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Sounds like a fun and great weekend! At least your friend got in her first triathlon… even if it was turned into a du :)
Great photos! What a trip!! I’m glad they had plenty of free samples for you to eat…
And what do you mean you only watched America’s Next Top Model because “nothing else was on.”
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Next Top Model, lol.
No re-runs of Dog Whisperer???
VMA???
Congrats to your friend on her tri. Did she at least use that horn?
Great report I saw you at the race taking picture but you were appearing and disappearing I didn’t have a chance to talk to you. Enjoy your training and the nations tri
Eric
Sounds like it was a wild weekend! Weather and everything else.
Mmm wine in tiki goblets… does life get any better than that?
Ray –
Excellent weekend. Looks like a blast. Even with Hannah.
If you get a chance, either post or e-mail me a shot of the 705 mounted. I’m really curious to see its size, etc.
-bill
There’s just too much to comment on this blog so I’ll try to keep it brief.
*First comes Joe Vs. the volcanao and now this ;shakes her head;
*Red wine before racing..good for the heart :)
*I could live off of samples and commit murder playing monopoly. I’m a poor sport if I can’t buy the “cheapies”.
I want IMC bike workout! Cool wattage info. I tend to read on my trainer, turns out it payed off. Some of that knowledge won me compression socks at a tri club trivia game.
Who gets the cookies?
Another average weekend in the life of Rainmaker!
Great stuff, thanks for sharing
great trip.. you are so clever with your campsite engineering skills…haha
I want a cookie now!!
Yay for your friend’s first tri and congrats to you both on your finish and your positive attitudes while camping during Hanna! But now we need to talk about the monopoly for 6+ hours! Rainmaker, there are so many fantastic games out there – San Juan, Killer Bunnies, Settlers of Catan, and the dice game version of Alhambra to name a few of the most interesting, portable ones. I know I’m a game nerd (ok, snob!), but seriously with the way you like food and fun – how can you settle for monopoly?
I’m impressed with the camping techniques. I was supposed to camp out after the Half, but since it was canceled, a few of us got a hotel room for Saturday night, assuming the aftermath wouldn’t have been fun to set up camp in. Turn outs we were wrong, and it was beautiful there Saturday evening.
Yay for meeting Sarah! She’s on my team.
What a great weekend mixing camping, good food, racing…and rain??!! Congrats to your friend on her first tri!