Thursday, June 22, 2006

Would This Be Called A Quadrathlon?

I did something last weekend that some might characterize as a bit nuts.  Friday night, I arrived back from my trial in Houston on a flight that landed in NJ at 10:30pm.  Saturday morning, I was up at 4am to run in the Wyckoff YMCA/Franklin Lakes triathlon.  I had signed up for the race, so figured I'd go ahead and do it.  Under the circumstances, the race went pretty well.  The swim was smooth and fairly easy, and I came away with the 5th best time overall.  I did not ride well, which is not surprising since cycling is the hardest thing to keep up with while on the road (as I was over the preceding four weeks).  My run was strong, which again is not surprising, as running is the easiest training to manage while traveling.  Overall, I placed 16th out of approximately 650 entrants, and was 3rd in the age group.  Complete results can be found here.  Also check out race day pictures of the run and the bike, and another on the bike.

Early 40th

Lisa and my good friend Rob Clark organized an early 40th birthday celebration for me the weekend of June 3-4.  The spark for the get together was a food and music festival just 25 minutes from Mountain Lakes called Crawfishfest.  There was good New Orleans music and food at the two day event, which was great fun despite the dicey (rainy) weather.  Who would have thought such a thing existed here in Yankeeland.  Rob used his superior powers of persuasion to convince our college friends Jeff Maher, Mike Marchitelli and Joe Toman to fly in from around the country.  Saturday night, we were joined at a party at our house by a couple of other Tulanians who live in our area, including my former swimming teammate Tiger Cass.  What a weekend!  I didn't take a lot of pictures, but here are two of some of us at the Crawfishfest Sunday.

Saturday, June 10, 2006

Memorial Day Fun

We had our first trip out on the canoe over Memorial Day weekend.  We saw the sights all along scenic Mountain Lake.  The canoe ostensibly was a Christmas gift for the kids, but I think I am enjoying it as much as they are.