this has been a bit of a hectic week in our non-training lives (yes, we do still have those) - so we slept on the blogging a little.
what we would have / could have / should have posted was the photos from our last weekend. first, a look at how spritely spring has sprung here in brooklyn:

we went to the cherry blossom festival at our botancial gardens last saturday...

where we (i) (john) discovered that cherry blossom season is the same as lilaac season...

you can't really notice it in this picture, but we are INCREDIBLY TAN. hawaii was an investment that paid dividends - and we actually got even MORE tan the next day (last sunday) at the NJ State Marathon in Long Branch, NJ. i was the honored team mate for that team, as well, and so knew a lot of the runners (and their supporters). caught a ride down with some friends to cheer for some more friends - here we are at the finish line:

dawn, in the jersey, has just finished running the marathon with a time 15 min faster than my san diego time! (hence the gritted teeth in my grin). the two people between dawn and andrea are eliana and louis, team mates of mine from the san diego team who are currently in vancouver to run the marathon this sunday.

this program is really amazing. it has taken us - or at least connected us - all over the country, and brought so many amazing new people into our life. one of the amazing things about these people is the fundraising they do - our triathalon team has raised half a million dollars in 12 weeks!!!!

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!half a million!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! dollars!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

totally amazing. i'm really proud to be a part of it, and to recommend it to folks. calling all new yorkers: we'll be at an info booth for the leukemia lymphoma society on the upper west side this sunday (after we ride our bikes for an hour and a half...) stop by, check it out, and show us some love!