Having fun in the city on Thursday night, prepping for camp!
Leading the talk on swim exit startegy
Giving my swimmers some tips during our test swim on Friday
The infamous Sand Ladder, and this is only half way up…
Another beautiful weekend in the Bay Area!! Reid and I headed into the city on Thursday night for another 3 day Escape from Alcatraz Camp. 3 down and 2 more to go. What a great experience for everyone! The coaches, athletes and their families all had an amazing time. We had 14 first timers to the sport of triathlon taking our camp. These newbies are so much fun to coach. They have this excitement and contagious positive vibe about them. Very cool!! And I am excited that I got in another swim from Alcatraz Island to St Francis Yacht Club, 71 times and counting and another friendly seal encounter 
Another SUPER COOL piece of news to report….I ran for the first time after 19 days of being injured. WOOHOO, my foot ached a bit to start but then it felt so good and all the endorphins kicked in and I was feeling on top of this world. Wow, it is amazing what we take for granted untul it is taken away from us. I had the best time running with our camp athletes and showing them the Alcatraz run course. It truly was a spectacular 3 day camp!!
Another SUPER COOL piece of news to report….I ran for the first time after 19 days of being injured. WOOHOO, my foot ached a bit to start but then it felt so good and all the endorphins kicked in and I was feeling on top of this world. Wow, it is amazing what we take for granted untul it is taken away from us. I had the best time running with our camp athletes and showing them the Alcatraz run course. It truly was a spectacular 3 day camp!!
Leading my swim group across the SF Bay
On another note, I wanted to share some more exciting news. Lululemon is launching a running and triathlon team in the Bay area (and across the country too!) Team Lemon is a group of athletes committed to training and racing for events together and having a ton of fun along the way! For those of you who want a super fun, diverse group to be a part of, this is the group for you. To find out more and to join send an email to teamlemon-sanfran@lululemon.com AND remember to join us in Walnut Creek on May 29th for the Grand Opening of Lululemon, right in the heart of downtown!!
Grinning from ear to ear during my first run back in 19 days )
21 Comment(s)
Teresa said:
Love the team lemon concept! Great way to get more involved in the sport
tn
Lisa G said:
Awesome! Glad to hear your foot is healing well and you are back running again!
Caroline said:
Great to hear you’re back to running. Just blogged about that same feeling of the pure joy that comes with being able to run after an injury. Here’s to no more foot pain (or any other injuries) for the rest of the season!
Molly said:
So glad to hear you are running again!!!! Hope you are feeling great!
Marit Chrislock-Lauterbach said:
I wish you could see my smile! GREAT news about the running!!! Hooray! Awesome job on your 71st crossing – super cool. Clad the seal was friendly
GoBigGreen said:
Congrats on the run! Ease back in…I know how hard it is bc you want to GO GO GO! I wish we had a LuLu here, we just have an outlet/showroom. Darn. I want to be on the team too:)
Chloe said:
The sand ladder freaks me out! Holy cow!! Glad your foot is feeling better!
Shawn and Tracy said:
Yahoo your back running! I hear you with the grinning. i was the same on my run tonight. 3 days in a row and counting! I love the lulu gear….any idea if there is a southern CA team?
Tracy
Eileen Swanson said:
Hey Tracy,
Yes there will be teams in LA, NY, Boston, Chicago, and TX!! When are you coming here to visit? Hope things are going really great for you guys!
E
ADC said:
Excellent news about the running. I was enjured couple of months ago so know exactly how it feels. Yay!!!
Missy said:
Endorphins are amazing, aren’t they? Addicted to endorphins…who else would work out 2x/day and think that’s fun?!?!
Great camp and I want to be a part of a fun tri team tooooo;)
Laura said:
I was just talking about the Escape from Alcatraz race with friends on Sunday and the infamous Sand Ladder – too funny! Glad to hear your foot is doing better.
ShirleyPerly said:
Eileen, I’m SO happy to hear that you were able to get back to running! I’m sure that must have felt great.
Glad you had a great training camp and very cool about the new team!!
Kim said:
What a great camp and you look so happy you are running again! So excited the foot is better. I can’t wait for this season Eileen, I think you’re going to be spectacular and really have fun.
Charisa said:
71 WOW – that is pretty fun! So great to hear about your foot
Beth said:
Great news about running again!! YEE-HAW!! Also glad camps was another success!
Benson said:
So glad you’re running again.
Very cool camp weekend.
Sand ladder…No effing way!
Mer! said:
YAYY on running! I’ve been MIA on blogging for a bit, but wanted to let you know I hope you’re doing awesome!!! Miss you Eileen!!!!
Hugs!!
Mer
BreeWee said:
I am so happy you are running again!
Hey, are you LULU chicks going to have one of those discount codes? You, Ross, and Beth have me so curious on those run shorts!
Good luck with your camps!!
Shan said:
Hey E! I’ve been out of the blog loop lately too – too much grad school stuff! I’m SOOOO glad you’re back to running! Care to show me any fun trails in your neck of the woods soon?! I’m moving up to Berkeley in 17 days!!!!
Can’t wait to hear back from Team Lemon – it would ROCK to train and race with these ladies…thanks for putting a good word in for me
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Mira Lelovic said:
That swim is amazing, you are so brave. So glad you are starting to feel better running.
And I can’t believe you got to meet 2 of the Biggest Losers! We love that show!