Yates Tri Club featured in Y Life magazine
The tri club we started this spring at the YMCA is featured in the current edition of Y Life. The photo they selected is pretty funny. They asked us to stagger swimming down the lanes. Reminded me of that cell phone commercial where you always get 'more bars.' This photo was taken at about 5:15 am. I'm the second swimmer from the bottom. They also took some photos of us in the spin studio right before the 6 am class. I guess they were afraid to show our faces at that time of the morning.
I have one quote in the article, where I refer to sharing 'nuggets of information.' Pretty funny. Kelly Brown and Greg Yarborough can tell you that many of the nuggets shared during the warm-up for spin class aren't always tri-related, but they are entertaining.
My wife wants to know what's up with the term 'nugget.' The day after this issue of Y Life was delivered, we received a fancy engraved invitation from our bank inviting us to a special luncheon where a local historian will share 'interesting nuggets from Jacksonville's past.' She just didn't know that my vocabulary is so trendy.
Back to the article. . .
I was really impressed to read about Dave Pierson's lifestyle changes. He is an inspiration to many folks. I often see him in the pool working on his stroke, I always see him in spin class, and I know he is doing a lot of running. He isn't doing the sprint tri this weekend, but is aiming to do the second or third one in the series. He said he still needs to get more comfortable in the water before he tackles his first race open water ocean swim. He did say he's gone out to the beach a couple of times to practice. The man is on a mission! I can't wait to watch him finish his first race. Go Dave!
Go Yates YMCA Tri Club!