We have 2 long swims on the calendar this week. Those are your key workouts.  Everything else is secondary.

There is a Wednesday night track workout at Kezar, There will not be an East Bay track workout this week.

Saturday we have a bike spin followed by a run at the Sports Basement in the Presidio. Bring your bike trainer and running shoes. Also, bring your helmet. We will have a brief clinic and practice on how to take a bottle from a volunteer at a bike aide station if you have never had the opportunity to do that before. Finally, we will have a presentation on the calendar of events at Ironman Canada and answer any and all questions. Bring ‘em on!!

Sunday there is an open water swim at Aquatic Park followed  by a 10 mile run thru the Presidio.

A good read on the real history of Ironman Canada. [.pdf file]

Marin Century tomorrow can’t wait.  7am, meet at the school.

Important information for registered riders in 2007.

There will be road construction around the Start/Finish which will effect parking after 6am outside Valencito school. There will be parking at the school before then until the spaces are filled. After approximately 6am, parking will be filled at the school, and parking will be available around the Terra Linda High School, South on Nova Albion. Do not park near Kaiser or in their parking lot. If you do not heed the No Parking Signs, your car will be towed. Terra Linda High is 1/4 mile from the start. Park near there.

July 30, 2007 – Ironman China Ltd. (ICL) announced today that it has entered into a hosting agreement with the City of Haikou, Hainan, China, for the staging of the inaugural Ironman China triathlon. The first-ever Ironman in China will take place on April 20, 2008, in Haikou, the capital city of Hainan Province.

“After several years of planning, including two postponements, we’re extremely pleased to announce that Ironman China will at last be staged next year on April 20,” said Robert D. Vernon, president of ICL. “We have cemented our relationships with both the World Triathlon Corporation and the China Triathlon Sports Association, and we’ve moved the event to Haikou where we have the enthusiastic support of the city and provincial governments. Everything is signed, sealed and delivered, and we are already months into the preparation of what we expect will be an extraordinary Ironman experience.”

“The race course is 100 percent world class,” said Murphy Reinschreiber of PCH Sports, a partner in ICL. “The city is redesigning a beachfront area to host the swim start and transition area. The two-loop bike course provides athletes with at least two full lanes available to cyclists at all times, and the run course, which traverses Haikou’s beach front, city parks and downtown city streets, is flat with the exception of two crossings of Haikou’s signature New Century Bridge. While we expect the weather to be hot, a good deal of the run course will be shaded by palms.”
Hainan Island, known as the Hawaii of China, is a beautiful tropical island located in the South China Sea about an hour by air from Hong Kong. Haikou, the island’s principal city and capital, has a population of 1,700,000 and features world-class resort hotels, sandy beaches, and a vibrant city life.

The Ironman China Web site (www.ironmanchina.com) will begin accepting registrations by August 3, 2007, and links to the event may be found at www.ironman.com, the Web site of the World Triathlon Corporation (WTC).

Marin Century Ride, this Saturday.

We’re meeting up at 7am at the school.  Wear your flames.
There is a lot of great food on this ride, but the best food is at the end.

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