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Plenty of time! I did my first ever "tri" - Half im aquabike last Sept. and didn't start training (swimming, I biked lots so that wasn't an issue) until June, and not in earnest until July. I did...

Thank you, I will.

Tulip,

All good ideas. That more or less was my plan, i.e., I don't plan to buy a specific bike for her.

We don't live that close to each other and I won't have an opportunity to see her...

Sheila, thanks very much, I appreciate the links.

I like Jamis, I have a Jamis Aurora Elite. I like the looks of the commuter and love the Kona... but this is for her not me. :)

Jamis and Kona...

She's 52 and previously fit. She like many of us could stand to lose 10 lbs. ;)

My hunch is she'll probably never go more than 10 miles at a time. Last time she rode was pre-child, 11+ years ago....

I want to buy my sister a bike. She has a child with profound special needs and she is desparately in need of some joy. Which is obviously why I want to buy her a bike. :)

I could do the research...

The conditions of the road on day 1 (Petaluma to Healdsburg) were rough but other than that most surfaces were fair to very good. Traffic was rarely an issue, the tour company rides focus on the road...

Thanks for reading!

Here's a link that will give you detailed routes and info for the same area (Sonoma County) we biked: http://srcc.memberlodge.com/TGR

Start working on your husband now... it's a GREAT trip!

The focus of this tour was on riding not tasting or visiting wineries (really stress that point on their website) although we visited a couple. We had to do our wine tasting in the...

You were there one day before us, but UDC tours does rides there weekly in October so you probably did see them. If you had of seen me I was the person with the ear to ear grin riding or taking...

Will just have to continue to visit and support the state of California through tourism not property taxes... ;)

I'd love to move to a rural area of Sonoma County but can't for two reasons: Ethan...

Thanks to you both for reading the posts and for your nice words.

Trek420, Growing up there must have been wonderful! I actually said while we were riding at one point - why couldn't I have grown...

We recently did a 6 day supported bike tour that took us from Petaluma to Healdsburg, then a loop around Healdsburg including Armstrong Woods, from there to Occidental, from Occidental to Sea Ranch...

I'm not sure what to expect, I read a blog post about King's Ridge by an ex-pro that made it sound very tough - the descending more than the climbing because of road surfaces but also very...

Thanks very much, salsabike! The aquabike was great, I hope there will be more of them in the future. From what I read, aquabike was created in 2008 and approved by USAT to give those of us that...

:D I'll check it out!

LilBolt,

Glad you had a great trip! I agree, Joshua and Mark work well together, different personalities but they're a good mix. Was it a 7 or 8 day tour? It seems like they talked about adding a...

Thanks, Tri-Girl, I wanted to write it before the feelings and memories started to fade... which doesn't take long these days. ;)

Once again, thanks for all the support you gave me - from...

I don't have the dvd but I've watched a number of TI videos on You Tube. This link should take you to a 7 part series, Perpetual Motion Freestyle: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=97b6XIntfcc

On 9/24th I competed in my first ever triathlon event, a HIM distance Aquabike. It was a great time, I thoroughly enjoyed it!

My official times were:

Overall: 4:30:40
Swim: 52:12
T-1: ...

This has to be the best story of this year's Redman, I love this!

I know all about that birthday motivation thingy,;) I signed up in July to do an aquabike (1.2 m swim/56m bike) on 9/24th, my birthday.

You've got a little more than a month to get ready, you'll...

Hey thanks Tangent Girl, that will come in handy. Good luck on your aquabike, mine is now in 12 days...

I did something yesterday that put my wondering about how far 1.2 mile swim is into better...

Thanks very much, Tanya!!! Great info and very helpful! :)