Rain Doesn't Stop Us

Rain, rain, go away, well not in the northwest, it just makes the tough tougher. As we all know there is no "bad" weather just "bad" clothing and we actually believe that!!

The fall 1/2 marathon season is happening and many of our folks will be racing in the next couple of months, with of course Seattle as the big one. Let's just hope they put the year on the event shirts this time around. You all know that put me in a tizzy last year!!

Tuesday at Discovery Park

Thursday at Ravenna Park

Golden Gardens beautiful even in grey tones

Passing through the Ballard Locks

Hiking in the Clouds

It was a little misty for our hike to Rachel Lake, but that didn't stop us from having a great time in a beautiful mountain area with great hiking buddies. There were many kinds of mushrooms to check out and many waterfalls too - see some of the photos below.

It was our last team hike for the season, but stay tuned for some shorter hikes to keep us in shape during the late fall and winter months.

Winding Down

The hiking and biking groups are winding down for this year as we ramp up with run and walk training during the fall and winter.

There are still races happening though and folks are staying busy.

Last weekend Sandy and Cathy swim in the Park to Park swim, a 1.4 mile event from Matthews Beach to Denny Park in Kirkland.

Gina placed 3rd in her age group at the Lake Sammamish Sprint Triathlon - Congratulations!!

Anna and Cheryl raced the Labor Day 1/2 Marathon in Redmond today. Flat, fast, fun and HOT! Anna whomped the field with 4th in her age group and the 44th woman - wow. Cheryl held her own with 11th place. Yea - go team.

It was great having Cathy come to run group on Sunday, a nice surprise, she has certainly been missed! Miles are starting to ramp up on Sundays, especially for the team for the San Francisco 1/2 Marathon in October. And we continue to enjoy the warm, dry weather, except of course the downpour on Thursday.

Cool down after a track workout

Discovery Park hike

Runners waiting for the downpour to stop

A Weekend at Paradise

What a wonderful weekend we had. On Saturday 9 of us hiked 8.4 miles with 2450 feet of elevation gain at Rampart Ridge and looped back on the Wonderland Trail. Then on Sunday 12 of us rode from Ashford to Paradise, 24 miles with 3800 feet elevation gain. Janice was our awesome sag! Thank you!! 7 team members did both the hike and the bike.

the start

the sag

view on the ride up

we all made it to the top!

IRONMAN ANN

Well she did it again. Ann finished IronMan number three. This year was IM Canada at Whistler and she had an awesome race. Congratulations Ann, we are really proud of you and all your hard work and determination. You are an inspiration to us all!!!

If you don't know what the ironman distances are, here you go:
Swim- 2.4 miles
Bike - 112 miles (and this year nearly 6000 feet of elevation gain!!)
Run - 26.2 miles

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Team!!!

Busy Weeks

Last week right through the weekend was fun! Bike rides, hikes and races filled our time!!

Congratulations to our Karens

Karen D sprinted the Iron Girl Tri and placed an awesome 5th in her age group and a whopping 50th overall. WOW!
Karen W raced the Emerald City 1 mile swim and was in the top 30% overall and more than twice as fast as the people coming in later.

Good Luck to ANN
Ironman Canada at Whistler coming up this weekend - 2.4 mile swim, 112 mile bike and 26.2 mile run! 

Woodland Park Hike

And Rose Garden as a bonus

Carkeek Hills

And View Points

New addition to the Family