Erika's Post

Hi all--

Here's that tri training thing I brought to Suzan's the other day. I
don't
have Sally's email, so would someone kindly forward this to her for me?

After talking to some of you about training, it sounds like we have a
huge
variety of availability and of background/readiness for this, so I am
not
sure if this is going to work... but I have a proposal: let's try for a
once
a week "training" gathering, child care provided, on Sunday mornings.

I am imagining one house as a starting point, leave kids there with
willing
adults (dads, grandparents), and then we can train from there (as a
group or
individually). Whoever is "hostessing" could choose a route (pick a
lake, or
plot out a course on the parkway or whatever). We could loosely follow
the
training schedule (it starts with Sunday bikes for the first several
weeks;
and starts 4/16). I think biking would work really well this way, and
even
though our paces may be different while running, we could still do x
minutes
or miles and meet before / after for some inspiration and an
opportunity to
check in re: things we know about this training stuff! And treats ;)

AND, because I love to see you all and tend to actually work out if I
know
someone is expecting me to be somewhere, I'd also be totally
willing/interested in setting up any other time during the week that
works
for any of you -- maybe small groups with set times during the week?
While
kids are at school or even dropping them in childcare at the Y. Or now
that
it's nice out so late, even after dinner.

All that said, anyone want to go for a bike ride on this weekend on
Saturday
or Sunday afternoon? Or Saturday April 7? We can leave from here and I
already volunteer Kerry to head up the Playgroup for the kiddos -- he's
so
game it's great!

--E