The Life and Times of Sam Luna

So my first tri of the 2009 season was a complete success, I hurt and had a lot of fun! It was great having my friends Father Mikey, Big Jim and Ali, Scott, Leah and her hubby Jimmy who I work with. Jimmy also had a great race, look for some more fast times this year! The swim was better than expected, I hoped for anything under 5 mins, so 4:21 was awesome. Out of transition and onto the bike. Since the course was 15 miles, I stuck to my 20 mile and under rule of biking in my running shoes with platforms. I have never noticed any loss of power and the time gains in T1 and T2 are great. Superman mount onto the bike went smooth as usual. The bike course was unknown to me. I wasn't familiar with the course, winds or how my body would feel and hold up. I actually raced with a bike computer, I haven't used a computer since 2003. I used it to keep a judge of reality. If I started to see 24mph+ and felt like I was pressing I backed off. With the wind my speed was 26-27mph and that wou...

Toby topping out a route A very busy Memorial Day weekend, Combat Triathlon, Astros Game and some fun in Austin Bouldering and catching up with friends. I have been bouldering for a couple years thanks to some friends in San Antonio, Joe and Jill. They coach endurance athletes and taught me how to climb. With a couple friends from Houston we headed up to Austin to climb at the North Austin Gym . It is set up primarily for bouldering. There are alot of good routes and great climbs. We got to meet up with my buddy Nick from San Antonio and Samir who got to climb for their first time. Some pics and a couple videos are here .

The 2009 Austin Muddy Buddy was awesome! A great race with great friends. The short story is it rained Saturday afternoon cooling off Austin. Temps Sunday morning were perfect in the low 60’s and overcast. The 6ish mile course was technical and muddy. I pushed the bike up quite a few hills! My partner Dee and I had a great time of 40 mins and some change which placed us first in the CO-ED 76-85 age group, combined age of 2 partners. Our friends from up North, Mark and his daughter Jenna had a great race also and cut 15 mins off their time from the Chicago race last year!! Jenna also trains people , "Buddies in training", for the Chicago Muddy Buddy at Elite Fitness and Racquet Clubs . Check it out if you live in the Milwaukee area. Check out some of our photos here . We have a short video from pre race below! The longer "Race" Video is kinda large and needs to be cut down, it will be up soon too! Race results and photos !

So I am finally running again! 3 miles every Tue/Thur/Sat. It is not much, but it feels great! I am making a come back, wait so you say, "how many times can Sam come back?" Plenty! I have the honor of competing in the Austin Muddy Buddy this weekend with the Fabulous Dee! I did a couple of races in her place with the Bionic Thongs in 2007 , now I get to fill in for Allison and race with Dee! I hear we will be thonging with a couple other friends, Mark and Jenna, so Austin better watch out!