Hi Team,

Are you a College Football fan? Maybe just an occasional watcher or fan only during Bowl Season. Here’s your opportunity…I have a pool for the BCS NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP GAME on Thursday, January 8^th at 8pm EST Oklahoma vs. Florida (in case you didn’t know ). 50% of the proceeds will prize money and 50% be donated to the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (good tax write-off and warm fuzzy feeling)…that’s a 4 in 100 chance of winning $125. If you don’t already know, check out

Please pass this along to your friends and family that would be interested…

Details:

·         $10/square (100 squares)

·         Names will be randomly drawn and placed in squares

·         Email will be sent out Thursday afternoon with the grid completed

·         On Game day a winner is drawn every quarter

I need from you:

·         Name

·         Email

·         Address

·         How Many Squares you want (more squares increase your odds)

·         Money mailed (PO Box 706, Corte Madera, Ca 94976) or given to me by Thursday @ noon…I know it’s short notice but you can do it.

Thank you for your contributions in advance. Stay Tuned for the Super Bowl XLIII pool on February 1^st and another opportunity to play, give, cheer, win…

Sincerely,

Moddie, moddies@hotmail.com

Now that the first Recommitment has passed, Some of you may ask yourself…

“How do I fundraise like an Iron Teamer? Not a TNTner, an IronTeamer!”

Well, here is a quick way to fundraise over $2,000.

Hello everyone and Happy New Year!!

 GREAT JOB for all of those who braved the cold on Saturday.  Dave says that the water at Lake Del Valle will make Treasure Island feel like a bathtub.  (Remember that came from Dave!)  We had a beautiful day and although it was cold, a very productive, fun workout.  Thank you all for making these days a lot of fun and very rewarding (speaking of rewards - how was that prime rib JT?)

 Congratulations to Belinda, our latest recipient of the spirit award!  We all wonder what she will add to the cape.

 Good news on the much anticipated calendar………. For everyone who has recommitted, the new calendar will come out on Tuesday morning with an explanation of it’s new format.  Big calendar (save the day) dates will be listed on the calendar document as well.

 We are starting a new 3 week build cycle just in time for those New Year’s resolutions.  The swim workouts are listed below and include a swim marker on Tuesday.  Please record your results in your training log AND send your results (in yards) to your mentor.

 Have a great week!

 Nancy, Dave, Alex and Wayne

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Ozzie is awesome.

Hi Team,

We hope you had a wonderful Christmas and have fun, safe plans to ring in the new year.  We are starting a recovery week so enjoy the shorter less intense workouts and let your body relax a bit.

We have one swim workout during the week (details below) and our first team open water swim next weekend!

Things you need to know for Saturday:  We will meet at Lake Del Valle in Livermore http://www.ebparks.org/parks/del_valle .  at 9am.  The website has directions and please note that a $6 per car entry fee is charged so I suggest you carpool.  (If you want to become a member of the parks for $50 per year you will not have to pay park entrance fees – this includes Shadow Cliffs which is a great place for open water swimming as well.)

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Damn, we are lucky.

Hi Team,

It was great to see everyone at the spin-bike-core-run-skills workout on Saturday.  We had a few solid bonks and hopefully everyone learned something about performing while depleted and recovering from that deficit to better performance. 

This week may be challenging with many holiday activities, traveling, and winter weather.  Please remember that a partial workout is better than no workout.

We hope to see all of you at the coached swim workout Monday night in San Ramon, and wish everyone happy and safe holidays.

Nancy, Wayne, Alex, Dave

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• Jan 4 : Coach’s Email - Week 9
• Jan 1 : A Slightly Different Ironman
• Dec 28 : Coach’s Email - Week 8
• Dec 26 : We live in a post card
• Dec 22 : Coach’s Email Week 7