Beautiful Lake San Antonio!
Our Beautiful cabin front yard with lots of wildlife! Oh and my new Lululemon top 
Working Transition drills with the camp participants!
Reid and I are co-directors for all of the Tri California camps and clinics as some of you may already know. This past weekend was our first set of clinics for the year. For those of you who do not know about Tri Cal (http://www.tricalifornia.com/), it is the largest event management company in the nation with prestigious triathlons such as Wildflower and Escape from Alcatraz to boot, to name a few. Reid and I are basically in charge of putting on all of Tri Cal camps and clinics for all of their events. A super busy, super detail oriented job, so it’s great to share the work amongst the 2 of us. We have the privelege of hiring some of the best coaches out there to help us coach each camp or clinic. Such a fun and rewarding experience to give back to the sport!
We drove down to Lake San Antonio (the site for the Wildflower triathlon) on Friday morning. We got down there early enough to set up for the next day and to get in some good training. This course is amazingly beautiful but VERY VERY HILLY! If you LOVE hills this is the course for you. As many top pros that have raced here and continue to race here say ‘this is the hardest half IM on the circuit, hands down.’ Everyone should do this race at least once. I guarantee you will come back again and again to challenge yourself. It is definitely a race that will get you stronger for sure!! If it’s not the 15-17% grades on the bike, it will be the 16-18% grades on the run that will make you STRONG
Saturday and Sunday were full one day clinics 9-5PM, where each participant was given the opportunity to get detailed instruction, advice, tips, and led on all parts of the swim, bike and run courses. They did the full distance on all 3 events plus lots of talks and lectures on everything you need to know about triathlon! FUN, fun times and always awesome to help others out, we were all their at one point. As for myself, I am still learning too You can never get enough information right?!
You can never get enough information right?!We also did our own training on top of the clinics. My close friend Kristin came out to do some training with me on the course. We rode and pushed each other all through the entire 56 mile course and then some. Then we ran off the bike and pushed each other some more. We weren’t done after 4 hours so we ran and hiked (some of the hills were too steep to run on our thrashed legs) some more. We were pretty tired by the end of the day, to say the least! On Sunday I decided to take advantage of some free time to do some hill repeats on the bike! Wow, that really hurt in a REALLY GOOD WAY!
WHOA, I am tired today ) GREAT FUN in 80 degree weather too!
) GREAT FUN in 80 degree weather too!
Love these HILLS
Had to practice some gymnastics before we left!
14 Comment(s)
KP said:
Sounds like a very fun weekend. Love your pictures as always!
Steph said:
great weekend! great work on all that training and coaching. you look great in all of your photos.
GoBigGreen said:
Ooh i like hills and I LOVE your new lulu top!
Ruby comes home on friday…more pics this weekend. Happy Easter!
ADC said:
The photos are beautiful – it looks like a good course and fun camp.
Missy said:
~17% grades on the bike and then the run, ouuuch! Um, I think that would be a walk after a bike, for me. Sounds like great camp times!…I think:P
ShirleyPerly said:
I really missed out when I was living in the Monterey Bay area. I remember driving past Lake San Antonio many times but never went there (wasn’t a triathlete back then). But maybe some day I’ll have a chance to return for a visit and a tri.
Thanks for sharing those nice photos!!
Charisa said:
I love all your gymnastic shots!
Beautiful pics too!!
Benson said:
OOOOO, very nice pics.
Great teaching and training too.
Me likey Cali.
Beth said:
Sounds like a great weekend Eileen! Beautiful pictures. On the way from from California I was reading an article about Wildflower in Competitor Magazine and told Oscar – I have to do that race before I die!
GoBigGreen said:
Hi again! I think i was posting on your blog exactly when you were posting on mine! For the RAGAM dogs you have to have all these interviews, phone and in person, and you have to have an interview with a dog who comes to your house! Not the dog you want to adopt but another one. Then it is actually the foster family that “decides” if you would be suitable for the dog they are fostering. Quite intense, but good since many of the dogs have been left neglected or put up for “adoption” since their families werent able to give them the care they needed. Some are from puppy mills and sadly many too many have some serious health issues. It is heartbreaking to see those little ones with their stomach wrapped around their heart or one that is blind…some are just congenital defects from too much interbreeding.
Cant wait to meet Ruby! say hi to Belle!!!
Michael said:
Great pictures, its so neat that you and Peter can do that together – perfect that you can work and actually spend time together at the same time. Hope you got quality training in!
jessithompson said:
I’m jealous of all the sunshine!!!
b said:
Hi Eileen! thank’s for stopping by my blog on Wednesday and leaving all the great notes especially about puppy Obi
it’s true our pup’s keep us young and active as part of our families…we wouldn’t have it any other way. Your blog is fantastic, great stuff!!! Have a fanatastic Easter weekend and watch out for those Peeps 
b
Mel said:
Beautiful pics and that jacket is HOT
miss ya e….