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FIESTA ISLAND TT

Went down to san diego early on sunday morning and pulled up to perfect conditions at fiesta island. lol happy mothers day to me :) Had an awesome day and set another personal best on this course.  I had a time of   35:55  for the 20 kilometer course.Although i already made the emerging national standard at this same course on nov 17, 2012 , i was very close on this day to breaking into the talent pool standard and just 2:30...

PossAbilities Triathlon: My first Win!

Hello dear readers, The 11th Annual PossAbilities Triathlon was a total success! My running went pretty well, specially because the terrain was mostly flat, and I nailed my first win in my category!!! 1hour and 20min was my total time, that also gave me an overall placing of 179th. There was a great turnout at the event: over 1000 athletes from what I heard, a lot of spectators as well, your great Loma Linda weather, awesome organization by PossAbilities for an event...

First TRI out of the way!

Hey there, here I am already training for the 11th Annual PossAbilities Triathlon , coming up on April 28th! Kendra's Race went well, I finished in 2 hours. Swimming and cycling went smooth and running was a struggle, it killed my timing! Trail running with steep hills, ouch! Beautiful scenery, but tough for me. I'll have to keep training... It's pretty cool training for an event, you train with a purpose. You set mini goals that you have to achieve each day....

Kendra’s Race: Finishing is winning

Hello my dear readers, Five kilometers on Catalina Island, roughly 3 miles. Wish it would be easier but I'm just getting used to that leg, and running those steep hills with even 2 legs would be hard! But it's done, out of the way! Happy 2 year anniversary for me:) Next event I'm eyeing is here in my adopted hometown of Santa Barbara, Kendra's Race, the UCSB Tri on Saturday March 30. It's a benchmark for me because it will be my...

Catalina Marathon

Alright, here we go again, on to our next adventure! This one might look easy but it's a great challenge for me... I'm running 5km on the Catalina Marathon! This one was Karina's idea, to celebrate her 30th Birthday, AND the 2-year-Anniversary for my accident! It feels great to be alive, I'll tell you that much:) The Running Leg, known as The Blade, has been a tough one to get used to, but in time, I'm growing more confident and getting better...

Palm Springs: check!

On Friday Feb 8th we drove to the desert, excited. From the car it looked fun, super windy, rainy with very low levels of snow -right next to the road, not your typical SoCal day! If we had the event that day it would have been miserable... BUT, the cycling gods decided to grant us a beautiful, crisp, sunny morning with (somewhat) moderate winds - just perfect for cycling! And cycling we did, even our Team Manager Pedro Payne rode with...

The Tour de Palm Springs

Alright! Next weekend, on March 9th we kickstart our year with a 55 mile cycling day around Palm Springs! Team PossAbilities will be well represented, so I'm looking forward to put in those miles! In the picture you can see our good friend Master Mihn creating and fine tuning my cycling leg. Although that thing is a beauty, Mihn didn't like it because "it doesn't match the bike colors!" True, but I'll tell you also that it gets a lot of...

big bear TT course recon

Yesterday i had the pleasure of doing a little recon on the new redland Classic TT course. 4.4 mile TT with a few hills in it. Should be a fun new course for the future. I will be going up again soon and i will post pics next time!!!!!!