Santa Paula Canyon Hike

On April 27, 2008 we got up early (at least we considered it early) and drove towards Santa Paula, CA. Sunday's hike was Santa Paula Canyon along the creek.
Peter was so nice as to organize the trip and guide the hike. The scenery along the canyon trail was amazing: I remember in particular pointing out all these different "beautiful, tiny" flowers a long our way... It turned out we picked the right time of the year, for everything was blooming and the creek was filled with lots of water (Although this may sound very refreshing, I like to mention it was very hot).
After the hike but before Peter's car's odometer hit 123456 (mi), he brought the difference between a Freeze and a Float to our attention! Very delicious, btw.

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Nautica Triathlon 2007

September 16, 2007, one day after the Nike Run we, a team of three girls, had registered for the Nautica Malibu Triathlon as a relay team.
I think I can say we had been the most chaotic and unprepared team of the whole event. After registering on time in March, the entire schedule went out of control.
To make a long story short, I only like to mention that the chaos continued until the day of the race even during the race! I guess the worst part was the fact that we didn't even know whether we got the right chip for the race due to a mix up with another person right before the competition!

Although team "Unprepared" aka "Moondogs" had a couple of issues, I like to say we had lots of fun. It is worth joining one way or the other just because of the beautiful scenery at Zuma Beach in Malibu.

Despite the mess we finished in 14th (2:02 hours) place out of 37 other relay women teams. I personally think this is a very nice result for a very first, completely chaotic triathlon.
Our hopes are up for next year... the goal should be to show up "a bit better prepared"!

For results visit the Nautica website and click on "Results" in the upper right corner. Nautica Triathlon [ official website ]

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Nike Run Remix 2007

It's September again and another Nike Run had been scheduled.
This time we drove down to the Coliseum - a group of four girls - in order to join the fun event.
This year's t-shirt was solid red and way to tight... everybody struggled fitting in it... After doing some alterations we had lots of fun running anyway.
Two days after the event we learnt that something went wrong with the chip time starting mats. No data had been collected. Means there aren't any real results for this year's event...

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Chica Golf Course

Sunday we decide to first practice on the driving range and then walk over Chica Golf Course (9 hole). The weather is just perfect: not too hot yet sun pure. Silke and Andre - who is holding the golf club for the very first time - join the group. Although we are losing some of our balls to the water, the overall result is very satisfying.

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