Getting Close!

With less than a week until our event, we’re beginning to get a bit nervous…  We have been watching the Sunriver weather forecast deteriorate more and more every day. What started out looking like a cool weekend has turned into downright cold and RAINY! Not what we were expecting for late June in such a pleasantly named place.

But rain or shine, we head out Thursday for a long weekend in Sunriver.

We went for a short swim on Sunday up at Lucky Peak Reservoir. Our little pond near downtown Boise is actually quite warm compared to what we expect to find at Wikiup Reservoir in Sunriver, so we felt we needed some experience in colder water. Once we were over the initial pain of putting our face in the water and our hands finally went numb, it wasn’t too bad!

I guess all we can hope for now is that the water in Sunriver will feel warm compared to the air temperature as we wait for our wave to start at 9:15 am.

Here we go, Team!

-- JAM

The LONG Swim

1900 meters last night! Wow!


It was super cold and windy, so actually I probably swam quite a bit farther. The wind kept pushing me off course so I didn't exactly swim in a straight line. It would certainly be interesting to see my route from an aerial view. 


We only have two more swims and one more "brick" training (two activities back to back, like swim then bike or swim then run) before we begin to taper off and rest up for the big event. 


Only 16 more days and we'll be diving into Wikiup Reservoir!


The GREAT news is, thanks to a corporate sponsorship from my parent company, we have reached our fundraising minimum --- and then some!! Yeay!!


Not that we aren't still accepting donations because 100% of the funds donated will go to research and patient services!  : )  But it is wonderful to have that weight off our backs. Especially considering how far we have to swim!  Ha ha!


Thanks to all our friends and family for the support, encouragement and generosity.  


GO TEAM!!


-- JAM

Mock Triathlon - Number TWO!

No kidding!  We did go out and do it again on Monday, Memorial Day!

The morning was beautiful, but the pond was cold, cold, cold! We completed the swim with much chattering of teeth, then jumped on our bikes. I put on a sleeveless jersey, then a light windbreaker since it was still a little cool. So, no need for sunblock...

We made it about 5 miles or so into our ride and came to a roadblock. The Exergy Tour was in town and all the phenomenal women cyclists were riding toward us on the road we intended to take. We had to wait about 20 minutes, but it was awesome to see the pelaton fly by us!  I got a little toasty waiting to proceed with our ride and took off the aforementioned windbreaker. This will be important information later.

Once we got the ok to go on, we headed out to our turn around point, then came on back. Once again we were held up briefly by the cyclists since they were completing 3 loops along our route.

Finally, we returned to the car and prepared to run. At this point I finally put on some sunblock. Can you see where this is heading?

After running, we spent some time downtown enjoying the beautiful day, good Boise food and people watching. Once we got home and washed off the pond and road grime, we discovered that I had become a superhero. One of the X-Men.  

Ouch…

-- JAM