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TriNews
April, come she will A Tale of Fiction
AUGUST BEGINNER TRIATHLON Saturday August 13th 6:00 am check-in begins 7:00 am race start Location: Glorietta Bay, Coronado
AUGUST AQUATHLON Thursday August 18th 5:00 pm check-in begins 5:45 pm course talk 6:00 pm race start time Location: La Jolla Shores
AUGUST CLUB MEETING TBD Refer to the Club’s website for the latest updates.
for five kilometers before cycling. I returned to my bike with blis(with apologies to Simon and Garfunkel) ters the size of quarters on the backs My waistline ballooned after the winter By Barbara Javor of both heels. On the second run, not only did both blisters tear, but I took holidays, and I could no longer tolerate a header and hobbled across the finish line my pitiful excuses of short daylight and rainy weather to avoid working off the spare tire. Not muddy and scraped. Thankfully, my dream long after I started going to the gym regularly woman was not there. This was just a duathlon. in the evenings, I saw her—the woman of my Could a triathlon be any worse? dreams. She was always alone. She could press “May, she will stay, big weights, out-spin me in the cycling sessions, resting in my arms again.” and out-sprint me in the pool. She wore latex I signed up for a local sprint triathlon in May, swim caps with names of triathlons on them. and vowed to jam through the 500-meter swim Oh, she’s one of them. She’ll never notice me. Still, the attraction I felt for this perfectly fit, course. I lifted extra weights and swam extra beautiful woman was almost magnetic. I had to yards, closely monitoring my splits. Pleased I improve before I’d even get up the courage to had shaved off a few seconds per lap, I kept up say hi, let alone learn if she was single. I fig- the arduous routine until I felt a zap in my ured my best chance to meet her would be if I shoulder. I could barely lift my right arm for days, and with the race less than two weeks were a triathlete as well. My workouts became longer and more serious away, my only choice was to drop out or swim in February, and by early March I was ready to and bicycle with one arm. I participated in the sign up for my first race, an April duathlon along race, glad my dream woman was not at the a river trail in a local canyon. I hoped to see her event to witness my dismal performance. at the event and maybe say hi. I still won“June, she’ll change her tune, dered if she even knew I existed. in restless walks “April, come she will, when streams are ripe and swelled with rain.” On race day no one told me the river had flooded the canyon where I slipped and sloshed
she’ll prowl the night.” With the extended hours of daylight and twilight of summer, I began taking longer runs in the evenings on a popular, lit, park trail. One continued on page 24