PNW Tri Novices

[colby]

Colby - re: your title; shiny! Sigh, I really liked Firefly.

I skip the "what happens next in the movie" part when I say it. It's been windy here lately, I actually find myself saying it out loud to relax. Such a nerd.

(We now return you to your regularly scheduled programming)

[teigyr]

I have marked the dates in my calendar I also will be off fri-sun for the summer with a 3:30pm start time on monday. The thought of not waking up early makes me very very happy

Wahine, I can't believe how busy you are and how much you are helping us. I'm sure it'll be fun and really informative! Please let me know what I can do or anything you need.

For the Danskin folk here, is anyone going to go to one of the seminars next week? It's on Weds in Lynnwood, Thurs in Seattle (both at REI's) then somewhere else later in the month.

[jesvetmed]

Teigyr: I'm hoping to hit the Thursday night's seminar. Working Mon-Wed night so those are out. If not, I may go to the one on the 26th which is at the Columbia Center in downtown Seattle.

Are you going to one? Anyone else?

[teigyr]

Thursday is at the Seattle REI, right? I get off work at 5:45pm so the question would be if I can get from SeaTac to there in a timely fashion. I could do either and Seattle would probably be easier.

After the 7th, my new bid starts. Same days off (fri-sun) but my new hours are 3:30pm - 2am so that other thursday is out.

[Wahine]

After the 7th, my new bid starts. Same days off (fri-sun) but my new hours are 3:30pm - 2am ....

Does this mean that I'll start getting email from you at strange hours again? I kinda missed that about your new schedule. I used to wake up in the morning to an email written at 1:30 AM thinking WTF. Until I remembered that you were maybe working.

[salsabike]

I'm going to the June 5/Thursday one at THE TEMPLE (aka REI).

[colby]

Wish I could go, but I'm too far to drive in the middle of the week. Last year and the year before they had one on a Saturday, which worked a lot better for me... flew (or drove) out on a Friday, hung out with my mother in law at the seminar, then flew home on Sunday. Danskin is the one thing my mother in law and I do "together" (well, we do other things, but this is the one thing that's Just Us - she only had 2 boys, so I'm sort of the daughter, but not really good at the girl stuff).

It's fun to kick off your training or get wrapped up in it a little bit, and if you want something signed or to meet Sally, she'll be there. Also, if you have any friends who didn't sign up and you want to draft in, it's a REALLY good way to get them in (first timers are effectively "guaranteed" a spot by attending a seminar). I've tried every year in vain to get people to join me...

Also, I can always use an excuse to go to REI... especially THE REI.

[teigyr]

Does this mean that I'll start getting email from you at strange hours again? I kinda missed that about your new schedule. I used to wake up in the morning to an email written at 1:30 AM thinking WTF. Until I remembered that you were maybe working.

Yeah. I'll be back to being me I am not a day person no matter how hard I try. Waking up early makes me braindead and out of sorts. I'd much rather go to bed 3-4am and wake up by 10-11am then exercise then go to work. Only 7 more days to wake up early...the clock IS ticking!

I will RSVP for the Thurs Danskin clinic. I will drive as fast as traffic will let me and if anyone has any parking wisdom, I would gladly accept it!

Colby, too bad you can't come. Would be nice to meet you!

[salsabike]

So...now that my consulting report is turned in, I can start paying attention to Danskin stuff. Today I did my swim things:

Tried on a Blue Seventy wetsuit. Worked reasonably well. Glad I don't have to put it ON during a transition. Came home and ordered a different one, though, that I think will fit better. But at least I now know I CAN find a wetsuit that fits! Yay. Big hump to get over.

I went local-pool-touring. The place I used to go some years ago shut down this past winter. Went to three community pools and was bowled over by the lovely setting of the third and farthest away one. Luckily I think I'll be able to get there midday now, because it's on an after-work rush hour route. Wow! It's in a state park, and one wall of the pool house is glass and opens onto the park.

Monday: the running shoe store. It's all starting to move along now...Yahoo! I'm an excited newbie.