Hey guys, just as I promised last Monday, I signed up for a race this week!  I’ll be running the Malibu Half Marathon with my dear old mother in November!  I honestly don’t know how all the pieces fell into place, but she told me she wanted to run a race with me, and next thing we knew we were signed up for the Malibu.  She’ll be flying out to Los Angeles November 8^th and we’ll be running along the Pacific Coast November 11^th.  I’m very excited!  Maybe this summer I can get her to do a couple of guest blogs to see how her training is coming!

As for me, I’ve gotta get my butt in gear!  Its beach season here in Los Angeles and I’ve been nothing but lethargic lately.  The occasional bike ride and 5k isn’t cutting it.  I ran about five miles tonight and felt like an old man when I got home!  Time to ramp it up and get back into marathon mode.  Only four and a half months until the Malibu Half Marathon!

We hope everyone enjoyed the great weather this Father’s Day.  The 2012 Sailabration came to Baltimore on Saturday and Sunday, commemorating the bicentennial of The War of 1812.  The city was active all weekend, as Baltimorians flooded to their rooftop decks to watch the Air Show put on by the US Navy, featuring the Blue Angels.

The Baltimore Team also had a great weekend of workouts.  The Vogt family, featuring Drew, Megan, Stacy, Jack, and Mary-Jo (snapping the pic), played tennis on Sunday morning up at Hereford High School.

On top of that, WAO veteran Erich Raschid hiked Harper’s Ferry and brought along We Are One first timer, Lauren Avara.  They had a great time and the Baltimore squad just might have to organize a team hike before the Summer ends.

We hope everyone has a productive and fulfilling week.  The Oriole flavored We Are One shirts are in for all your O’s fans out there.

Enjoy the week.

-Team Baltimore

A day of volleyball down at the Santa Monica Beach with some great friends. Pretty intense games that drew in some spectators. Long hike up to the cliffs with some stair repeats in order to get some blood pumping. Beautiful day here on the West Coast. Hope all you 365ers are having a great weekend and getting into the Summer groove.

AR. NF. NR.

Nick

Day 216 of the 365 Day challenge for the We Are One Organization. 40 mile bike ride through the Canyons out here in Malibu and Santa Monica. Everything feeling in great shape.

AR. NF. NR.

Nick

Really warm day in Hudson Ohio.  I went for a mile run outside and then headed into the weight room.  Today I did an arms workout with high repetitions.  Turned out to be a very tiring workout.  

Again, keep an eye out for the NBA Cares Military commercials.  

Till next Thursday,

Tim 

Well, WE DID IT!!! The Granite Girls and Bear completed the YMCA triathlon!!  Kick off to the summer!

It was a beautiful sunny day, and we all meet at our transition areas.  It is quite a science getting everything in the right order, for the swim,bike and run.  You want to have your towel all ready to dry your feet off, baby power in your shoes and sox’s and your shirt to quickly through on. Having this all set up perfectly makes for a smooth and fast transition!

 I was in the 3^rd wave, DK was in the 13^th and Bear in the 12^th for the swim.  The water was 70 degrees which made jumping in without a wet suit no problem at all! The swim is the shortest time…it took the three of us anywhere between 10 minutes to 13 minutes to complete.  After getting out of the water we had to run about .25 miles to our transition area! This was a bit of an unwelcomed surprise.  I had finished my swim in 10 minutes and didn’t want people now passing me on this “run”.  Fortunately no one did!!

The first transition was great…thanks to the baby powder that DK shared with me! My feet were perfectly dry in my sox’s and shoes. 

Then we were off!! The bike was 15 miles.  It took all of us less than an hour to complete this…Bear’s time being the fastest! No one was passing him on the bike!  The loop had a nice mixture of flats and small hills, unfortunately some road kill from the night before…which we all could have done without!

Then the last leg…the run! It was a 3.1 miles.  The transition from bike to run is pretty simple.  Just unclip, put your bike back on the rack, take off your helmet, change shoes and off you go! At this point, we were all pretty tired and the sun was showing no mercy! Thankfully it was relatively flat but still really HOT!! However, knowing that in less than about 30 minutes you would be done, made the run bearable. 

All in all it was a great tri.  The size was perfect…not too many people and they did a great job organizing it!  And we had an awesome cheer leader, Timmy! He was unfortunately unable to compete this year but did a great job encouraging all of us!!

  It is important to remember throughout this whole thing no matter how much pain you’re in, we are thankful to be able to complete something like this. What an accomplishment!

Final times:

DK: 1:46min 

Bear:  1:50min 

Lauren: 1:42 min

Xoxo

Granite Girls

Granite Girl Victory photo!!

Lauren running out of the water

group photo!! Lauren, Bear, DK, Karla and Rita!! What a crew 🙂

Hey gang, happy Monday!  Hope everyone had a great weekend!  I laid low for the most part though I did get in a little after- dinner stroll to the grocery store this evening.  My mom asked me this afternoon when I planned to go running again and I replied with a very ambivalent “soon.”  Without a goal and lack of any sort of motivation, I must admit I have been very hard-pressed to strap on the sneakers and put foot to pavement.  I guess I need that looming threat or deadline to keep me focused.

But I can’t fall into that trap!  That’s what happened to me after my last race!  I got lazy in the months following the big run and got severely out of shape.  Not again.  This week I’m gonna find some sort of race and sign up- I promise.  Whether it be a 5k or something a little longer, this time next week I’ll have a new goal to work towards.  In the meantime however, here’s the pic I promised you last week.  Apologies for not getting it up properly last time.

Summer is in full force here in Baltimore, with temperatures in the mid 90s all weekend. Despite the heat, many members of Team Baltimore remained active this weekend.

On Saturday Perry Menzies participated in the annual Hereford High School Alumni lacrosse game. He was feeling particularly unselfish out there, so for most of the game he was distributing the ball to his teammates, however, he did finish the game with a goal.

Today Mike Kirby and Chris Diller beat the heat and went for an early morning 7 mile bike ride though Baltimore City. The highlight of their ride was the beautiful loop around Fort McHenry, which showcases the spectacular Baltimore Harbor. They went early to beat the mid day heat, but they were still able to get a good sweat in and enjoy their workout.

Another beautiful weekend here in Baltimore. We hope everyone enjoyed their weekend as well. Have a great week!

– Baltimore.

One of the best Saturdays in Los Angeles in a while for me. Granted I’ve been traveling a good bit but nonetheless….

It started out with a trip to the beach in the morning for a mini decathlon set up by my physical training clinic and sports institute. The events included 50m dash, Long Jump, Shot Put, 50m Hurdles and the 800m. I arrived a little late so I missed the 50m dash and the Long Jump so I was behind from the beginning but I ended up coming in third overall with a stellar performance in the hurdles if I do say so myself.

The training adventure clinic brought all sorts of characters and outfits to the beach on this gorgeous Saturday morning so the Post Decathlon Picture captured a lot. Now I just have to get all of them to get the WAO dri fits. But the events weren’t quite finished. The final event was a co-ed team of 3’s tug of war. I don’t mean to brag but Team Awesome, aka my team, pulled out the W and were the true champions for the day.

Team before the tug. 

Team after the victory tug-of-war match.

Lots of fun and sweat had by all.

Happy Saturday! AR. NF. NR.

Nick