Music by Bowling for Soup
Lyrics by Christina Davis


8 o'clock, Saturday morn and I'm waitin'
To finally go for a ride a little longer than most.
My bike is Sam, and she's a Trek with a triple,
She likes to climb, but goin’ downhill’s when she gets really mean.

And when I swim, ...

After 11 months of training, I completed my Ironman yesterday!

Here's the run-down:

T-3 days: Felt nervous, anxious. Had I trained enough? Wish I didn’t miss that weekend workout while I was in Maryland… would that affect me?

T-2 days: Focused on the pleasant task of eating lots and lots of food... Packed all of my gear, reviewed packing lists several times. ...

This week three years ago, I was training with Team in Training to run my first marathon and I became connected to the cause in a way that will forever be with me. It went something like this.

I knew that Leukemia was the kind of cancer kids can get. That was pretty concerning to me and I thought anything I ...

What a day!  I was up at 4am to drive to Lake Berryessa near Napa.  I'd never been up there, and was struck by how nice it is up there.  This has actually been a recurring theme during my training - seeing places for the first time and wondering why I've never seen them before.
The event was very small - I'm guessing there were 300 people there, which was a nice change of pace. ...

This Saturday, I completed a half-Ironman training event near Lake San Antonio. It feels fantastic to get to this milestone. I've spent the past three weeks trying to recover from a nagging cold, which forced me to do very light workouts. That might not sound like a big deal at first, but here's an example of the impact of this. A couple weeks ago, the team had ...

If you have not noticed it has been raining. A lot. Last Sunday the schedule said "Open Water Swim & 10 Mile Run." Remembering that I had experienced "some level of discomfort" during my last open water swim I thought I would be sneaky and "support" a few of my favorite people, who were running the Napa marathon last Sunday, and if that prevented my from attending the open water swim, I ...

Proof that I'm crazy... I just completed a 63 mile bike ride -my longest yet. Wait...that's not the crazy part. The crazy part is that this comes on a day when I was supposed to ride about half this distance according to our training calendar.

Why would I choose to do this? I could blame Chirag - my riding partner for the day - pressuring me into riding longer than ...

I just complete my first Olympic distance triathlon on Treasure Island, near San Francisco. The event itself was a lot of fun, but it was also a very real reminder of why I've joined Team in Training. In the days before the race, I received this email from the coaches:

Team,
Obviously you know Louie's name, as we are racing in the event named ...

I found myself in Maryland during the holidays. It was great to see my parents, but the 15 degree weather quickly convinced me that my training would be done in the gym. And as I trained on varous exercise machines trying to get a decent workout, I gradually came to a realization which can be summarized as "This sucks". People like to complain about the cost of living in California (particularly people ...

by Christina Davis
to the tune of "Winter Wonderland"


Cow bells ring, are you listening,Full of sweat, we are glisteningA beautiful sight, A "rest day" tonight,Working out in winter with the team. Gone away is the sunshine, Here to ...