February, 2004
Having now been involved with Team In Training for two years, I will say that my life prior to my diagnosis seems like a million years ago. A brief recap of me before 2000(when I started feeling sick) or 2002 (when I got my diagnosis) is: I was born in a small town in Northern California… and I came to the Bay Area for the first time in1968 for college. I was married to a Palo Alto girl in Sunnyvale, lived with my family for 25 years in various places throughout the West Coast before we divorced. I have raised two wonderful children, worked for a couple of major international corporations, was successful in many things that I did, grew older and looked forward to coming of an age to retire and relax. By 1998, I was living in the Santa Cruz area with my adult son. I had a home near the Capitola beach, and was starting to gray in the temples. Rock ‘n’ roll was still a part of my life, communicating professionally about quality processes, initiatives, and purposes my career, and looking forward to “what’s next” was my outlook.

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Thanks to Thom and the FIT crew, now everyone can have that coveted Ironman physique! Make sure to read the strength training handouts in the Resources section. Then, you can look as happy as Missy!

Captain’s Log 10.22.07:

These are the continuing voyages of the Iron Team 2008, last week our adventures took us to the far reaches of our known training universe, the sector known as Aptos and we also learned advanced bicycle maneuvers in expanse of Foothill College.

We have another exciting week ahead, with another Captain’s Spin @ Sports Basement and on Saturday we will have a Ride and Run starting at Steven’s Creek reservoir after the Fall Tri-Team’s practice. Please let us know whether you are able to volunteer to help, the ride should commence by 10am. Not that you need extra incentive to help out the Fall Team, but you can join them for a Potluck BBQ afterwards.

Quick Summery for the week:
Monday: The rest day
Tues: 6:30pm Captain’s Spin @ SB (40min spin & 10min run) -please arrive early to set up your trainer and be ready to spin at 6:30 (Remember Fluids, Nutrition, Running shoes and a headlamp)
Wed: 6:30pm Coached track workout @ DeAnza JC (bring $2 for parking) & Soquel HS
Thurs: OYO run…see the schedule
Friday: OYO swim…see the schedule

Sat: 8:00am Fall Tri-Team Practice Tri and 10am Captains Ride & Run @ Steven’s Creek Reservoir
We will meet at the car park up by the Reservoir, see on the map here:
http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en&msa=0&ll=37.29844,-122.078072&spn=0.004506,0.007392&t=h&z=17&om=1&msid=109949174978578855500.00043d1cf39c6a2173d52

Sun: 8:00 AM or 10:00 AM: Coached Iron University #3 - Strength Training @ FIT.
FIT in Los Altos (600 Rancho Shopping Center - corner of Foothill & Magdalena). Please park in the back.
Session 1: 8:00 AM (if your mentor is: Missy, Bindu, Stefanie)
Session 2: 10:00 AM (if your mentor is: Allen, Brenna, Tim, Donna)

If you have any questions please let us know and always be early so we can start on time.

Go Long, Stay Strong…. Engage!
Your training Captains: Christy, Al, Nicholas & Ann

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Coach Dan taught us how to clean them.
Coach Mike taught us how to change their tires.
Coach Dana made sure everyone could grab a bottle on the go.
Coach Wass explained the finer points of feathering your breaks on the descent.
And, Coach Joe let it all hang out. By making sure he shifted his weight behind his seat in an emergency stop. Why? What were you thinking?

Good luck to all running the Nike full or half tomorrow!

Be sure to check out the information on this weekend’s TWO coached workouts … times and directions available in the top box of the right column.

Middle name meme:
Evolving; at least I hope so
Inversus; ask me if your curious
Lively; especially on the dance floor
Emotional; often overly so
Endurance; every triathlete possesses this quality
Noisy; I’ve been told my voice carries

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Friend of the Team, and all around nice guy, Steve Cunningham has a bike for sale:

Hello from the flight deck:

These are your Captains speaking … looks like we are going to have a smooth flight for the next 9-10 months with rainy/windy/cold/sunny/hot skies ahead and the time of your life! We would like to thank you for flying with IronTeam Airlines today as we know you have made a huge commitment to help raise valuable funds to fight blood cancers while undertaking arguably the toughest one day endurance event on the planet … and we truly thank you.

So sit back, relax and enjoy the ride … it will go by fast and be over before you know it … trust us!!!!

Being flexible is the core of IronTeam … without a doubt … and what truly makes it fun! Get on those other race options to be safe. [See post below.]

We have our very first IT08 spin/run brick this evening @ Sports Basement in lovely Sunnyvale and three coached workouts this week. Go Team!

Quick Summery for the week:
Monday: Hopefully everyone had a nice rest
Tues : 6:30 p.m. Captain’s spin @ SB (:30 spin & :10 run brick) Please arrive early to set up your trainer and be ready to spin at 6:30 (Don’t forget your sneaks)
Wed: 6:30 p.m. Coached track workout @ DeAnza JC (bring $2 for parking) & Soquel HS
Sat: 8:00 a.m. Our first Iron University @ Foothill JC (Biking, Biking, Biking)
Sun: 8:00 a.m. Coached swim/run @ Aptos HS

If you have any questions please let us know and always be early so we can start on time.

Go Long, Stay Strong … While Being Flexible!
Your training Captains: Christy, Al, Nicholas & Ann