The Wildflower Long Course is well-known as a brutal early-season race: 3500ft elevation on the bike and 2100ft on the run! Crazy. The great thing about doing such a hard race as my first 70.3 mile half-Ironman distance is that I will be faster in every race from now on! With little sleep and much less training time available (thanks Charlie) I knew it was going to be a tough race. It didn’t disappoint.
Charlie is now four days old. We came home from the hospital yesterday.
I think it was yesterday. I haven’t slept in four days. I don’t really know what day it is.
Daytime is easy. Nighttime is harder. Last night my body shut down and refused to wake up. Apparently I’ve been sleep-talking.
Around 3AM Sara asked me for help burping the baby and I replied “No,” then a second or two later, “don’t put him on the wall”. No idea what I thought was happening.
I don’t know how Sara does it. She’s amazing.
Born 10:19am on Friday January 21st, 2011. Beautiful baby boy, 7lbs 8oz, with a full head of hair. Sara + (as yet unnamed) baby are healthy and doing well.
It’s been a while since we’ve gone hunting. My hunting buddies and I have been disappointed time and time again. Hunting trips are now called “armed hikes”. The pigs knew we were coming, weren’t there in the first place, or were such crafty little ninjas that we couldn’t possibly find or track them.
I raced the 2010 Marin County Triathlon on an amazing beautiful morning in China Camp on San Pablo Bay. Last Triathlon of the season! I raced hard, finished third in my age group, and most importantly BEAT MY TIME GOAL FOR THE SEASON!
Our friends Jana and Cecil were married in a beautiful ceremony at Barndiva in Healdsburg. The ceremony was pure Jana and Cecil.
My folks rented a country farmhouse in Southern France, near Perpignan. Extended family gathered. A good time was had by all.
