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Going up to PA to visit the folks.
No three day weekend for me because I work in Mexico, but no one is going to stop me from having a cookout. :) Fajitas and some Coronas.
Great Blog Ray! keep going!
Wanna! :)
Dinner with friends Friday, a WNBA game Saturday, puttering around the house on Sunday, and working on Monday.
Hey Ray!
This memorial day weekend I’ll be doing a few short and intense bike/swim/running in preparation for my first triathlon of the season on June 5th, Olympic distance. Can’t wait!
Count me in!!
No three day weekend for me because I work in Mexico, but no one is going to stop me from having a cookout. :) Fajitas and some Coronas.
You are a good man. If all goes well Saturday I will be going on a mountain bike ride in the early AM, then I will watch our 2 baby girls while my wife goes on her ride. Sunday is a beach volleyball tournament which I look forward to every year and Monday will be relaxing and doing the usual p90x chest and back to start the week. All planned out to perfection. I hope. :).
My plan is to continue resting to allow my injured ankle to heal. While doing this I’ll be cheering on my wife running 5k race on Saturday and then on Sunday my son is doing his third kids triathlon in local pool. So despite no training on my part it will be very busy weekend and a lot of fun.
Bricks on Saturday and then hill work on Sunday. Training for Buffalo Springs 70.3! Thinking about doing an open water swim on Monday to celebrate Memorial Day.
yes, please! :)
Heading out to the lake to get some camping in.
MMMM …. BBQ
Now only if the weather would cooperate.
Taking the little one to Chattanooga for the weekend! Fishing, aquarium fun and caves.. whoo hoo!
Going to cook some hotdogs, have some smores, and hang out with friends. Thanks for the giveaway!
This weekend I will be doing a little yard work, some outdoor cooking, some running/biking, and the rest of the time sitting around doing nothing.
my little treasure… :)
I’m heading to BikeJam in Baltimore. It’ll be my first time going — have you been?
Long run on Saturday followed by lots of yard work to get our house ready to put on the market.
I’ll try to get my running form back and then tee it up on the golf course with friends.
Ah! Love, Love, Love GARMIN products! We have tons of garmin gps’s etc!!! My husband & I are both into fitness & he just bought me a new HRM a couple months ago. I know he’s had his eye on a new Garmin HRM & this would be perfect! :-) Thanks for having such an awesome sight!
Thanks for the giveaway Ray. Pretty simple really, long three day training weekend getting ready for IM Canada. Wish me luck.
Hi, Ray. I check out your blog everyday.
My wife and I were just talking about this weekend last night. My mom is having an 80th b-day celebration for my grandfather so we’ll do that Saturday. Sunday my wife is hanging with friends so I will be working in the yard, I’m putting in an irrigation system for the vegetable garden, and hanging with the kids. Then Monday will be parade time, and of course BBQ. Burgers and chicken most likely, but I’m still not sure where.
Last night the town and county I ) live (Lewistown, Montana) were declared a disaster area due to recent flooding. I’m going to be spending tonight, and every other day and night this weekend helping neighbors move the contents of their ruined homes, filling sandbags and doing whatever else I can do to help.
It has been a brutal winter here in central Montana, have only been on the road bike three times, and I was using yak tracks to run into April. I’ve already had to bag two races simply because I can’t achieve any consistency in training. To all you racing this weekend, I’m envious.
And yet, flooding is no tornado and no lives have been lost. Sports and exercise ground us to what we are capable of, and what our limitations as humans are. Have a great weekend everyone and though I would live to have a new Garmin, I’m just glad that when the water recedes I can still get out there.
Camping and Geocaching.
Ah! I wish I was doing BBQ this weekend! As it turns out, I will be working normal shifts and some overtime in my job as a paramedic. Ambulances are busy over holiday weekends like this.
Well in Singapore it’s barbecue weather throughout the year (day and night actually) so nothing special there. I will however be running the Sundown half marathon (without GPS watch *wink* *wink*) on saturday night and going for a bikeride on sunday morning (guess it doesn’t really count as a brick if you still get 4 hours of sleep in between, but whatever).
I will be running a half marathon on Sunday. Should be a beautiful day for it.
I will be completing (hopefully!) my first sportive :) This comes just after entering my first official 10k race! How fab would it have been to have a Garmin 610 at my side? (or indeed on my wrist) lol xxx
I’ll be testing my new RCX5!
Can’t wait for the upcoming long weekend. Thanks for another giveaway, Ray!
This weekend: getting ready for Rev3 Quassy Half next weekend! Brick on Saturday, long recovery ride Sunday, rest and relax on Monday…
Jason V.
Saturday: Bike and Open Water Swim
Sunday: Run
Monday: Bike and Open Water Swim
great blog!!
race this Sunday here: link to tritour.etriatlon.cz
Well there is no long weekend here in Australia. But it is taper time for the first Challenge event in Cairns next weekend. So time to kick back and get the gear ready for the race!!! BTW great blog :-)
Guys Weekend! Taking the day off Friday and heading to Ocean City to party it up with friends at Fager’s Island. On Saturday, we head to Dewey Beach to party it up some more. Back home Sunday to relax with the family.
Thanks
Mike D.
mdangelo30@hotmail.com
This weekend I´ll run and bike. A lot. A 20 mile run on saturday and a 50 k ride on sunday. Getting ready to run the Rio de janeiro marathon in july. Cheers from Lisbon.
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We’re traveling to Oregon! Going to stay dry (not a chance) and cool (yay!) in Portland.
Also, Murphy’s Law dictates that because I’m under physical therapy orders NOT to run, I’m going to win. ;-) :-P
Tai Fung
Will plan for a road bike ride in Saturday morning and a one hour run in my barefoot shoes on Sunday.
BBQ is planned but the forecast says possible thinder and lightning so we have to see.
I’ll be heading to the beach
Oh boy! This weekend is going to be full of adventure. Camping, Hiking, and rock climbing are all on the list. And we’ll be roasting some hot dogs of course. I’ve never tried BBQ sauce on a hot dog before…
I’ll be heading to the beach
Greetings from Barcelona!
Great blog!
No three day weekend for me over her, but I’ll be running a half marathon in Aachen with people from work. First race after Boston
This weekend I will be heading to the desert sun for some pool time and golf in Tucson. Part of me wishes I was staying put and running the Boulder Boulder.
Chris
I’m going to sleep A LOT. Also spectating a race that I can’t run.
Friend coming to CO to visit from Sea Level. Plan to trail run and mtn bike him into the ground! Should be 4 straight days of intense trails and solid beer drinking!
10 mile run Saturday followed by Prairie Home Companion at Wolftrap that evening. Sunday BBQ (menu still being planned but certain to be delicious). Monday we always volunteer for a small community 4 mile race. Oh, and I’d like to plant some flowers, hike the dog and swim laps. Good weekend.
Hi there,
This weekend l’ll be running in my club http://www.piranhatri.com ‘s 5k timetrail team event and hopefully get a few hrs on the bike on Sunday.
Have a great weekend!
I’m working all weekend! A long weekend, and I am working through all of it! Madness.
Having raced Columbia last weekend, my plans for this weekend are to slowly ease back into training and lots and lots of BBQ (3 nights, 3 different BBQ)!
Backpacking on North Manitou Island!
It’ll be hard to let go of my 305, but somehow I’ll manage.
I will be working. When I put my bid in last month for my work schedule I forgot that this weekend was a holiday.
Duathlon Saturday morning, followed by afternoon BBQ, then golfing in the evening.
Hopefully bringing my daughter home from the hospital on Friday, then a couple nice long runs and rides of relief over the long weekend
Great Blog! keep it up.
Brad
I’m headed to Virginia to visit family. I hope the weather is nice!
The display on my 2+ yr old Nike+ is 50% ruined by some blemish that keeps growing. I can only determine my pace by the minute now. I want to know my pace when I run!
“coach” has me doing a Sat Brick, Sunday Jim McDonnel 2 mile lake swim, Monday another brick….you know the drill. You and “the girl” have a swell weekend.
Going out to train on the Madison IM course.
I´ll be running 20 miles on saturday and riding 50 k on sunday. It should make me sweat…
Taking Friday off work to make it a 4 day weekend! Fri: 60mi Bike/7.5mi Run. Sat: 40mi Bike/3mi Run. Sun: 30mi bike. Hope the weather stays nice!
I am active duty military serving in Germany. AS I am close by, I am honored to be participating in the Memorial Day ceremony in Somme France at the American cemetery/memorial. Let us not forget what memorial day is truly about.
Spent the weekend building a new deck for the pool.
I’ll be gettin’ in some rides on a road bike, and 4 wheelers.
well.. sundown marathon 2011 is on this coming saturday night. I haven been training much for the 42km. Just planning to push my limits.
I’ll be running on Saturday, biking on Sunday and walking on Monday. Also giving away my 305 to make room for this 610 :)
Running the BolderBoulder 10K on Monday! And hopefully BBQing afterwards.
Taking my son on a child bike seat on a 10K ride to the park for a picnic. Priceless. Watching him sleep on the 10K ride back home. PRICELESS !
Taking my son on a 10K ride on the bike seat to a picnic Priceless. Watching him sleeping on the 10K ride back. PRICELESS !
I’ll be doing a triathlon with an indoor swim on Monday, but plan on doing some biking and running Saturday and Sunday. Thanks for setting this up!
In South Africa we call it a braai not a BBQ, we even have a national braai (BBQ) day.
Although we dont have a long weekend I plan to run up/fast hike up Lions Head (2195 ft).
At least the new watch has that nifty function to show you how to get back to your starting position which knowing myself will come in useful.
I’ll be competing in the BolderBoulder 10k for the 14th time. Nothing like enjoying Memorial Day with 55,000 of your closest friends!
Paul
pr_triblog@comcast.net
http://firsttimertriathlete.blogspot.com
We have a new baby and moving to a new house, so I plan to have a garage sale to get rid of my junk.
Yes please! Grad students can’t afford stuff like this!
I will be doing my long bike and run workouts this Saturday and Monday. Sunday will be a rest day with the family.
I plan to head to my families lake house for fun on the lake, wake boarding and tubing.
I am excited to spend some time with friends and get some decent weather to get some good road rides in!! And of course a little BBQ won’t hurt.
I’m going to run Sat, Sun, and Monday. Swim each day since our community pool opens this weekend. I’ll probably bike on Saturday for a bit. Cook-outs are scheduled on Sunday and Monday. I can get you an invite on Sunday if you want.
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A new garmin would be awesome!
I am going to visit my parental units to help them pack up their possessions to move from KS to AZ. (There will probably be a butt ton of tears.) Have a great weekend, Ray!
the swimming pool opens!
My weekend will be spent in Blacksburg, Virginia where I’ll be participating in the infamous Mountains of Misery century ride. Bring on the pain!
I’ll be waterskiing in the mornings and hanging with the family in the afternoons.
this weekend, spending time w/ my wife & a few friends camping in assateague. also putting in some road miles ove rthe long weekend.
Training in between the tornados here in KS!!
enjoy my anniversary and figure out how to tell my wife i purchased a quarq power meter.
Thanks for feedback on their product– it helped it making my decision.
Great, great blog.
BBQ/time with the family and a couple long runs
I plan on spending my weekend racing and training. Criterium Saturday followed by long ride, Long run Sunday and maybe a Criterium followed by a brick on Monday. There will be a healthy dose of food and yard work mixed in just to balance things out though.
doing a 155k bike ride on saturday, then volunteer for a rowing regatta
3 day weekends = time for an extra long ride!
5 Year Anniversary Weekend!
Next long weekend will consist of a public holiday on Thursday, and a day off on Friday. Those four days will be spend bouldering with the kids and friends in Fontainebleau.
After bouldering there might be some time to run the mud tracks in between the French corn fields, with great skies at the end of the day. Saturday evening this will be topped off with a BBQ (built the hour before with stones from the bricolage) and plenty of fermented grape juice (when you’re in France, do as the French).
I have the Cascades 10K Saturday morning, followed by a ride and then possible swim in preparation for the Old Tidewater Tri in 2 weeks, Woot!!
Hmmm, bbq sauce, why cant you give that away too?!
We’ve got less than a month until our wedding, so I will be working on some last-minute wedding details.
We were invited to a BBQ on Monday, but I may have to work (stupid TV).
Happy Memorial Day!