Author Kathleen Bober
Today was the 3rd and last of the 2016 AZ Open Water Swim Series at Canyon Lake, and I ended up winning 2nd in the series for the Distance Female 45+ division! What a surprise! I certainly wasn’t the fastest… Continue Reading →
On Tuesday, May 3, I rode with two friends from Le Buzz Cafe to Summerhaven on Mt. Lemmon. Round trip was 59.2 miles, with 7022 feet total elevation climb. Great weather – temperature at the top was in the 60s,… Continue Reading →
107 swimmers participated in the AZ Open Water Swim Series #2 at Bartlett Lake today. Distance options were 4K, 2K and 1K – I swam the 4K. Water temperature was 67F, almost too warm in a wetsuit, but I need… Continue Reading →
113 swimmers gathered just before sunrise at Lake Pleasant in Peoria, Arizona to swim the first of the AZ Open Water Swim series. There were three distances to choose from – 3K, 2K and 1K. I swam the 3000 meter… Continue Reading →
On June 9, 2016, I’ll be participating in The Great North Swim in Lake Windermere, England. The event takes place over three days, and about 10,000 people from all over the world swim either the 2 mile, 5k or 10k… Continue Reading →
In preparation for the San Diego Century Ride on May 21, 2016, I started leading GABA training rides on Mt. Lemmon on March 1. Over the course of 10 weeks, we add a couple miles to our climb each week,… Continue Reading →
I hosted my 2nd annual Birthday Brew Ride on Saturday, January 16. We had 15 cyclists on our 63 mile, social-paced, ride along The Loop. We started from Dragoon Brewing Company at 9:30 am and rode The Loop clock-wise, with… Continue Reading →
Alastair and I, with friends Michael and Paul Verdu, and their friends Jen and Joseph, joined hundreds of enthusiastic people at the La Jolla Cove Swim Club Annual New Year’s Day Polar Bear Plunge. It was a beautiful sunny day,… Continue Reading →
I completed the 104 mile Tucson Medical Center 33rd El Tour de Tucson, which was held on Saturday, November 21, 2015. Our group of eight (7 men and me) met at the starting line at 4:30am, and tried to keep… Continue Reading →
Another epic ride completed yesterday – GABA Silverbell Century! Just short of a hundred miles – 98.9 by my Strava app. It was a lot tougher than the Tumacacori Century three weeks ago – the last half was into fairly… Continue Reading →