INSIDE THIS ISSUE
AUGUST 2012
Tale of Fiction TCSD August Events TCSD Contacts Board Members Volunteer Committee
TRIATHLON CLUB OF SAN DIEGO
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Weekly Workout Calendar New Members Member Profile TCSD Conversation Tri-Ku
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Club Update: Swap Meet Race Report: IM Coeur d’Alene TCSD Spirit Race Reports: Rev3 Portland
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TriNews
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he Million Dollar Challenge is a were able to obtain bicycle ride from San Francisco to route maps for the CAF Million San Diego in October that benefits Dollar Challenge… to be reversed. Our our friends at the Challenged Athlete only unplanned factor was how many miles we Foundation, CAF. The reverse route is often con- could cycle per day and where to make our rest stops. We were planning for a sidered one of the SAG wagon to carry our supthose bucket list items, port items and act as call it what you our mobile rest stop. We will, for me and posted and received my wife, Bessy, multiple online confirthis would be our mations for our SAG honeymoon trip. vehicle and driver, but It reflects our By Bessy and three people backed out personalities Roger Leszczynski on us at last minute. by going to San Francisco for the first time the hippy way and would offer an excellent bonding opportunity. Why not Hawaii or some other popular destination? We already live in a beach paradise area called San Diego! A trip like this requires great preparation and planning. Both of us had logged 40 round trip work k. to make it to camp before dus commuter miles a day, with some Bessy pushing hard in Big Sur
reverse $1,000,000 Challenge
AUGUST CLUB MEETING Special Guest:
Matt Fitzgerald Endurance sports writer, coach, and nutritionist. Wednesday, August 15th Location: TBD Check the club’s website or yahoo group forum for the latest information.
century rides here and there for eight weeks. Clif Bars for energy and diet Coke for hydration, sodium, and a kick of caffeine were to be our main nutrition for our ride. Thanks to the TCSD mailing Yahoo Forum, we
This was to be a decent paid position as we wanted to help out someone who was temporarily employed. Well no wonder these people who backed out remain unemployed! Luckily for us continued on page 6