Indoor skydiving on Friday night. Saturday bike and run. Sunday swim and run.

Golden Gate Triathlon Club’s Expo where sponsors explain their services, raffle prizes are given out, snacks & drinks are consumed, and an all around good time

GGTC representing at the Kaiser Half

A bunch of triathlon clubs are currently in something called the National Club Challenge where they keep track of miles swam, biked, and ran. Each month has a focus such as December was swimming, January was cycling, and February is running. With my ridiculous amount of cycling in January, I was hoping to move up the charts and for quick minute I broke into the Top 10. A few clubs were still uploading athlete info and I’ve found myself comfortably in the Top 20.

My 15 seconds of cycling fame:

Where I currently sit:

A fun little video of a ride I organized. About 25 people came out for the GGTC Paradise Loop ride.

Beautiful day. We are in such better spirits compared to days 1 & 2.

Carmel to San Luis Obispo. Long day in which we got through 135 miles. Started and ended in the rain. Pretty cold day.

After getting lost in the Marina trying to find Vic’s place, then getting lost in Daly City, and jumping on the freeway to get to Pacifica (SCARY!), we finally got into sort of a rhythm albeit against headwinds. Included getting lost, I ended up cycling ~110 miles, Rahim powered thru ~15 miles, and Mike did ~125. Very hard cycling day. Day 2 and 3 recaps will come soon.

I’ve already signed up for 4 triathlons for 2010 and if I want to do well there needs to be a change in my training. This year I will be incorporating yoga along with more stretching and core workouts into my routine. I’ve been seeing Adolfo at Avanzare SF, will keep running on the Alter G at M2, while checking out yoga classes at the Presidio YMCA, making more use of a foam roller, the stick, and a tennis ball. Also, here is a link if you are interested in learning more about Kinesio tape. I used to get taped up when I went to the Chiropractor in Japan and it’s becoming popular in the US now.

What has become an annual tradition, I joined members of the Golden Gate Triathlon Club in a dip in Aquatic Park. I crazily swam without a wetsuit. Warming up post-swim proved to be a problem.

M2 Revolution recently got a weird looking treadmill called the Alter G. As fate would have it, it would be around the time when I would be needing a way to run while recovering from my first ultramarathon.

The Alter G is a great way to recover from a  race or from injury without putting running on your full weight. I was able to keep a 6:00 pace for 25 minutes while varying the body weight percentage from 85% to 90%. Towards the end of the workout I started to get tired but overall it was amazing to be able to go that fast a week after running a very hard and long race. Next time I try it out I will definitely make sure I don’t have to go to the bathroom as it puts a lot of pressure around your midsection.

There have been quite a few articles written about this treadmill that is based on NASA technology.