuoG1eY1SAKWFBBdLHR5ZE-U2LNnRXOEzVbO7/s1600/Picture+8.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 233px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZ2ETW75A8tssQ2TOqlHAKdknUEyZrLVkoD5Ov3Jj3BW11zL-D8_xxvGDg7w3IRqXZaURC8RbvArI2cGU5GWGI3yj7OOkbvXXWjY0rvI6zuoG1eY1SAKWFBBdLHR5ZE-U2LNnRXOEzVbO7/s320/Picture+8.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5469814213829901458" border="0" /></a><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><br /></span>My marathon was nothing more than a walking "Buffet" line. I was sooo hungry I couldn't stop eating at every aid station. I would think ahead of time what I felt like eating and i would walk through each aide station with the same plan. Sponges on the shoulders which I would use to squirt on my head, water, pretzels, orange slice, chicken soup and sometimes gatorade. Music was blasting and I was eating.... and running in between the hills and aide stations. Life was good. I did have to stop and tape up the bottom of my feet because of hot spots, and a blister popped two miles before the finish so I stopped and tape it and it made it worse so I then had to rip it off and just ignore the pain.<br /><br />Awesome day and can't wait to do another race. Slate had an awesome race with finishing in 10:02hrs and won 3rd in his AG and qualified for Kona Ironman World Championship Race in his first Ironman.Moniquehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09313295346412939839noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7630692839830340369.post-68666428944808976092010-05-04T09:22:00.000-07:002010-05-04T09:30:08.200-07:00Get ur May Issue<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUf5iNzztD5oqb-oweAPcVZQVXnxQdLKFVivICOODF3mHRTxj9_xbUtI03cFxMBQgPFTTW_82-xJlys-HIw2oatBdZCz-QYgTzMR_Of1DEFa9zVebvDJ9Jos3ws25EBD8g_5Oyx45OQnk4/s1600/cover.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 243px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUf5iNzztD5oqb-oweAPcVZQVXnxQdLKFVivICOODF3mHRTxj9_xbUtI03cFxMBQgPFTTW_82-xJlys-HIw2oatBdZCz-QYgTzMR_Of1DEFa9zVebvDJ9Jos3ws25EBD8g_5Oyx45OQnk4/s320/cover.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5467452991184550962" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Stoked i made the cover!! if you live in SD, pick one up for me!<br /></div>Moniquehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09313295346412939839noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7630692839830340369.post-84750543078467896842010-04-30T15:48:00.000-07:002010-04-30T19:16:01.739-07:00Preparation Habout sums up the last two days and maybe the next couple of days after racing 140.6 miles. There is sooo much to think about before an ironman race i can see why people would do only one a year. today we dropped off our swim to bike bags, bike to run bags, tomorrow we will drop off our bike and run special needs bags, and fill up our morning bag before the race. sooo many bags sooo little time... by race time tomorrow i hope i won't be "bagging it" . . .<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhw4D8RrCu_HDAuLfNpNapgpNJyjJ4Ekfq69gzszXT3tfAsor_QhHIznDPSD1IbzLI3ZkCD7N2z8bU_LO769gBRqEor_RhcKITSYhaX3Fd0Ali6xldiMl-_p53eC6cWGzOGqkqfnFp3miBI/s1600/bags.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhw4D8RrCu_HDAuLfNpNapgpNJyjJ4Ekfq69gzszXT3tfAsor_QhHIznDPSD1IbzLI3ZkCD7N2z8bU_LO769gBRqEor_RhcKITSYhaX3Fd0Ali6xldiMl-_p53eC6cWGzOGqkqfnFp3miBI/s320/bags.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5466068227834524802" border="0" /></a>"bag party"<br /><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-ZcgZEwL29rwsoz3NCrpLXgIc_EBRGfuNpSP_n7iwTp5ZOOVGXOPf2hYw_AG3AGYrJqA5X6vPHiFBwr48UcdacDZ5WFkNpH64H4ucNqGlcSg-AgEImCb2w0d2CNZ35LHgHXSNszBnYXVP/s1600/bikebags.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-ZcgZEwL29rwsoz3NCrpLXgIc_EBRGfuNpSP_n7iwTp5ZOOVGXOPf2hYw_AG3AGYrJqA5X6vPHiFBwr48UcdacDZ5WFkNpH64H4ucNqGlcSg-AgEImCb2w0d2CNZ35LHgHXSNszBnYXVP/s320/bikebags.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5466069461196315890" border="0" /></a>"bike bags"<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGLV6mVuNmASYvQkio_jmvXL8ZPDh6NPYRAIpZUBmhyphenhyphenYvLjRgz-j2w4WqQlAvRz4dSCEJUJsojiLGbpFFW3pcwzP9ilSS_heaQPvJro2RmKyqlKZf6pXmYuWZwKfBPHCUA-sgjwzqKxqDS/s1600/runbags.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGLV6mVuNmASYvQkio_jmvXL8ZPDh6NPYRAIpZUBmhyphenhyphenYvLjRgz-j2w4WqQlAvRz4dSCEJUJsojiLGbpFFW3pcwzP9ilSS_heaQPvJro2RmKyqlKZf6pXmYuWZwKfBPHCUA-sgjwzqKxqDS/s320/runbags.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5466068231321019890" border="0" /></a>"run bags and me"<br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;">now just kill'in time about sixteen hours till race start. time for a shower, dinner and a little stretching/rolling and some good night sleep, with a wakeup call for 3:30am...<br /></div><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhpYKTdbWkVQByJ8gKywYJq0OG1pMYXvZqgR5-0dp2ey9y8L6dcl23HCV0sUaYkcBlV6-VRHDf-fKs7LGB_eWFWlO1pCChI6LVKVQXg0dKP1VgWBgsnzlCtNnKTvUlLFFg8IYSQc0jqx-v/s1600/slatercrush.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhpYKTdbWkVQByJ8gKywYJq0OG1pMYXvZqgR5-0dp2ey9y8L6dcl23HCV0sUaYkcBlV6-VRHDf-fKs7LGB_eWFWlO1pCChI6LVKVQXg0dKP1VgWBgsnzlCtNnKTvUlLFFg8IYSQc0jqx-v/s320/slatercrush.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5466069464801161538" border="0" /></a>slater learning how to crush dreams tomorrow....<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1WuhbGPNDI3j7YpQU79nbtbbt95Qtt5BcRtdTK7YhKWMYPzXDbHavZ1G15aBAI6QTEtImvuuB0SjiZNPZmxAdOBrVw4bZVngW3sDZyS02egtO3lPsun9xz_55Y_Z_Y9AP6mCwq_1ClBwu/s1600/numbergirl.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1WuhbGPNDI3j7YpQU79nbtbbt95Qtt5BcRtdTK7YhKWMYPzXDbHavZ1G15aBAI6QTEtImvuuB0SjiZNPZmxAdOBrVw4bZVngW3sDZyS02egtO3lPsun9xz_55Y_Z_Y9AP6mCwq_1ClBwu/s320/numbergirl.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5466073566457718786" border="0" /></a>good thing i didn't have a four digit race number !<br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><br /><br /><br /></div>Moniquehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09313295346412939839noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7630692839830340369.post-83408477889808450872010-04-15T21:15:00.001-07:002010-04-16T08:14:15.343-07:00Team Duke "CHAP Support"<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEdoM-ggtTxxlEoI69upxhq6x_172Bx80ncMz-RRLnMXFsKF8Gpuxnjh1_zd4usMWdhRLtyJNFb1NlpnP3CrlMYE49y-lJQzUZoLDIfOfrEfE-eqGOhOZVV9CEHO5KF8AtW9TLvVhLazE8/s1600/TeamDuke.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEdoM-ggtTxxlEoI69upxhq6x_172Bx80ncMz-RRLnMXFsKF8Gpuxnjh1_zd4usMWdhRLtyJNFb1NlpnP3CrlMYE49y-lJQzUZoLDIfOfrEfE-eqGOhOZVV9CEHO5KF8AtW9TLvVhLazE8/s320/TeamDuke.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5460594371072128642" border="0" /></a> Greg with the "Bling Bike" the children decorated<br /></div><p class="maintext">After John Wayne's own heroic battle with cancer, his family established the John Wayne Cancer Foundation (JWCF) to advance the fight against the illness. <strong>The John Wayne Cancer Foundation's mission is to bring courage, strength and grit to the fight against cancer.</strong><br /></p>Since its founding in 1985, the JWCF has supported awareness programs, education programs and support groups, and is aligned with like-minded groups and non-profits that advance the fight against cancer. JWCF has also been committed to groundbreaking cancer research and education at the <a href="http://www.jwci.org/" target="_blank">John Wayne Cancer Institute (JWCI)</a>.<br /><br />What is grit? Grit is bravery. A fighting spirit. Guts. Determination. It’s standing up for what you believe in and taking care of the people you love.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">"Courage is being scared to death - but saddling up anyway"<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">-john wayne</span><br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVGK9aCTGP-xv1eU1ED7xTvGOOgRvrzVGjFFPxRxK2JIxA_DI8NoRxUWo7BWOdliE45AKD4rgSMnLgK_HWbF1cj4I5V4b7o5LRLnkGgvxLO6Bxedd7xRcGGkCDJOUT5nfihYcq2u6nIm0m/s1600/CHAP"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVGK9aCTGP-xv1eU1ED7xTvGOOgRvrzVGjFFPxRxK2JIxA_DI8NoRxUWo7BWOdliE45AKD4rgSMnLgK_HWbF1cj4I5V4b7o5LRLnkGgvxLO6Bxedd7xRcGGkCDJOUT5nfihYcq2u6nIm0m/s320/CHAP" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5460589458758283762" border="0" /></a><br />The Children's Healing Art Project (CHAP) is a program that we are excited to be a part of. CHAP brings the healing power of art to those children (and their parents and siblings) in crisis with cancer. The art projects are helping to fill the voids in life that cancer often results from, and also helps educate the public regarding what it is like for a child to go through cancer treatment. CHAP gives people a way to be heroes, by supporting their work.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizA63dccTcxv-1bubW6V5kTESU5tBEHopTc6rbbZ3jUefVHVHEiyen6bOa0bKX7_r0W3HQHnIoiaAFnHWa3HyQRDuzgCseltIGHrWqlJUGoa0ySKds3jM7Q4LkCEotNIrqpZYaB9PAIomU/s1600/chap-studio.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 255px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizA63dccTcxv-1bubW6V5kTESU5tBEHopTc6rbbZ3jUefVHVHEiyen6bOa0bKX7_r0W3HQHnIoiaAFnHWa3HyQRDuzgCseltIGHrWqlJUGoa0ySKds3jM7Q4LkCEotNIrqpZYaB9PAIomU/s320/chap-studio.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5460589873912954034" border="0" /></a><br />Slater rides with <span class="gphoto-photocaption-caption">Maya, and I ride with Carlos in our support for the fight against cancer by wearing their one-of-a- kind Children's Healing Art Project (CHAP) jersey that each child has painted. </span>It is awesome to ride with our jerseys knowing how inspired we are by the children and their families and how much support and encouragement we all have through CHAP.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVt_qyoZSr7psdOEu5dWlVshmOA4Mi2tJ38FSYEIXx8Myan0bsO1SlrNtQ5JurmwYb9WWu66pTd_ov55A9zisukIF4RdGZK4h-SsHqoPBBMhRm0oNeHWc5bWPE3cIFnR_bceRjBt5zwQ3Y/s1600/Slate1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVt_qyoZSr7psdOEu5dWlVshmOA4Mi2tJ38FSYEIXx8Myan0bsO1SlrNtQ5JurmwYb9WWu66pTd_ov55A9zisukIF4RdGZK4h-SsHqoPBBMhRm0oNeHWc5bWPE3cIFnR_bceRjBt5zwQ3Y/s320/Slate1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5460590151921590242" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9PHwuWXfdPNAtyUKMWaHVsknnPLe2SDqlVvDnZWzDhd7ovGDBTh6d4N-6KOuKjs7PmLDQ26f3o3pra4RmnzUtbtGxEXeH-ozBpFvHaZn-RoYl7ZA_WfEdLLO2HDBk9fD_rLvz4BS7mpf5/s1600/moe(2).jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9PHwuWXfdPNAtyUKMWaHVsknnPLe2SDqlVvDnZWzDhd7ovGDBTh6d4N-6KOuKjs7PmLDQ26f3o3pra4RmnzUtbtGxEXeH-ozBpFvHaZn-RoYl7ZA_WfEdLLO2HDBk9fD_rLvz4BS7mpf5/s320/moe(2).jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5460590141074907266" border="0" /></a><br />Jordan Romero is our friend that will be the youngest, age 13, to climb the 7 tallest summits of the world. Right now he is on his quest to summit Everest the last summit on his list with the support of Team Duke. Keep track of his climb to the summit of Everest on www.jordanromero.com.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHNMSJIG2rRqpywnBF97jZhx-INpv03RFwp1JRsYvbpJs9g7HOvyAegXLDBVkn90U5F1pI9UL9IyvkBmPxCP3LDfLmKHOzuxr63FeuHJXZnzKc_v-eNIQY3UaOlTY6etgdmVM1Y4ysbex2/s1600/base+camp.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHNMSJIG2rRqpywnBF97jZhx-INpv03RFwp1JRsYvbpJs9g7HOvyAegXLDBVkn90U5F1pI9UL9IyvkBmPxCP3LDfLmKHOzuxr63FeuHJXZnzKc_v-eNIQY3UaOlTY6etgdmVM1Y4ysbex2/s320/base+camp.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5460752946158434674" border="0" /></a>Team Jordan with the prayer flags<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8gp7VQdXohZw5RpUBWKciFEC6R4Q3NWk2U6f3T3ONUv3V87CbykqIF2nCsbBv5IYbkq6bkY4sayr1iTrHhXcpoTDzAp6hOSwmI6ykrmif2EDK4mD-u-p7v04yiRI-DRr0Qni1nGmdgsvw/s1600/jr.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8gp7VQdXohZw5RpUBWKciFEC6R4Q3NWk2U6f3T3ONUv3V87CbykqIF2nCsbBv5IYbkq6bkY4sayr1iTrHhXcpoTDzAp6hOSwmI6ykrmif2EDK4mD-u-p7v04yiRI-DRr0Qni1nGmdgsvw/s320/jr.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5460752939317453762" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjREb33CYo_6A7wIAoDtdu7eJwMqQo1KRPfgVisA6vjNNj4xdnFDxf9swDnHZ78adhpBdkBuEovh8y-8WYxQpYGe9fIYC5zE3Pf4TMkDe02EpFuWl8-GPce0i3HyJViRXgvcNtu8vddTuIZ/s1600/summitflag.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 241px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjREb33CYo_6A7wIAoDtdu7eJwMqQo1KRPfgVisA6vjNNj4xdnFDxf9swDnHZ78adhpBdkBuEovh8y-8WYxQpYGe9fIYC5zE3Pf4TMkDe02EpFuWl8-GPce0i3HyJViRXgvcNtu8vddTuIZ/s320/summitflag.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5460748532840899090" border="0" /></a>Jordan's Everest Summit flag by CHAP<br /><br />Help donate@www.teamduke.org<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></div>Moniquehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09313295346412939839noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7630692839830340369.post-45772081459732153572010-03-29T15:04:00.000-07:002010-04-06T08:42:59.825-07:00O'side 70.3Starting in January i have been training for Ironman St. George that is coming up quick on May 1st. I have no idea what i'm doing when it comes to training, so in preparation for the Ironman I decided to follow a training schedule (for my first time) that will get me to the finishline. Usually i can fart my way through training (doing what ever i feel like for that day) but I figured its not smart to do that with an ironman distance race, especially when I still haven't ridden my road bike AKA"CROSSrocket" over 85 miles... yet : )<br /><br />Oceanside was perfect for a tuneup race to get things in check for the real deal May 1st. Its funny to look back to last year to see how little i really did compared to this year. Below are last years results:<br /><br />2009 O'Side Results<br />swim 46:50<br />bike 3:39:21<br />run 2:17:56<br />6:52:01 overall<br />div 83 of 112<br /><br />This year the swim was awesome, i was totally relaxed (maybe a bit too relaxed) but for the first time i didn't get pounded by all the waves that started after me. I was able to hold a steady pace and just watched the other swimmers around me instead of sighting every second for the buoys like i use to. I finished the swim without feeling totally wiped out and i was ready to jump on my bike.<br /><br />I'm so proud of my crossbike! It has gotten me through so many miles but i'm glad to finally upgrade and i ordered my new sst 1.o road bike from fuji on friday. Last year after mile 35 i was DONE.. but this year i felt the miles fly past me and it was over before i knew it. Being sick in the two weeks leading up to the race my mind was kind of clouded. For my nutrition i spaced and totally didn't take enough calories on my ride. I had one bar, bottle of vitargo, 4 blocks and stoked to find a hidden gu at the bottom of my bento box. I kept on getting dizzy, lesson learned before st george.<br /><br />Transitioning to the run i kind of had to regroup, catch my breath, then grabbed my stuff and i didn't know if my legs would be there but they were, only my feet had checked out. Usually the balls of my feet take awhile to loosen up but this was the first time that they just got worse. Every time i would try to stretch out my feet they would feel good for a second and then bam they would cramp up even more. Not sure if it was even cramping, but they tingled and killed i really didn't think i could finish the race. While i'm in pain slater and beth were both flying past me which made me "suck it up" and think about other things besides my feet... its all mental right? Finally after an hour of running my feet were bearable and i finished off the run with coach sean running next to me telling me to bring it home!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAm-yNM6Ckt6Xxf-qOBNTAFIKgUr3Sjy7G6vYf-o9gsuO45FxaHVyQtQTPMPSYvFFndiGJOtKiHpavZSWimpama85DAM39uIoj6IR2wo925RFI075yn1gLmp4vbLE8a7SPvLFwznReU0_L/s1600/Picture+5.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 215px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAm-yNM6Ckt6Xxf-qOBNTAFIKgUr3Sjy7G6vYf-o9gsuO45FxaHVyQtQTPMPSYvFFndiGJOtKiHpavZSWimpama85DAM39uIoj6IR2wo925RFI075yn1gLmp4vbLE8a7SPvLFwznReU0_L/s320/Picture+5.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5456875651897931026" border="0" /></a>This year i was stoked to finish almost under six hours and i shaved off 50:61min off my time from last year.<br /><br />2010 Results<br />swim 38:27<br />bike 3:09:30<br />run 2:07:55<br />6:01:40<br />div 43 of 109<br /><br />SHAVED:<br />8:23 swim<br />29:91 bike<br />10:01 run<br /><br />Sweet! Now if only i can get as fast as slater i will be stoked. He also dropped a bunch of time off of his race last year and he was able to make top ten in his AG with an overall standing of #45! wow!Moniquehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09313295346412939839noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7630692839830340369.post-88312384570235278532010-03-16T13:34:00.000-07:002010-03-22T11:17:21.441-07:00Shoot MeOn thursday my friend paul emailed me that ellsworth bikes were looking for some models for a San Diego lifestyle magazine. I guess the photographers models bailed out on him so it gave me the opportunity to use my modeling skills (which i have non of) to ride some awesome bikes with some cool folks in the beautiful town of Ramona. Tony invited us out early on saturday for a tour of ellsworth bikes before the photo soot. They have some pretty sweet rides that i hope to go back and demo real soon!!<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisA50F3n_9GGnIcuKk0yyoKpnJeb8jdhGniok9u2CCuNygV2-xlczOskySqgz2Dssaun75iftG6i5VOsOdaXyb3byPQbkCBXukMutASnjAGXrSVH1bg3gFjX-zhPyqJdWvuh05H2DHKkuJ/s1600-h/shots.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisA50F3n_9GGnIcuKk0yyoKpnJeb8jdhGniok9u2CCuNygV2-xlczOskySqgz2Dssaun75iftG6i5VOsOdaXyb3byPQbkCBXukMutASnjAGXrSVH1bg3gFjX-zhPyqJdWvuh05H2DHKkuJ/s320/shots.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5451521437076795090" border="0" /></a>Donald (who works for ellsworth) and me<br />on one of our many ride-by's on the bikes<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1CiPTbV27-qgJYwWpwcTQREoID41F-a2w8XkoYrJ_UZJ4U5qlQxWCnSxQQcHot5w_DvInnUu4Q8qxfdJMrhXbWUKZdYU_uWAb99UHy5pb90oTeY4Cu-XILTctbGSDrGyZWujObAXU1r9I/s1600-h/sherpa.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1CiPTbV27-qgJYwWpwcTQREoID41F-a2w8XkoYrJ_UZJ4U5qlQxWCnSxQQcHot5w_DvInnUu4Q8qxfdJMrhXbWUKZdYU_uWAb99UHy5pb90oTeY4Cu-XILTctbGSDrGyZWujObAXU1r9I/s320/sherpa.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5451521432709748098" border="0" /></a>slate wishing he was doing hill<br />repeats with us instead of driving the van<br /></div><br />Ramona is such a cool little area, it reminded of bakersfield and the keysville classic race course where there is lots of green grass, rolling hills and small rounded rocks everywhere. The only downside of the photoshoot was that it was FREEZING, and super bummed that i have caught a cold, and fighting it with lots o'tea, vitamins etc. After the shoot we headed out to temecula to visit some friends.<br /><br />The next morning we were off to ride with "Team Walsh" where we met in o'side and then road up to laguna beach and back! We couldn't have asked for a more perfect day for riding! We ended doing about 70 miles which i didn't expect and then did a run on the oceanside half ironman run course that's coming up in two weeks.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizq_9vPWMPGAj9KbqR3-05j36Dqkb7LUIqcpEy2rjOLDkVJfYrTZVZiBrlcbfJPPiNcxmCk6A9SJLbIXBX7M8RNwnk134H2tZoXghPFRIkWIAu4OglecfULsWqxLDwmQBpah1ayqXQsEgq/s1600-h/moesla.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizq_9vPWMPGAj9KbqR3-05j36Dqkb7LUIqcpEy2rjOLDkVJfYrTZVZiBrlcbfJPPiNcxmCk6A9SJLbIXBX7M8RNwnk134H2tZoXghPFRIkWIAu4OglecfULsWqxLDwmQBpah1ayqXQsEgq/s320/moesla.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5451523081920980658" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuqBy3EgkfhKmIxzWYxaXT6z17qxqVLV14Sso1HkA7YL4ua6xSK-F3tu9b4qck7JCDDZUhQ9YR6qvMcjo2M4RSJJTk-n4XD-Iq9rgDThyphenhyphenqAS1QcA8WRuWfTkrAdVISR4OqJEToJcjJD09i/s1600-h/winning+walshes.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuqBy3EgkfhKmIxzWYxaXT6z17qxqVLV14Sso1HkA7YL4ua6xSK-F3tu9b4qck7JCDDZUhQ9YR6qvMcjo2M4RSJJTk-n4XD-Iq9rgDThyphenhyphenqAS1QcA8WRuWfTkrAdVISR4OqJEToJcjJD09i/s320/winning+walshes.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5451523089083278034" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Awesome weekend and ready for the next!<br /></div>Moniquehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09313295346412939839noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7630692839830340369.post-20592116102246399522010-01-10T15:57:00.000-08:002010-01-11T20:22:44.842-08:00the "SUPER" schd2010 started off good! Now that i'm working as "SUPER" Nanny for my nephew Kadin I am starting to figure out when my ironman training will/can happen through the week! It is hard to work long hours and fit everything in... i average about 10hr days watching the "Meatball" and this last week I was able to get 12 hours of training in... stoked. oh ya i have fridays off too.. plus i'm learning valuable "mommy" stuff so by the time we have kids i'll have everything figured out! Hopefully ; )
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<br /><div style="text-align: center;">My Survival Training Guide with an 8 month old:
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<br /> *be flexible and adjust your schd to his
<br /> *eat when the baby eats (every two hours)
<br /> *walk with Kadin in the morning (i have to wait until he poops first so he's not sitting in a
<br /> dirty diaper for my hour walk) and he usually will take his first nap in the bob
<br /> *sleep when he takes his second nap
<br /> *stretch/yoga/foam roll while he plays
<br /> *if its raining I take him to their exercise room, turn the TV to cartoons and I run my brains
<br /> out on the treadmill and lift some weights.
<br /> *bring a bottle/binky/blankie/bear on every outing
<br /> *my bike trainer will be my new friend
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<br />** Now i only just need to convince my sister to buy a backpack and bike trailer so I can hike and
<br /> bike with him now!
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<br />With slater doing 30runs in 30days it has made it super easy to bump up my running by joining him on some of his adventures. Signing up for Masters swimming in Sept. has also helped me get out to the pool! I love swimming and can't wait to move up a couple of lanes with the fast ladies that fly by slater! Below compares this December 12 - January 12 from last year...
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<br /><p style="text-align: center;"><b>In the 32 days ending 2010-01-12:</b></p><table style="text-align: left; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="3"><tbody><tr align="center" bgcolor="#444444"><td>
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<br /></td><td>Swimming</td><td align="center">15</td><td align="right"> 14:55:00</td><td align="right"> 15.11</td><td align="right">
<br /></td><td align="right"> 24.32</td><td align="right">
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<br /></td><td>MTB</td><td align="center">6</td><td align="right"> 10:51:53</td><td align="right"> 90.79</td><td align="right">(7:10)</td><td align="right"> 146.11</td><td align="right">(4:27)</td><td align="right"> 14967</td><td>
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<br /></td><td>Running</td><td align="center">10</td><td align="right"> 7:15:06</td><td align="right"> 41.83</td><td align="right">(10:24)</td><td align="right"> 67.32</td><td align="right">(6:27)</td><td align="right"> 1061</td><td>
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<br /></td><td>Trail Run</td><td align="center">6</td><td align="right"> 5:49:39</td><td align="right"> 32.62</td><td align="right">(10:43)</td><td align="right"> 52.5</td><td align="right">(6:39)</td><td align="right"> 3061</td><td>
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<br /></td><td>Road Bike</td><td align="center">4</td><td align="right"> 5:41:36</td><td align="right"> 52.72</td><td align="right">
<br /></td><td align="right"> 84.84</td><td align="right">
<br /></td><td align="right"> 2469</td><td>
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<br /></td><td>Walking</td><td align="center">3</td><td align="right"> 2:44:18</td><td align="right"> 9.92</td><td align="right">(16:33)</td><td align="right"> 15.96</td><td align="right">(10:17)</td><td align="right"> 1181</td><td>
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<br /></td><td>Hiking</td><td align="center">2</td><td align="right"> 2:20:00</td><td align="right"> 5.0</td><td align="right">
<br /></td><td align="right"> 8.05</td><td align="right">
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<br /></td><td>Yoga</td><td align="center">3</td><td align="right"> 2:00:00</td><td align="right">
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<br /></td><td>Weights</td><td align="center">3</td><td align="right"> 1:40:00</td><td align="right">
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<br /></td><td>Snowshoeing</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="right"> 40:00</td><td align="right"> 1.19</td><td align="right">(33:36)</td><td align="right"> 1.91</td><td align="right">(20:53)</td><td align="right"> 895</td><td>
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<br /></td><td style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Total</td><td style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" align="center">27</td><td style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" align="right"> 53:57:32</td><td style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" align="right"> 249.18</td><td style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" align="right">
<br /></td><td style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" align="right"> 401.02</td><td style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" align="right">
<br /></td><td style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" align="right"> 23635</td><td style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">
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<br /></td></tr><tr><td colspan="13" align="right"><b>averages - </b> sleep:8.7
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<br /> </div><p style="text-align: center;"><b>In the 32 days ending 2009-01-12:</b></p><table style="width: 492px; height: 201px; text-align: left; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="3"><tbody><tr align="left" bgcolor="#444444"><td style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">
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<br /></td><td>MTB</td><td>9</td><td> 21:55:00</td><td> 143.0</td><td>(9:11)</td><td> 230.14</td><td>(5:42)</td><td> 2500</td><td>
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<br /></td><td>Road Bike</td><td>7</td><td> 11:20:27</td><td> 124.3</td><td>(5:28)</td><td> 200.04</td><td>(3:24)</td><td> 530</td><td>
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<br /></td><td>Snowshoeing</td><td>3</td><td> 11:18:15</td><td> 19.8</td><td>(34:15)</td><td> 31.87</td><td>(21:17)</td><td> 3000</td><td>
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<br /></td><td>Running</td><td>7</td><td> 6:03:00</td><td> 29.0</td><td>(12:31)</td><td> 46.67</td><td>(7:46)</td><td>
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<br /></td><td>Paddle</td><td>1</td><td> 1:30:00</td><td> 4.0</td><td>(22:30)</td><td> 6.44</td><td>(13:58)</td><td>
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<br /></td><td>Yoga</td><td>1</td><td> 35:00</td><td>
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<br /></td><td>Weights</td><td>1</td><td> 30:00</td><td>
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<br /></td><td style="text-align: left; color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> 515.15</td><td style="text-align: left; color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">
<br /></td><td style="text-align: left; color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> 6030</td><td style="text-align: left; color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">
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<br />Super stoked to have been able to add swim/run miles and now i'm ready to add more biking!
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<br />This weekend I did my first 12 hour mountain bike race in temecula and loved every minute of it! I want to say thanks for the awesome support from my friends from Team Sole and Intense. Thanks also to Luke for helping me with my lights and to my cheerleaders the mann clan.
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<br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">We couldn't have asked for better weather with the fall colors on some of the trees down by the lake.. it was beautiful. Slater was out of town for a training camp and I had a bunch of friends going out to race the 12 hours and I wanted to get a long bike ride in so I decided to race also. My goal was to ride the full 12 hours! I didn't even bring a chair to tempt me to want to sit down. Just a day of fun on my bike with 600 other of friends who also love to ride. My first 4 laps were awesome I couldn't stop smiling, I was having a blast and I guess others noticed because people kept telling me that it looked like I was having fun? weren't they?
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<br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"> On my 5th lap I crashed up on the rock garden and busted my back break by the lever, and scraped my arm... shoot...
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<br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">I was kinda shocked and just started walking, your mind does funny things for some reason I kept thinking how am I going to get back? My friend chuck came up from behind and made sure i was ok and said that I can still get back! That kinda snapped me out of it and I hopped back on my bike and rode the rest of the course with only a front brake... it wasn't as bad as I thought it would be and when I finished everyone was stoked to see that I was ok. I guess chuck spread the word through friends on the course like the "telephone game" and they thought i would be bleeding to death and barley walking and maybe lost a leg j/k but word spreads like fire whether its true or not.. funny ..</span></p><span style="font-size:100%;"></span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">
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<br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">While everyone was surveying my bike and I went and washed my face, added more sunscreen and loaded my pockets and bottle for the next lap. The pit crew from intense were going to try to switch out my brake but they only had shimano on their demo bikes but I had all SRAM gear. So there was an Intense Medium Tracer 29er that was itching to be ridden.. it may have been a couple sizes too big but the pedals were switched, seat was moved forward, and I was ready to roll on my green moto machine : )</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">
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<br />Moniquehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09313295346412939839noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7630692839830340369.post-67360293115236432042009-10-29T21:46:00.001-07:002009-11-04T21:37:14.675-08:00My kind of Maui!!I loved the Xterra World Championship Course. During the race I kept thinking to myself how much I love this crazy, loose and scary dirty volcanic rock roads. It was like Vision Quest an Adventure Race and an Xterra all smashed into one. It even went through a dozen of ecosystems from super dry cactus sections to beautiful sandy beaches. The day was beautiful and kept it's cool with the layer of clouds above.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMTXKRlsiMhtb5ZVN7rTVFAlyN4U5cocsrmHnGRUd46AQ6h8tPJybLA109WxtEOgcZ1Ix_TnRdk_OB4pQ2cKJurjhqiFK2KwMzDtUpAeI_F8USf-1ti-6yMFVTHAMAWAlMkZTpccfNUZwE/s1600-h/Picture+6.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 201px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMTXKRlsiMhtb5ZVN7rTVFAlyN4U5cocsrmHnGRUd46AQ6h8tPJybLA109WxtEOgcZ1Ix_TnRdk_OB4pQ2cKJurjhqiFK2KwMzDtUpAeI_F8USf-1ti-6yMFVTHAMAWAlMkZTpccfNUZwE/s320/Picture+6.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5399615811864419842" border="0" /></a><br />The swim was the most awesome ever with its clear waters and coral below. I was swimming and I looked down and totally jumped when I saw something black below, it was a scuba diver camera man. On my second lap there was this black stuff the was twirling beneath me which I finally figured out was a school of little black fish. It was beautiful : ) Also super stoked that I was able to draft some guy on the the first lap and was able to find him again on the second lap. The three months of master swimming is working because before i was just struggling to make it out of the water let alone having the ability to draft someone!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPv6EvlUyO4t9B1mVnb6nuXCpl42ZilH8eAs2H8l3sUWFVApRpGCG1fF2VhyonFGshEGbIWBmDBXJvDsqiQQsyIntGQWd2vqhUhfotGhDggaQ4o_SpxcxETPkQIgsINRXexw2UKHRCIsrw/s1600-h/Picture+7.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 212px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPv6EvlUyO4t9B1mVnb6nuXCpl42ZilH8eAs2H8l3sUWFVApRpGCG1fF2VhyonFGshEGbIWBmDBXJvDsqiQQsyIntGQWd2vqhUhfotGhDggaQ4o_SpxcxETPkQIgsINRXexw2UKHRCIsrw/s320/Picture+7.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5399615825752900962" border="0" /></a><br />Out on the bike course i'm always checking the sidelines to see who is off stranded for a tire repair or etc... it looked like a war scene with people everywhere, from far away a couple of the guys looked like slater but as I got close I was wrong. As I was coming down one of the worst sections of the race I saw this guy limping up the steep hill that I was flying down.. "is that slater" it couldn't be, but it was... i yelled "are you ok" and he yelled back "just finish the race!" I kept on going thinking did he break a leg, an ankle???? what happened??? well i figured if he could answer me then he was going to live : ) so i kept on going.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEha2OZQuM92NoaFQ5UG1P-6UWP9B2DdH5fM7tJf1wteuafyOWnVQ3Xo-3DEDrYfPck3y3xuCCz2Oqw6robe4fT5dOKkMoQKIuVvWoNBER9itihntjX_vpw5Bwvsw_tKAzdOoptOS7wAVuVN/s1600-h/Picture+5.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEha2OZQuM92NoaFQ5UG1P-6UWP9B2DdH5fM7tJf1wteuafyOWnVQ3Xo-3DEDrYfPck3y3xuCCz2Oqw6robe4fT5dOKkMoQKIuVvWoNBER9itihntjX_vpw5Bwvsw_tKAzdOoptOS7wAVuVN/s320/Picture+5.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5399615814200237602" border="0" /></a><br />Running on Mckenna beach was beautiful and I love the maui sand, eventhough at that point of the race I wish I was laying on the beach in my bikini soaking in the scenery instead of running my sandy death march! I made it to the finish line and was stoked to see slater hobbling towards me! I was bummed that he wasn't able to finish the race but thanked God he had no broken bones!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRqwUVX8C2TeBGf10piIkmqGEWG5F6iIcFybi1lhhrv_Yok5pZiHuZ_AEPWUkij56oeOys1WuXp7OZVJb6nbptQ-mVCFXGiGhZ0ZUXua5emOyGcTkhCbjW-DgB5Jl6Of1GcmdLEdiFA61a/s1600-h/Worlds.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 215px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRqwUVX8C2TeBGf10piIkmqGEWG5F6iIcFybi1lhhrv_Yok5pZiHuZ_AEPWUkij56oeOys1WuXp7OZVJb6nbptQ-mVCFXGiGhZ0ZUXua5emOyGcTkhCbjW-DgB5Jl6Of1GcmdLEdiFA61a/s320/Worlds.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5399615823920651122" border="0" /></a><br /><img src="file:///Users/moniquefletcher/Library/Caches/TemporaryItems/moz-screenshot.png" alt="" /><img src="file:///Users/moniquefletcher/Library/Caches/TemporaryItems/moz-screenshot-1.png" alt="" />After the race we had a couple of days to relax and sight see. We ended up biking up Haleakala from sea level to over 10,000 feet of climbing... I could not have made it without slater towing me up the mountain. We had a fun trip but I always wish we had a couple more days to just lay on the beach and do nothing : )Moniquehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09313295346412939839noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7630692839830340369.post-35764167234015303682009-09-28T13:38:00.001-07:002009-11-04T21:42:06.187-08:00Xterra Nationals Ogden, Utah<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjt_zYbnjzd2tiLVARtrqw67HZEOzkkM_fdeIMUo5jr5vHd-75649b1q22YSUaZlWcDjyCcmzHVgdLt9UJAE24u6unVWq1DaydplMqtGX4aDxbcWtMQ00sKzd82-34tu4oxDwYmwl5Vl0K1/s1600-h/Picture+10.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 220px; height: 335px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjt_zYbnjzd2tiLVARtrqw67HZEOzkkM_fdeIMUo5jr5vHd-75649b1q22YSUaZlWcDjyCcmzHVgdLt9UJAE24u6unVWq1DaydplMqtGX4aDxbcWtMQ00sKzd82-34tu4oxDwYmwl5Vl0K1/s320/Picture+10.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5399614601959785426" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJC26SLD4BzUHdKxUdF5ZWk8qrV1Xc56YWGSoZbjGpRGI8_LrqQN3fm9y3qG-g-NgL58jYfs50xeXL204U-wMo-17kQsTBdYMC8YRpML9HJjrevuiyaW8gQFqH9vPejtfntJQOQxUr-Myv/s1600-h/Picture+9.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 210px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJC26SLD4BzUHdKxUdF5ZWk8qrV1Xc56YWGSoZbjGpRGI8_LrqQN3fm9y3qG-g-NgL58jYfs50xeXL204U-wMo-17kQsTBdYMC8YRpML9HJjrevuiyaW8gQFqH9vPejtfntJQOQxUr-Myv/s320/Picture+9.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5399614593699618002" border="0" /></a>Moniquehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09313295346412939839noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7630692839830340369.post-36604184057575607402009-08-24T00:11:00.001-07:002009-09-01T13:35:12.629-07:00Santa Barbara BashI love Santa Barbara!! We had such a wonderful weekend with an awesome group of friends. Chuck was our host and he did a great job of showing us around town. It was nice to have a whole weekend of no driving. Chuck lives a couple of blocks from state street and about a mile from the race start so we had no need to jump in our automated wheels. Life is good. Racing, Eating, Cruz'in the beach cruiser, Eating again and Cheering on friends!<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizIaoUBjXFe6BvzSr9tqTmBF83UUxxnKePFak31xGb1-wiD_EtIM_ZTCxyK9O28dHiMLXU0PwKjswR45bT34PZtj6ADsfWPdDqxZ95l2HruUK9JftcEUxRS7MpwR7OLOIYf0uOvKN_PSJq/s1600-h/P8220107.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizIaoUBjXFe6BvzSr9tqTmBF83UUxxnKePFak31xGb1-wiD_EtIM_ZTCxyK9O28dHiMLXU0PwKjswR45bT34PZtj6ADsfWPdDqxZ95l2HruUK9JftcEUxRS7MpwR7OLOIYf0uOvKN_PSJq/s320/P8220107.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5376283080475924754" border="0" /></a>cruz'in around town<br /></div><br />Saturday we woke up around 4:30am for the Santa Barbara Triathlon. Our group doing the race this year was chuck, tiffany, wes, slater, sean, lisa, paul and me. Everyone did awesome and it was super cool to see friends out there on the course!<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVd06v6qAsqYm_RDLvrY3_XaVdn9nAtSA4zAAkLHvnIpXIT5XVVEVau8MBnwAFbJ0BvAQZPZpr7jgRCukvJ85F31qsQ_-vyPeMgV4k09WXNhYvBN1FnmWV6f_dapjewgxuEXiLywwt-fU_/s1600-h/P8220124.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVd06v6qAsqYm_RDLvrY3_XaVdn9nAtSA4zAAkLHvnIpXIT5XVVEVau8MBnwAFbJ0BvAQZPZpr7jgRCukvJ85F31qsQ_-vyPeMgV4k09WXNhYvBN1FnmWV6f_dapjewgxuEXiLywwt-fU_/s320/P8220124.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5376283073308167218" border="0" /></a>cutie pie<br /></div><br />I was able to use slates power tap so I can start gathering info, i guess... : ) I still don't get all that confusing graphs and crap, oh well at least he does... my results were:<br /><br />1st hour - 138norm watts / 335max / 131avg<br />2nd hour - 130norm watts / 330max / 119avg<br /><br />i also shaved about 30min off my time from last year.<br /><br />More eating sat. night : )<br /><br />Paul's girlfriend Lisa and her roomie Doreen did the women's only race on sunday, it was both their very first tri and we were all super stoked to be their fan club. We headed out early on the bikes and got coffee then headed over to watch them kill it! Lisa ended up having the 10th fastest bike split overall and it was doreen's first time on a road bike and loved it! They did awesome and are ready for their next race!<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUq7pSH02D1ncGuPcf2dhD2P77pzouDAOh_7RCKN5gnUKbNTu0zJloNF3v9bwQ3PS8SwiVKCLvWmUV6gN1eirCI2KIxri5exb7AbAPOxRafyapqWdp1rEPEj5XqRy5EzIPfMyAUOYHSmn-/s1600-h/P8220157.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUq7pSH02D1ncGuPcf2dhD2P77pzouDAOh_7RCKN5gnUKbNTu0zJloNF3v9bwQ3PS8SwiVKCLvWmUV6gN1eirCI2KIxri5exb7AbAPOxRafyapqWdp1rEPEj5XqRy5EzIPfMyAUOYHSmn-/s320/P8220157.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5376285480506694338" border="0" /></a>Lisa getting yelled at by Ellen because she forgot to put on her lip gloss before the run : )<br /><br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPn0ronBHHzrj3xYesgBKoE8yGOBSFdC4y3GXQN1ypZ7PaVHSYiMB7nvbrHnx_SI9Dxs6xxQHlvhtZ1P1zZUN-dcXatuu-ngG-EKvdoEe3xdYvvsfjTLXyS86LV03u3vrQiYf4ulcAFnzc/s1600-h/P8220122.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPn0ronBHHzrj3xYesgBKoE8yGOBSFdC4y3GXQN1ypZ7PaVHSYiMB7nvbrHnx_SI9Dxs6xxQHlvhtZ1P1zZUN-dcXatuu-ngG-EKvdoEe3xdYvvsfjTLXyS86LV03u3vrQiYf4ulcAFnzc/s320/P8220122.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5376282609354805282" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">The Santa Barbara Bash is definitely on the agenda every year!<br />See ya next time!<br /></div>Moniquehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09313295346412939839noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7630692839830340369.post-82598229858000805262009-08-16T21:30:00.001-07:002009-08-19T11:42:21.450-07:00The Lovely Luge<span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">It was sooo nice to stay in town this weekend! Slater was off to Palomar for the sufferfest and I was off to my friend Jamie's house for her baby shower on Saturday. It was nice to meet some of her friends and get dressed up for the day! "Tis the season" for boys also, I know about five ladies that are all having boys within the next couple of months.. crazy how it "cycles"! </span> <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><br /><br /><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1Ds3RfoA_LR82w_rSNrZ-aoIP7_cRHmCQVJ8X49ql3zgZW9tTtzZEW1xsfV03Dj-xrNjqT8lRZZAOVnPdqtLtWy68LMarAR1oqaj-xBfHg2SOVni2Rfsi_KRinL2M2vCRm2NOhItJhaAS/s1600-h/P8160038.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1Ds3RfoA_LR82w_rSNrZ-aoIP7_cRHmCQVJ8X49ql3zgZW9tTtzZEW1xsfV03Dj-xrNjqT8lRZZAOVnPdqtLtWy68LMarAR1oqaj-xBfHg2SOVni2Rfsi_KRinL2M2vCRm2NOhItJhaAS/s320/P8160038.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371746584016549394" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><br />On sunday we did some exciting errands including our favorite coffee break, barnes visit and lunch. Later that day we headed out to the "LUGE" for a nice little singletrack dose! I was excited to wear my new "Team Duke" kit and was laughing when slate came downstairs in his same kit! He enjoys being twins, and when we get dressed separately somehow we always end up wearing something alike.. I guess the longer your married the more you start to dress alike! I can't wait till were eighty and we can go walking in the morning with our same track suits on! HA ! It was super hot but so nice to be out on the trail! Afterwards slate went for a transition run and i walked down to the corner of cooks to check out all the bikes with motors! There were tons of bikes out with fun & interesting people watching to pass the time until slate got back! </span> <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Dinner and home!<br /><br /><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvsEvy5i0eG7Pssrk0FLG5jwjdtIgieuf1rqLdab6YfYRdxsdfxWaSlW426ojW8CpMALTFaGxqoFCGr2FroJoY3n7MY-cF5GpdDp996OqW9Lf_IMsuqxoObmhbNL4HsseHEhTh6cTjtPsd/s1600-h/P8160035.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvsEvy5i0eG7Pssrk0FLG5jwjdtIgieuf1rqLdab6YfYRdxsdfxWaSlW426ojW8CpMALTFaGxqoFCGr2FroJoY3n7MY-cF5GpdDp996OqW9Lf_IMsuqxoObmhbNL4HsseHEhTh6cTjtPsd/s320/P8160035.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371746153884558194" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><br /></span>Moniquehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09313295346412939839noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7630692839830340369.post-9398312159834677782009-08-11T07:59:00.001-07:002009-08-16T21:58:28.228-07:00San Juan Trail<span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;font-family:trebuchet ms;" >Surf Monkey was on the list this weekend where slater and sean did the 1 mile ocean swim down in oceanside. It was so nice to be home for the weekend so we could attend a local event, ok, local to us is anything less than 2 hours away. Slate did awesome and he said there were tons of rip tides and swells, good thing i decided to watch : )</span><br /><br /><br /><a style="font-family: trebuchet ms;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZkOLgvW2i58CID8m4joTpTN8H0nqvGEzamIhGDLFnWsm4aQKQprxE8S68Ouj6il1kIT5J5BpjFykCYkN-dqAeNpeShMs5z47xsz3h3M1xGjQbA1O2A5D9DuNX9cp0UTa5_r-YZxjCLsSv/s1600-h/slatermonkey.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZkOLgvW2i58CID8m4joTpTN8H0nqvGEzamIhGDLFnWsm4aQKQprxE8S68Ouj6il1kIT5J5BpjFykCYkN-dqAeNpeShMs5z47xsz3h3M1xGjQbA1O2A5D9DuNX9cp0UTa5_r-YZxjCLsSv/s320/slatermonkey.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5368726606317354434" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;font-family:trebuchet ms;" >On sunday we met up with sean, lisa and luke for a ride up san juan! The last time I did san juan was about a year ago and it took about 6 hours. This time it took 4, so i was stoked! Also I didn't roll off the side of the mountain riding up like i did last time, who falls off riding up hill anyways? except me! HA... it was super hot, but luke was loving the cool weather.</span><br /><br /><br /><a style="font-family: trebuchet ms;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghjlzN6EIopwj98zz-VFruczYXUgzzjrVlfcD2VwG96BYkR9SibevCtPXUeSb1nZo6wIpcV08EwqfmvBMv9WvH0ME150MM_AzkLCE4qnDn1eXDA83x3G8nGJEPrPPTXcSjBt4HmBkOu0Ed/s1600-h/funjuan.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghjlzN6EIopwj98zz-VFruczYXUgzzjrVlfcD2VwG96BYkR9SibevCtPXUeSb1nZo6wIpcV08EwqfmvBMv9WvH0ME150MM_AzkLCE4qnDn1eXDA83x3G8nGJEPrPPTXcSjBt4HmBkOu0Ed/s320/funjuan.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5368726513700489570" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;font-family:trebuchet ms;" >View of the switchbacks and the lovely smog! I can't wait to go back and ride it again.</span><br /><br /><a style="font-family: trebuchet ms;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfwbbRIPDxmh57QoUMovAt8cBqkr8fHt4e7Vk3QZmuetcqXHjTCz78Bn9-_R417KjMjzAH8RRJ4g8hyoW6EGSfDsv-85-pXGcq3-IpByXjtp3g9-XxrkqgCfkV_ESBX88NN0LHIULcpECa/s1600-h/sanjuan.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfwbbRIPDxmh57QoUMovAt8cBqkr8fHt4e7Vk3QZmuetcqXHjTCz78Bn9-_R417KjMjzAH8RRJ4g8hyoW6EGSfDsv-85-pXGcq3-IpByXjtp3g9-XxrkqgCfkV_ESBX88NN0LHIULcpECa/s320/sanjuan.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5368726450715007410" border="0" /></a><br /><a style="font-family: trebuchet ms;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAvmOu4BF9K8eJWAKGuttOfGoAnv3fgSZ6t4ev1xMeuUPFob7g4QJVutmVPP7lLC7PKXSmKuo5SYLfMuyUJKJxktOSYv12NQz1IYG0PYX_8IHa3lNynRpAGIxVYlqjgI7SawGQRfsA57kg/s1600-h/Juan.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAvmOu4BF9K8eJWAKGuttOfGoAnv3fgSZ6t4ev1xMeuUPFob7g4QJVutmVPP7lLC7PKXSmKuo5SYLfMuyUJKJxktOSYv12NQz1IYG0PYX_8IHa3lNynRpAGIxVYlqjgI7SawGQRfsA57kg/s320/Juan.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5368726361032235010" border="0" /></a>Moniquehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09313295346412939839noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7630692839830340369.post-28558623934993831142009-08-03T08:14:00.000-07:002009-08-14T07:53:10.981-07:00Mammoth MadnessWe were off to our yearly mammoth trip and i was super excited to be spending the next four days up in the mountains. I love being up in mammoth and i was happy to be spending some time with some old "funny" friends. On the way up slater said he would shuttle luke and me on rock creek because his foot was still bothering him, so we pulled off the hwy and loaded on our gear... i have never done rock creek and i have heard lots of rocks, swooping trails, creek crossings etc. I was excited but a little worried when i looked over and saw that luke had turned into a storm trooper and i had my usual riding gear on! HA "Oh well" i thought "this should be interesting"..<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyJj_WdRkMiAEsEVmi5RZoQqyhf9jMvUAZnJLaxWco3_wt-4lyHb2YUJPmWhg1k0fsg3yY1GZlOpIUGz28wfCX3l-nkY-dspl1iP2Z3xMqJh0rvrD5SJwSPwdxrhgrwph7OD0coypUCPtS/s1600-h/ml.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyJj_WdRkMiAEsEVmi5RZoQqyhf9jMvUAZnJLaxWco3_wt-4lyHb2YUJPmWhg1k0fsg3yY1GZlOpIUGz28wfCX3l-nkY-dspl1iP2Z3xMqJh0rvrD5SJwSPwdxrhgrwph7OD0coypUCPtS/s320/ml.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5368721790046472290" border="0" /></a> luke took off as i was getting my stuff together and we were all going to meet at the bottom. I was off on the trail and it was a little weird riding by myself... it was so beautiful and i loved rock creek... anything techy "BRING IT ON"! love it! Its tempting to ride downhill'in, but i'm afraid I would never go back!<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFRh0D7a4BO8F_NhYmLY6KqKrylaQqFdMU6ZpxnEJQsTyqRP4vJ8lmvl-1XN6QU-UlizgSp_lKpKYwJsHgqr39u3sM6NEyvsQajGhHWbYfjY-Kexh9dmJU_-9ZuRIMpn8GNcoNnswp-MVG/s1600-h/rock.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFRh0D7a4BO8F_NhYmLY6KqKrylaQqFdMU6ZpxnEJQsTyqRP4vJ8lmvl-1XN6QU-UlizgSp_lKpKYwJsHgqr39u3sM6NEyvsQajGhHWbYfjY-Kexh9dmJU_-9ZuRIMpn8GNcoNnswp-MVG/s320/rock.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5368724911422057650" border="0" /></a><br />On friday we rode with the gang and had a blast on the mammoth trails! The weather was perfect with clouds, thunderstorms and rain! It was awesome to go back and ride those trails and too see how much i have progressed, i have had many "over the bars" on that loose dirt and sharp turns and i was stoked i didn't fall once.... we will have to do another trip before the winter comes.<br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdCaH2pV010hztXi2cqcsY2JFQlIyuUT025Nl6JBGIyeKmh1GqQHRm-KXZaUnh0qbY_mwRIrTS-CetfTL8k7LV4Thj3g5vhhr6ceC8A8imqv5_Jmwxw684zPX5zWWX2GKRCKIfC2IaTwEM/s1600-h/mtiff.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdCaH2pV010hztXi2cqcsY2JFQlIyuUT025Nl6JBGIyeKmh1GqQHRm-KXZaUnh0qbY_mwRIrTS-CetfTL8k7LV4Thj3g5vhhr6ceC8A8imqv5_Jmwxw684zPX5zWWX2GKRCKIfC2IaTwEM/s320/mtiff.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5368723459608911634" border="0" /></a>tiffie and me<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR_RRVjiE7FQG0yJw3A-rRjbWyNKdd7NQjZfg4YhixIEZvxeWxjhacuGvUIUO9dWNnTFExMvoU_Cq8tqNo8mCK9DAkCn5XTeHyQLutcNwmvk426cM8m-_ROeZP2CHcmpvFELD0BjgMIpU4/s1600-h/the+gang.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR_RRVjiE7FQG0yJw3A-rRjbWyNKdd7NQjZfg4YhixIEZvxeWxjhacuGvUIUO9dWNnTFExMvoU_Cq8tqNo8mCK9DAkCn5XTeHyQLutcNwmvk426cM8m-_ROeZP2CHcmpvFELD0BjgMIpU4/s320/the+gang.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5368723549808465170" border="0" /></a>the gang<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkkY8CKrr6ZLVseqeu0W9d-DN6mw8Up2DKqeOE2TNhBlLsRzVZcBUwORcsdfh5NrVzEqZ5ugMK_-WLYAchVkw08UUWgNANFwcJx9wixNt6tAhRm5qeSSd4v5Nl4ccar8iOhVrIKCiqoLDC/s1600-h/ski.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkkY8CKrr6ZLVseqeu0W9d-DN6mw8Up2DKqeOE2TNhBlLsRzVZcBUwORcsdfh5NrVzEqZ5ugMK_-WLYAchVkw08UUWgNANFwcJx9wixNt6tAhRm5qeSSd4v5Nl4ccar8iOhVrIKCiqoLDC/s320/ski.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5368724273095187650" border="0" /></a>the gang bang<br /></div><br /><br />We had such a blast hanging out with everyone, I can't wait till next year when we all get together again! fun stuff : )Moniquehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09313295346412939839noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7630692839830340369.post-78319315434064984552009-07-10T18:01:00.000-07:002009-07-14T10:54:00.227-07:00Peters Canyon Trail Run<div><br /></div><div><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjal9W-U7nsznlVsJOKghVHKxFr_jikjPiPNmOzHyOnLrvtpf6JuvUsprAhk4S4xwNsdwUQ6r8E57uG2sHz_ZY1nH_bvmYY7qoHWw_3ZY2n2PK1wrbZEnmzcJRrbOs8NGn_hYaBqjSGJOCq/s1600-h/mkd.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjal9W-U7nsznlVsJOKghVHKxFr_jikjPiPNmOzHyOnLrvtpf6JuvUsprAhk4S4xwNsdwUQ6r8E57uG2sHz_ZY1nH_bvmYY7qoHWw_3ZY2n2PK1wrbZEnmzcJRrbOs8NGn_hYaBqjSGJOCq/s320/mkd.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5358155276234535570" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieWRvH3-n6hvNjilDu9JbIu7S-Gk_zd4HfiA-7RC5_S_YHBXK4wX1nfcn70dJwt4j5uallDoYNn13Q-g7MR_kcICh4EMnnkor3OQ6vIkEfu-XBUmzgWES24QWpERmXVyx-3yzY2zxV5I2j/s1600-h/mk.jpg"></a><br /><div>since big bear was a solid chuck of training.. 15 hours in three days.. consisting of paddling, swimming, mt biking and bad ass billy's core workout - wow.. am i beat! this week i have been sleeping at least 8 -12 hours a night and i had a nice nap yesterday with my nephew... he looks like a little doll when he is sleeping.. my total hours this week have been 45 minutes total of which consisted of two runs, one 3omin and the other 15.. i just couldn't get motivated to do anything... drained!</div><div><br /></div>Last night was the peters canyon 2nd event of their trail run series. i did the last one but decided to be a spectator this time around, still beat down. stoked, my sister and her hubby came out for the festivities and it was such a nice evening. slate did awesome coming in sixth overall, damn i can't believe how fast that boy is getting... and my bro in law came in 26th overall with a 7:15 pace for his first running race ever! how did he get so fast also? while the boys were hitting the trails my sister and i hung out with her new little boy kadin and we had a blast watching him laugh and we couldn't resist having a photo shoot :) <div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieWRvH3-n6hvNjilDu9JbIu7S-Gk_zd4HfiA-7RC5_S_YHBXK4wX1nfcn70dJwt4j5uallDoYNn13Q-g7MR_kcICh4EMnnkor3OQ6vIkEfu-XBUmzgWES24QWpERmXVyx-3yzY2zxV5I2j/s320/mk.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5358155112813708258" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></span></div><div><br /></div><div>today i decided to get my lazy, unmotivated butt out the door. i put my bike clothes on and stashed a bunch of food in my jersey and headed out for a ride... not sure where or how far i was going to go? oh, where will the day take me? : ) i headed for the beach and ended up cruis'in south to the back bay and back home...</div><div><br /></div><div>some friends came out from santa cruz and santa barbara around lunch time and were all dressed up for a spin... so i got my bike clothes back on and headed back out the door for my second ride of the day... my legs were turning into jello, and we had a major head wind! man, what was i thinking... i tucked behind keevin and held his wheel for the 33 miles... with some struggle.. : ) what a good time! stoked to have put in 63 miles for the day! </div><div><br /></div><div><div><br /></div></div>Moniquehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09313295346412939839noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7630692839830340369.post-37738421941698916282009-06-06T10:12:00.001-07:002009-06-15T16:43:40.207-07:00Big Bear Shootout!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmnDvwCwH1gtOaZ-j_xCS4v_ph88RSxLlDnGIXuyWCraSK1v3nd-b3DYSq0KwawF63OkGdqksFvnCc9lJbxEEmLwGJKwXrxyLXyW6NTAdlW4ePT6xU0xqgQz7PRt0Cv39gMrN3Rr-Jxv99/s1600-h/bbshoot.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmnDvwCwH1gtOaZ-j_xCS4v_ph88RSxLlDnGIXuyWCraSK1v3nd-b3DYSq0KwawF63OkGdqksFvnCc9lJbxEEmLwGJKwXrxyLXyW6NTAdlW4ePT6xU0xqgQz7PRt0Cv39gMrN3Rr-Jxv99/s320/bbshoot.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5345923276030297282" /><br /></a><div style="text-align: left;">Big Bear Shootout was my second mt bike race that i have competed in. It was a fun day with lots of hills : ) It was part of the conquer the bear series which also includes the big bear multisport race, paddle race and marathon. The course had super fun singletrack with lots of sand. These races have some super strong ladies competing and it was fun seeing them attack the mountain. I raced in cat. 2 and came out in 4th place. I really need to work on my sprinting legs... fun day and perfect weather!<br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>Moniquehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09313295346412939839noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7630692839830340369.post-63924862215867016862009-05-27T09:56:00.000-07:002009-05-27T10:20:06.073-07:00Monday Madness<div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikPWQZjrUrw0rB8xqAYudLVexhtHjaccme2XYxtMAxyR-eNdrk2LQDUw4FMTpNLox0RJbJWK9aCrw0W1BfwOAcAvIiqWiymMAnyDdTVKf3I3kS92rHuUgNuVpv87ehTzWpjhM61_l_B2A8/s1600-h/dropinin.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikPWQZjrUrw0rB8xqAYudLVexhtHjaccme2XYxtMAxyR-eNdrk2LQDUw4FMTpNLox0RJbJWK9aCrw0W1BfwOAcAvIiqWiymMAnyDdTVKf3I3kS92rHuUgNuVpv87ehTzWpjhM61_l_B2A8/s320/dropinin.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5340549400712731010" /></a>It was memorial monday and we were now off to ride some more with a group of friends. We decided on the 3 park ride from aliso to laguna woods to el moro and back! We couldn't have asked for a better day with such beautiful weather. <div><br /></div><div>Slate just flew home from alabama the day before and his bike must have enjoyed being out of california so it took a trip up to washington, phoenix and then back home in time for our early morning ride. We picked it up on the way and were off to meet up with the crew.... below is a pic of slate putting his moots back together from its trip right before our ride : )</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsqexPdssiENLGWN2j0JmH0mAw2xBu5Tn1TB13v02xbQjlY6ZmMv5gQ-uXN5u0NBN1DDQwkf4f-dWJYowoQMAeMZvcnkj4sK60BMKlaxLVyEcpiAp7Zc8cUBLLF3vAVWLE5SNZpdv7MUUU/s1600-h/pac.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsqexPdssiENLGWN2j0JmH0mAw2xBu5Tn1TB13v02xbQjlY6ZmMv5gQ-uXN5u0NBN1DDQwkf4f-dWJYowoQMAeMZvcnkj4sK60BMKlaxLVyEcpiAp7Zc8cUBLLF3vAVWLE5SNZpdv7MUUU/s320/pac.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5340553262772113762" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4AOOb2HnG2YqqxZiPGAKZFWLLgwNCA_9_VEH8OGiMB0oHm_ZjUSVZmsXZV2QYvqYpRX1thzgrbCoMVYXhJVpgTXAm5FvFbw2gQQXwnpl2c6QHeQntudjVhBwwJ6dxdfmaIcbGoG8QodNq/s1600-h/road.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4AOOb2HnG2YqqxZiPGAKZFWLLgwNCA_9_VEH8OGiMB0oHm_ZjUSVZmsXZV2QYvqYpRX1thzgrbCoMVYXhJVpgTXAm5FvFbw2gQQXwnpl2c6QHeQntudjVhBwwJ6dxdfmaIcbGoG8QodNq/s320/road.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5340553878744167538" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>Above is the crew headed back up to top of the world. After the ride it was back to the pad for some Food and Fun! </div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>Moniquehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09313295346412939839noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7630692839830340369.post-59431474144819268722009-05-24T18:54:00.000-07:002009-05-27T09:47:15.638-07:00group ridesIt was early sunday morning and with Slate in "ala'bama" for the Xterra Cup Race, I decided to venture out on my own group ride. It was hard getting out the door, I was tired from my girls mountain bike ride yesterday with the sexy lady "my singlespeed" sarah and tiffany out in aliso woods.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxXmfjjDu5NHx4ZtWYsMBo0Joi4nOoh6N7mPh9XIRrMkgOf_lXHq1BZ9t5316VuwZ2OyIbMOSaU0Ne6l2u290RWOCMQ90h32zmxzQE_wx5Azuu8nHJdOZarQAphelITOSOBIOJZBFKDbum/s1600-h/PUSS.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 206px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxXmfjjDu5NHx4ZtWYsMBo0Joi4nOoh6N7mPh9XIRrMkgOf_lXHq1BZ9t5316VuwZ2OyIbMOSaU0Ne6l2u290RWOCMQ90h32zmxzQE_wx5Azuu8nHJdOZarQAphelITOSOBIOJZBFKDbum/s320/PUSS.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5340544921939819618" border="0" /></a><br />From my house to Main St. where I hit PCH is about 5 miles which is a great warmup. Once I hit PCH I was scanning the roads for a group to test my limits... There was no one so I peddled through the lonely wind tunnel. Sunday morning was a ghost town, I kept looking around for other bikers and they were all heading west on pch. I hit newport and finally a group of guys cruised by, stoked group ride #1, keeping up with man in white, man in red and two old dudes. Group #1 - man in red kept trying to stay up ahead and didn't want anyone to grab his wheel, man in white nice enough to give hand signs once he realized i was hanging on. old dudes on my wheel. 20mph. Hit Back Bay and was alone again for my bb loop. <div><br /></div><div>Group #2 - slow dude and old lady on tri bikes heading back home. wasn't having much fun in that group. A couple lights down the road we caught up to group #3. So I ditched boring #2 and hammered with my next group. It was a group of 5 guys and 1 girl. Not that friendly of a group, they were probably wondering who this chick was changing positions within the mix of their cool group ride, all in their fancy kits. </div><div><br /></div><div>I needed more of a challenge so i peered ahead and caught sight of my #4 group the one man band... It consisted of one guy on a tri bike right up ahead of #3. So we hit a hill and I hammered past group #3 and caught up to my #4 one man band. His pace was 25mph so I got up on him and hammered.. anther guy pulled up behind me and we were now the three stooges - a guy on a yellow tri bike, me on my cross bike w/mt bike shoes, and an old dude with a sweat shirt on. HAha pretty funny.. we all stayed together for a couple of miles and then I just couldn't hold on much longer... so i drifted off and cruised the rest of my ride down to sunset beach and back home. What a great day! I love group rides!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3pksP5nU2BXZULUYT7N1I29nUBajCBKcY6hhnjTkXHjIKacpMzUYCWi6yZmUh5B_-PmJIG2Z9XEInJO_K2wGpc7CKi5IXpE2HlptRGedawPXZKnz57tpSfPbIm7s2-ALIpftF3iVI4_sr/s1600-h/stoogs.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 129px; height: 93px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3pksP5nU2BXZULUYT7N1I29nUBajCBKcY6hhnjTkXHjIKacpMzUYCWi6yZmUh5B_-PmJIG2Z9XEInJO_K2wGpc7CKi5IXpE2HlptRGedawPXZKnz57tpSfPbIm7s2-ALIpftF3iVI4_sr/s320/stoogs.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5340546049008544194" border="0" /></a><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3pksP5nU2BXZULUYT7N1I29nUBajCBKcY6hhnjTkXHjIKacpMzUYCWi6yZmUh5B_-PmJIG2Z9XEInJO_K2wGpc7CKi5IXpE2HlptRGedawPXZKnz57tpSfPbIm7s2-ALIpftF3iVI4_sr/s1600-h/stoogs.jpg"></a><div>Life is good, and I had such a fun day riding along the ocean! I'm addicted and ready to be a regular weekend groupie, as long as I don't have to chose one group : )<br /></div><div>So if you feel some random person riding on your butt... it's prob another groupie like me!<br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>Moniquehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09313295346412939839noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7630692839830340369.post-34346560858216873432009-05-18T17:17:00.000-07:002009-05-23T15:44:21.291-07:00"INTENSE"<div style="text-align: left;">So this week after the Del Valle Xterra, was my first time doing intense work in my training schedule. Even though my schedule is "do whatever i feel like for the day" as long as I get some hours in : ) My workouts consisted of an el moro ride with slater & ryan, hill repeats in aliso, an off road track workout, a 40mile ride where i was able to grab the wheel of some guys and hold on down pch till i hit my back bay turn off "thanks guys" and an ocean swim pushing my pace.</div><div><div><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><br /></p></div><div>For my first time i'm planning on trying to stick to a training schedule for the Xterra Tahoe City which is in June. Im super excited to train "specific" for a race and see the results. I am "finally" at the point where I can go the distance and now its time to drop the Hammer! Slate is going to help me put together a little som'tin som'tin and i'm counting down five weeks until the race! <br /></div><div><br /><br /></div></div>Moniquehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09313295346412939839noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7630692839830340369.post-46063921515231699592009-05-10T23:11:00.001-07:002010-05-14T18:16:10.133-07:00Xterra Del Valle<div style="text-align: left;">Well if I were a mother this would have been how I would want to spend my Mothers Day! Racing hard with my husband and enjoying mother nature! Lake Del Valle up in Livermore is a awesome place to be. I couldn't believe all the different birds up there, and all the deer that we saw. The single track along the waters edge was a nice change, compared to the dirt that surrounds our single track in the OC. The water was crystal green and I just wanted to jump i and view the mountains from below...<br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4ahTXK1rLYn0XPR_Irxiya92c53aOi_5gZH2D9IGPM-7a3XEKi6uiHJJ2KnJToRUvF3nbrLc9UGhmtJu22u3cmncd81QJkrThP1bM_aH5UugExyJgEEZ-dye7HuM5tPYt9IVHvjSoP91f/s1600-h/P5100017.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4ahTXK1rLYn0XPR_Irxiya92c53aOi_5gZH2D9IGPM-7a3XEKi6uiHJJ2KnJToRUvF3nbrLc9UGhmtJu22u3cmncd81QJkrThP1bM_aH5UugExyJgEEZ-dye7HuM5tPYt9IVHvjSoP91f/s320/P5100017.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5335169050356967506" border="0" /></a><div>The Xterra Del Valle was the 2009 inaugural race that was put on by the Big Blue Adventure Series. The race consisted of two 600yrd loops with a run in the middle... I was not able to warm up before the race because I was running late so my swim started off good and then went bad... before I race I need at least a 30 min wu and so without it I choked on the swim. I'm also super slow at swimming and I just enjoyed my time out in the water and tried to breath bilateral with every other stroke (usually i stick to one side for a while and then switch). I think I was one of the last 10 people to finish : ) I need to spend a lot more time doing swim workouts instead of floating in the pool! HA</div><div><br /></div><div>I was ready to get on the bike but I was worried because my legs have been super heavy the last couple of rides before my race, and I knew the 17 mile bike course had tons of steep climbs. I hit the first long climb on the bike and I saw a couple of people up ahead pushing their bikes so I just kept telling myself to stay on my bike. I was gaining on the pushers and noticed one was in my age group, so I peddled even harder to the top of the climb, 1 down. On the single track down hill I was able to pass another AG, 2 down. I was stoked to have been passing people this race, because I'm usually the one being passed. Next was a long downhill fire road, 3 down. I couldn't believe all the hills on the course and I was glad that I was able to pre-ride some of it. </div><div> </div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTKspSWiAUl9Q0uKr7ebRUTCO7pZAqe8P9o1PY6AY3M0Pn7MP5zMUixBRAETrmwOh0KxL63PkgKd09qP2Yv_IDe0W5txAojg1fATv7RQYeiwCjBWQ0PDhZIC9oh7i0ZcZEmB7y78MAnUo0/s1600-h/delvallerun.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTKspSWiAUl9Q0uKr7ebRUTCO7pZAqe8P9o1PY6AY3M0Pn7MP5zMUixBRAETrmwOh0KxL63PkgKd09qP2Yv_IDe0W5txAojg1fATv7RQYeiwCjBWQ0PDhZIC9oh7i0ZcZEmB7y78MAnUo0/s320/delvallerun.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5335168488319812802" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" border="0" /></a><div>The run was a super fun 6 mile run, trek and swim. It started off on a dirt road and then down into the creek. I felt like I was in an adventure race, I loved it. The water felt so good and in one part I was up to my waist so I laid back and floated for a second. It was just what I needed and it took my breath away. It was a refresher and ice bath all at once. I was ready to continue on and finish strong. </div><div>Below are the race stats for my AG: </div><div>I need lots of work on my swim : )</div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Helvetica;"><pre>30 - 34 ======= </pre><pre>1 Monique Fletcher #1030 :32:24 02:16:34 01:15:42 4:04:40 </pre><pre>2 Dana Katz #1033 :25:36 02:40:02 01:08:19 4:13:57 </pre><pre>3 Elaine Seasly #1032 :28:22 02:34:40 01:21:57 4:24:59 </pre><pre>4 Melissa Popkin #1031 :27:55 02:53:11 01:35:57 4:57:03 </pre><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAcfdQPH3vyX8hG-3K5tFAw0zB6U1iwEFnsxVcfz_h5SaqJ5Glnh97iFCyFDh0xwvna6CR_4pKSDsb8HzwhyllAQi9MJzNyYfJk2Ghr_V1-XTzxqKdTkz9BodY-HafswYQyP60A2EKrkoR/s1600-h/P5100016.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAcfdQPH3vyX8hG-3K5tFAw0zB6U1iwEFnsxVcfz_h5SaqJ5Glnh97iFCyFDh0xwvna6CR_4pKSDsb8HzwhyllAQi9MJzNyYfJk2Ghr_V1-XTzxqKdTkz9BodY-HafswYQyP60A2EKrkoR/s320/P5100016.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5335169288300625986" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" border="0" /></a></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia;">In the end I finished first in my AG. Super Stoked! Slate finished 2nd in his AG and 9th place OV, he did awesome. We had a great time and can't wait till the race in Tahoe!</span><br /></div></span></div><div><br /></div>Moniquehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09313295346412939839noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7630692839830340369.post-68710594022683045642009-04-12T22:02:00.001-07:002009-05-12T22:11:07.862-07:00Kadin Daniel B Hardy<div><br /></div><div><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY08YnU-jzgh2AAivSihM-hEd_zA9v53k6vioYJjEj1odUx_lGLzBs2HXT_o32ePCkA8fBq1u2bysbZluM4AAL81a0_Hf1IsLAhPa-oglscAcsxh1juZUcA2wOVGl9QlSpld3od4THyYOR/s1600-h/P4120041.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY08YnU-jzgh2AAivSihM-hEd_zA9v53k6vioYJjEj1odUx_lGLzBs2HXT_o32ePCkA8fBq1u2bysbZluM4AAL81a0_Hf1IsLAhPa-oglscAcsxh1juZUcA2wOVGl9QlSpld3od4THyYOR/s320/P4120041.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324041269484528338" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: left;">On April 11, 2009 at 6:09 we welcomed my nephew Kadin Daniel B Hardy to the world! He was 8.2 lbs and 20 inches long. We all couldn't believe that my 80 lb sister could have such a big baby... I think without the weight of the baby Dez only gained 10lbs ... crazy.. I hope I am as lucky as her when I have kids : ) My sister went in on thursday at midnight and had her precious baby boy yesterday morning. I felt like I was in the twilight zone, not sleeping for two nights waiting for the arrival of Kadin. It was also strange not to do any training at all for a couple of days but today I was able to get outside into the world for a mountain bike ride with M & M at El Moro. What a beautiful day it was on this Easter Sunday. It was nice to get out but I was already missing the little easter bunny that was back at the hospital.</div><div><div><br /></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwyysfo2MOQwbCs92EhlmEOSkZ3obRbO_3M6X__t1SbKR794NUPpbuWRsq89Fnmu6vZ80b7xn7_hO0-KtKvLjQW7yOdaXZ_T_xCBpmL_X3hLyjKnv3vU7IU4wQtj7pXhK0NrIYCxrCVqh9/s1600-h/P4120061.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwyysfo2MOQwbCs92EhlmEOSkZ3obRbO_3M6X__t1SbKR794NUPpbuWRsq89Fnmu6vZ80b7xn7_hO0-KtKvLjQW7yOdaXZ_T_xCBpmL_X3hLyjKnv3vU7IU4wQtj7pXhK0NrIYCxrCVqh9/s320/P4120061.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324040684693228610" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">proud uncle</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">We are counting down the days till we can get this little guy on a bike!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><br /></div></div>Moniquehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09313295346412939839noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7630692839830340369.post-86445113592051646922009-04-04T18:04:00.001-07:002009-04-07T21:12:32.596-07:00California 70.3 Ironman<div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnWAvL6EPH3_EM_TLQ2GrKBGbgLalldxBV8J4tux5Xwh4Rw8AOW1l7KPns7YIKIHsyfoI4plxqv7J2Cmv9ffMQ61EUfOlYwe8TIR4hfgkFz69wdaf2xpYIBnrVrPxJ0phjqbsozIlU3TI1/s1600-h/P4040096.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnWAvL6EPH3_EM_TLQ2GrKBGbgLalldxBV8J4tux5Xwh4Rw8AOW1l7KPns7YIKIHsyfoI4plxqv7J2Cmv9ffMQ61EUfOlYwe8TIR4hfgkFz69wdaf2xpYIBnrVrPxJ0phjqbsozIlU3TI1/s320/P4040096.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5322062909982265330" /></a><div>The 70.3 Ironman California was super fun!!! Two days before the race we realized that we didn't want to drive back and forth to Oceanside to pickup our race packets before the big event, so we decided that to find somewhere to sleep in our trucks friday night before the race! Yes, we are last minute kinda pep's. I was worried about the race because i've been fighting a cold a couple days before but race day i felt pretty good, so stoked! <br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Friday we pickuped up our packets, ate an awesome pasta dinner and headed to WALMART (keevin and i heard you can camp out in any WALMART parking lot) well its not true. I decided to ask the security guy so he wouldn't wake us up mid dreaming and have us move... so we headed to starbucks so i could brush my teeth and wash my face! We found a nice neighborhood and passed out. </div><div><br /></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjB51OjGL8Co3Yrg6OHFtO7GtDdfNQTwfrD7nFB5Ob97ZwtUQh9w2taLPz9luCqaMkMYFWa2Ry8woBmPl1YpXSSPBygRBpI9WfeWtXGzdhzBnpJjp73Ah4vNcZMybA-3RsLDnLYh60YO86J/s1600-h/P4040082.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjB51OjGL8Co3Yrg6OHFtO7GtDdfNQTwfrD7nFB5Ob97ZwtUQh9w2taLPz9luCqaMkMYFWa2Ry8woBmPl1YpXSSPBygRBpI9WfeWtXGzdhzBnpJjp73Ah4vNcZMybA-3RsLDnLYh60YO86J/s320/P4040082.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5322167358086401650" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a></div><div>My swim:<br /></div><div>My first time swimming up to a starting buoy. i loved the carpet in the water and being pulled out of the water and tossed up to the ramp... awesome! </div><div>I swam... slow but steady... and survived : )</div><div><br /></div><div>My Bike:</div><div>It was such a beautiful bike course it got prettier around each corner! i made a couple of friends and enjoyed the company.. at mile 30 i just wanted to BRUSH my TEETH soooo bad!</div><div>next time i might put one of those mini camping tooth brushes in my bento box : ) HA... oh, and it was fun passing girls on tri bikes with my cross bike, dang i need to get myself one of those fancy rides.... i was on a rolling bike show with all the tricked out rides today... The last 10 miles on the bike felt FOREVER, plus i was going through a wind tunnel... i was ready to get off the bike and run.</div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGyae2mlpyvPkfdPsFkeUSkE2C7I4HWGdD7NcRuvfgruUDGm8e15O03jbC35HfMDbDU8AVvWrFjp63lMsNsRs0wJvCEe4IsHihnXPB49S8w15SDMv_l8wG-2W0WkkmDHCrmZ_bChYZm8cu/s1600-h/DSC_0356.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGyae2mlpyvPkfdPsFkeUSkE2C7I4HWGdD7NcRuvfgruUDGm8e15O03jbC35HfMDbDU8AVvWrFjp63lMsNsRs0wJvCEe4IsHihnXPB49S8w15SDMv_l8wG-2W0WkkmDHCrmZ_bChYZm8cu/s320/DSC_0356.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5322167646457916674" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 213px; height: 320px; " /></a></div><div>My Run:</div><div>Was super fun, I didn't know if i was going to be able to move my legs, but they were there! yippy... the group of girls at mile 1.5 aide station were super funny.. there was one girl with a cup of water on her head, hands out, dancing... I wonder what went through their minds during the race?? funny kids! </div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5QEAgkO60dX8Xh2erAwWXFjOLXK4z3p7FPZBPYvS2CPO_LDmYx4LTdjoK6lqpUq4vDGLv3KOeescme9qsVYGx3Qe0zDazeQQPo8LiKaPPfr2aR1WS2W3slx2shz9SIzc_1cY0dZ_U_zL3/s1600-h/P4040113.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5QEAgkO60dX8Xh2erAwWXFjOLXK4z3p7FPZBPYvS2CPO_LDmYx4LTdjoK6lqpUq4vDGLv3KOeescme9qsVYGx3Qe0zDazeQQPo8LiKaPPfr2aR1WS2W3slx2shz9SIzc_1cY0dZ_U_zL3/s320/P4040113.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5322167984305014594" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a></div><div>I was stoked with my time... i forecasted a 7hour race and i finished at 6:52:01!</div><div>We all had such a fun day! <br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>Moniquehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09313295346412939839noreply@blogger.com1