Beautiful Sunny Sunday!

The sun has come out after several days of rain and gloom..... I took several weeks off of training after the "Nifty Fifty" "52" mile bike ride... So I am going to try and "slowly" ramp up the miles. Ran from the house today instead of driving and starting from Magens. It's a lot harder starting from here. The hills just to get from here up to the gate are a killer....But it was a good 5 miles.....Supposed to take the villa guests upstairs out on Happy Hour tomorrow. Hopefully the weather holds and stays nice...... Then it's time to haul Happy Hour out of the water and get ready for Coast Guard inspection!

St. Croix Triathlon!

Great but hot day in St. Croix. Completed my first ever triathlon. I entered in the short course.... Sprint distance of half mile swim, 8 mile bike, and 4 mile run. finished 5 male and 7th overall...... 96 people entered the race.

Next up is the Florida International Triathlon in Sarasota on May 15th....

Working on the side of the hill...... building some wall to help terrace the hill for a nice path to our back stairs and also some landscape areas.....pictures to follow tomorrow. I head to St. Croix on Thursday afternoon......I'm very excited about my first ever triathlon.......!!!!!

Sunday, April 25, 2010

A beautiful morning!!! We got a group check into Aqua Vista yesterday and I have to deal with a few small issues over there today. We have a "floor buffer" rented for the weekend so I am going to be spending my day up in the villa cleaning the floors in the living and dinning room.

Update - 4/23/10

Training is going well for my first ever triathlon. I'll be doing the sprint distance at the St. Croix International Triathlon on May 2nd. I have a few friends doing the Half Iron Man distance which I hope to compete in next year. Biking has been going well with my new bike that I purchased at the beginning of the year. I'v ridden with the "Fortress Bike Crew" a few times now.... It has helped me stay motivated......

This mornings workout:

biked 9 miles and ran 6.3 miles

Rain, Rain Go Away!

5 days of rain here in the VI. Feel bad for the guests upstairs..... Oh well. I will do a full 8 Tuff Miles review with video and pictures here soon. I am in full Triathlon training now.! Less than 8 till weeks till the St. Croix Triathlon.!!! I am only doing the Sprint version. Hopefully next year I will be up for the Half Ironman 70.3 and "The Beast".

Less than a Week till the "8 Tuff Miles"

Today is Monday and the 8 Tuff Miles is this Saturday (Feb. 27, 2010). I ran the full course yesterday and didn't give everything I had in me and finished in 1 hr. 12 min. Last year was my best time at 1hr. 8min. 10 sec. We'll see what happens on race day and what the weather conditions will be like. Yesterday was beautiful .....just stopped raining before we started and stayed overcast and cool the whole way. We were even in the clouds at the top. Rob, Victoria and I will be taking the car ferry over to St. John on Friday and staying at Maho Bay the night before the race and after... Should make the whole experience a little more relaxing..........

Magens Bay Today

Swim Against the Tide swim for Breast Cancer at Magens Bay today and then fun beach day with the family.