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How we’ve spent our week

We had a great weekend biking around the Solvang area. Saturday was the Solvang Prelude where we rode 50 miles, then on Sunday we did a recreational 25-miler from Solvang to Babcock Winery (one of our favorites) and back (25 miles). In all the time we've been going up to ...

A working Halloween and a pause to give thanks

We spent Halloween weekend in Pasadena, at the California Library Association's annual conference. All of our time was spent in an exhibit booth, so I have no real idea how the conference went, but our booth area seemed pretty popular. The booth's theme was "Libraries, Learning and Zombies" so we ...

Another year older and deeper in, well, something…

So my 52nd birthday has come and gone. It was a movable feast of multiple celebrations over a few days and since we were on the road for several days before and after the big day, so I haven't had much chance to update the blog (that's my excuse and ...

My knight in shining armor!

Today marked a really great day in our post-cancer world. Six months after finishing his last chemo treatment, Chuck ran the Healdsburg Half Marathon in 2:48, an awesome time by any measure, but really amazing compared to the last half he survived (you can't really call it running) last May. ...

Oh, my aching sit bones!

Now that the Las Vegas Triathlon is out of the way, we've fixed our focus on the next two races: a half marathon next weekend in Healdsburg, and a 50 mile bike ride in Solvang in November. So yesterday we ran 9 1/2 miles and today we hammered out a ...

Not in my wildest dreams…

Full disclosure

The results of the Las Vegas Triathlon that I did on Sunday are online and I did come in third in my age group...out of three. *sigh* Hey, but at least I finished! And my karma is intact. Somebody's out there isn't, though - our friend and fellow triathlete Valerie's ...

Things to do when it’s 106 degrees

In my case, it included swimming 1.5K, biking 40K, then running a 10K at the Las Vegas Triathlon. And let me tell you, it was HOT out there! The triathlon took place in and around Boulder Beach at Lake Mead. The swim started around 7:15am and the temperature was only ...

‘Nuff said…

Protect Insurance Companies PSA from Will Ferrell

Getting strong now

So here at Chez O'Shea we have been all about the physical fitness/getting in shape thing of late. I've been training for an Olympic distance triathlon that is (gulp!) next weekend and Chuck has been struggling to get back in shape post-chemotherapy (they don't really tell you ...