AC Joint Injury

Last night my shoulder was getting progressively worse even with just minor movements, so I set my alarm for 8am this morning to call the Sports Medicine department at the Palo Alto Medical Foundation when they first opened.  This is a really good place to go and the doctors are all experts, but my past [...]

Shoulder Issue

Well, 15 days into the new training year, and I have my first setback. Sometime last week I think I slept on my shoulder funny, and it has been bothering me slightly since. It hadn’t affected my training until today, though. Although a little tired, my swim yesterday went just fine and [...]

Intuit Holiday Party

Intuit had its annual Holiday Party on Saturday, and it was a nice break from training to go up to San Francisco City Hall for the event.  Due to the economy, I think they scaled back a bit (no chocolate fondue fountain!), but it was still really nice.
The CEO and founder giving an introduction:

 
The Latin [...]

Two Weeks Complete

The first two weeks of this new triathlon season have come and gone without much to note, which is a good thing sometimes.  At the beginning of last year’s season, I was really focused on swimming a lot more than I ever had.  Until my foot started hurting in June, everything seemed to be going [...]

A New Year Begins

After the San Francisco Triathlon I started a restoration period.  I had been going pretty much nonstop, at least with swimming, since the end of last September.  I still did at least 30 minutes of swimming, biking, or running every day the past three weeks.  I’ve noticed that training motivation has a bit of an [...]