morning swim

Haven't yet had a chance to go through all the shots from this morning's cold swim practice, but here's one for now.

Saturday morning indoor spin

A cold Saturday saw the sensible people riding indoors.

Indoor Spin

I've uploaded a few more pictures here to share with the group. These are too grainy/ out of focus for the book, but I hope they captured the moment.   

During the spin, I noticed some nursing their injuries/problem areas.  (Laurie is icing her shoulder & hip in the picture above.) For me, injury is a very real part of training for an Ironman. I was at Performance Wellness weekly last time around, and I always ran into another teammate there.  It would be interesting to include a page with the human body with callouts to injuries and names.

100x100's

Photo's from the 100x100's can be found here.  Congrats to everyone who came out and swam further than they ever did before.

Right now, we're focusing on pictures of winter-specific events such as the indoor spins in lieu of a long bike.  Let us know if several of you are getting together to spin at home on a Saturday.

We'll do more the profile pictures as we get more into training.   

Interesting Metrics

We've received 36 questionnaire responses for the project, and a couple more are on the way.  Some numbers from the responses:

• 23 women / 13 men
• 14 married / 11 single / 8 in a relationship (3 married couples are training for IMCDA)
• 18 first-time IM / 18 repeat IM
• Favorites (with some duplicates): 11 swimming / 15 cycling / 13 running
• Dreaded (with some missing): 13 swimming / 5 cycling / 16 running
• Average time doing triathlons is 4 years. Range is from 9 months to 10 years.

pictures from the ride for Erin

Upcoming Photoshoot: 100 x 100's

The 100 x 100's swim is coming up this Sunday, and I'll be there at sunrise to take pictures.  I'm still learning how to use my camera, so I'm hoping for one good shot out of hundreds.