How About a Threesome*

The Lifetime Fitness Triathlon is this Saturday. There are two race distances: an Olympic course and a shorter course. AmyBee is racing in the long course. Go AmyBee!

And go Emdee and Nee, running companions and frequent commenters on this blog, who are participating in the shorter distance race.

Also racing is my favorite Frenchman, Vincent Francoual, an awesome chef who has a restaurant downtown. This man knows how to cook escargot! He races to raise money for a local charity and was featured on the LTF website a few months ago. Some people wanted to train with him and they were on the news the other night, waving baguettes as their "weight training." I was told that he was doing lifting of another sort while watching France play in the World Cup at a nearby bar. :-)

I ran six miles last night with Big M from my old running club. We met at her health club and left a few minutes earlier than the rest of her group. They were going to do hills and she didn't want to. She also wanted to avoid seeing her coach so she wouldn't get chastised for not sticking to her marathon routine. We had a nice run and did a lot of catching up, taking a detour from our planned route because a freight train was crossing our path. We actually did some hills, but it wasn't a "hill workout." Big M ran the Twin Cities Marathon last October and is training for it again. Emdee is turning 50 this year and is running Twin Cities to celebrate. Big M, and AmyBee, and a host of others, are running to support her.

When we got back from our run, the others were starting to return. We said our goodbyes and as Big M headed to her car she saw her coach! Then she had some 'splaining to do. :-0


*Saw on a t-shirt worn by my wholesome triathlete friend Emdee.