August 16-22, 2009

Oh, look. I haven’t blogged since my last ‘Weekly Winners‘ post. I blame the combination of vacation recovery and triathlon cramming.

Yes, cramming.

Sure I’ve been training all summer, but it just seems I haven’t gotten as many swims in lately as I’d like due to a closed pool (weather-related or otherwise). And my bike rides haven’t been long enough and/or hilly enough.

Thunderstorms held off mid-week so I could squeeze in a really good swim on Thursday, and a somewhat short but tough bike ride on Wednesday followed by a one-mile run. I did not do enough bike-run brick workouts this summer!

Anyway, the triathlon was this morning and I expect I’ll be writing about it later this week. For a quick recap, it was a beautiful day, I had a great time, and finished nearly 11 minutes faster than last year. (I bought a new bike that accounts for most of the difference.)

More later. I should really be napping right now. My alarm rang this morning at 3:45 a.m.!

So … photos. Well, I also wasn’t taking too many of those this week. And it was raining when we racked our bikes yesterday so I didn’t even get any fun shots there. Oh well. This is all I’ve got!

A big storm came through one night, and the windows on our sliding door were fogged up from the rain and humidity. The flood lights of the apartments behind our house made some cool shadows.

Jeter cat did not pose long for me so I had to move quick. Not one of my greatest portraits, but I wanted to add a little variety to my photos for the week!

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