Let's go Rafting!!!

Go whitewater rafting to help raise funds for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society!

This is an invitation to feel alive. To feel wind in your hair, water in your face, and sunshine on your back. To feel anxiety, exhilaration, joy, fortune, and peace. To experience a great whitewater river!

Sunday, May 18thThe Lower Youghiogheny RiverOhiopyle, PA (about 3 hours from DC)$75 plus $5 State Park Fee(a $25 savings off the usual cost)

Join longtime whitewater instructor Jeff McIntyre and his team of whitewater guides (one for each raft) for an exciting trip down the class 3/4 Lower Yough! Spaces are limited! All proceeds go to the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society.

Contact me (at inbetweenswims-at-yahoo.com)f or more info or to reserve your space! (Please forward to anyone that may be interested)

See you on the river.....

~jeffmc

Riley's Lock Brick!

It's been awhile....

It's been awhile since I last posted. Not that I haven't been doing 'blogworthy' things but, ya know - sometimes life gets in the way.

Life has gotten in the way.

I've maintained my Tri-training for the most part. I've gone through a two week-ish period where everything was hard. Everything. And, I don't mean that finishing the run was hard or that swimming the distance was hard. Everything was hard - from the first step, stroke, or rpm. Tired, sore, unmotivated, and resistant. I still finished most of my training schedule but there was no joy in it. Zero, zilch, nada.

Lots of distractions have been present. My Board of Directors have been in town, I've been out of town, work's been kinda nuts, sleep has been evasive, yadda yadda, whine whine.

I miss my run and swim today due to meetings and afterwork plans. I only made my 'strength' workout yesterday. I'll likely bike tomorrow and, maybe, do my strength workout. The problem is that I'm beginning to understand my weaknesses in this effort - I still can't swim very well, the running has been more effort than it should be. Cycling isn't an issue but I don't take it for granted either.

Since I missed the group brick workout - a ride followed by a run - I did a a variation on one last weekend while at our cabin in western Maryland. After looking for a pool, WISP ski resort finally proved to be the answer. After an hour swim there, I transferred to my bike for a 60 min ride. That was fine except, I forgot that "ski resort = mountain." So, the ride had hills. Lots more hills than DC has.

And, I made the run the day before. I took WeezerTheDog with me a had a good run through the forests of western Maryland. Yes, that's a bear bell she's wearing in the pic. The black bears are waking up this time of year and I'd really rather not surprise them on on my run.

More soon......