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Carlsbad triathlon surf forecast
July 10th, 2010 Categories: Aquathlon and Duathlon Race Reports, San Diego County Triathlon Race Reports, Triathlon Club of San Diego Race Reports, What to do in San Diego
CARLSBAD TRIATHLON- It seems that of the three events in triathlon none creates the anxiety of the swim and more so if it is an ocean swim with surf which is what the triathetes participating in tomorrow’s Carlsbad Triathlon will face. There are many resources online to help you self-coach the surf entry, but the most important pieces of advice are; 1. RELAX and 2. BE PATIENT.
Firstly, it’s only water not cement blocks. When you are faced with surf the best thing you can do is take the biggest breath possible, go deep and stay there in a RELAXED state of mind. Your perception may be that you were held down for well over an hour by the surf, but the reality is
that it lasts for about 10 seconds. Before your wave start, pick out a particular swimmer and time them from the time they go under until the time the surface. You will be surprised at how fast it all happens. Additionally, the water will not respond to your flailing so STOP!! All you’re doing is wasting precious energy and creating increased anxiety. I know this sounds easy and I promise, if you can kill the negative self talk you will have a much easier and faster time. Piece of cake!!
Secondly, if you find that you are experiencing elevated anxiety levels, be patient and the surf will eventually stop creating a window of opportunity for you to get out on your swim no problem. Waiting, even until the next wave starts, may be what it takes, but the 3-5 minutes you end up waiting to complete your swim is much better than ending your race before it ever really starts.
Remember, relax, kill the negative self talk and be prepared to wait on the beach until there is a lull if necessary. Breaking through these bad moments is what triathlon is all about.
See you on the beach!!
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Put my award winning marketing to work for you
June 26th, 2010 Categories: Client Testimonials, Real Estate News, San Diego county Real Estate News, Triathlon Club of San Diego Race Reports, What to do in San Diego
SAN DIEGO- I received an email yesterday from a member of the Triathlon Club of San Diego who 
works in public relations letting me know the Vflyer template design I created for my listings was named the custom theme of the week.
“It’s official: summer is here! To ring in the new season, we’re spotlighting a very summery custom theme this week from Brian Long of Sea Coast Executive Properties in sunny Encinitas, California. Brian’s custom theme says summer to me: the bright blues and yellows, the sun-and-sea feel of the branded header, and the sand like page background he uses. This is the vFlyer equivalent of a trip to the beach. It’s a well-integrated theme that, like most of the other great themes we’ve featured, prominently 
displays the most important information in the header.
Great job, Brian, and thanks for bringing a bit of SoCal sun to us up here in the foggy Bay Area.”- vflyer blog, 6/25/2010
Call me at 760.415.3329 to put my extensive ‘award winning’ marketing to work for you!! To commemorate this acknowledgement, from today until the end of July, 2010, I will discount the listing side commission on any non-short sale home $300K and above to 1.5%. Call me for further details.
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New Listing in the Sports Arena/ Pt Loma area
June 13th, 2010 Categories: Real Estate News, San Diego homes for sale, Triathlon Club of San Diego Race Reports
Checkout this 2007 Lennar built townhome in Cabrillo at the Bay. 3 bedrooms 2 baths and an AWESOME garage that has plenty of room for two cars and all the triathlon gear you could come up with. This is a very central location close to the San Diego river bike path, Mission Bay, the beaches and downtown. Contact me @ 760.415.3329 if you would like to see this home.
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Wednesday is the new Saturday 45 miler
May 18th, 2010 Categories: San Diego County Bike Rides, San Diego County Community News, Triathlon Club of San Diego Race Reports
ENCINITAS- Well with only 6 weeks left before Ironman Coeur d’Alene I wanted to get in a two loop ride emulating the bike course at IMCDA. Here it is.
We will be leaving my office in Encinitas, Sea Coast Exclusive Properties, at 9:00 if you would like to come along.
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Encinitas Sports Festival and Triathlon
May 13th, 2010 Categories: San Diego County Community News, San Diego County Triathlon Race Reports, San Diego county Real Estate News, Triathlon Club of San Diego Race Reports, What to do in San Diego
ENCINITAS- Once again Encinitas plays host to the county’s runners, cyclists, paddlers and triathletes with this and next weekend’s Encinitas Sports Festival and two sports festival expo featuring 40+ booths full of the latest in sports, fitness and health.
The weekend of the 15th and 16th is all about the beach starting with a 5K run on Saturday morning starting at the Moonlight beach parking lot, which is also the site of the expo. Also on Saturday will be the 3 and 6 mile Encinitas ocean paddle competition with 6 divisions.
On Sunday, the triathletes and swimmers get their day with a sprint triathlon and 1 mile ocean swim. The Encinitas triathlon features two distances. The sprint distance race, 750m/20k/5k, or the super sprint, 375m/10k/2.5k or for those that are not swimmers, there is the duathlon option which is a 1.5k beach run, a 10k bike leg and then a 2.5k run.
The following weekend, Saturday the 22nd, the cyclists have their day with the San Diego Century Bicycle Tour. This event, starting at Mira Costa College’s San Elijo campus in Encinitas features three distance rides of 37, 66 or 103 miles which takes participants east to Ramona. A great feature of this event is the organizers commitment to the environment making this a green ride. Their efforts include, but are not limited to;
Recycle and correctly dispose of all event waste Avoid use of plastic bottles, bags and containers Arrange for surplus food and clothes to be donated to local organizations for re-use Work to make all rider benefits re-usable incent riders to participate by arranging benefits; i.e.; preferred parking for share rides; discounts for riders who “ride in-ride out”. Register, support and work with local Environmental Organizations
So whether you bike, run, swim, walk, paddle or volunteer, the Encinitas Sports Festival has something for everyone.
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Solana Beach Triathlon and TCSD Cares Dave Martin award
July 27th, 2009 Categories: Aquathlon and Duathlon Race Reports, Real Estate News, San Diego County Triathlon Race Reports, Triathlon Club of San Diego Race Reports, What to do in San Diego
SOLANA BEACH- Yesterday was the first Triathlon Club of San Diego sponsored Solana Beach 
Sprint Triathlon. It to was the first time the Dave Martin award was presented by TCSD Cares, which is the newly formed charitable arm of the Triathlon Club of San Diego.
For those not familiar with Dave Martin’s story, he was the Solana Beach veterinarian and TCSD club member that passed after being involved with a great white during a club ocean swim. There was a fund raising effort done within the triathlon community for his family. Fortunately they were in a healthy financially position, so they decided to give the money back to the triathlon community. It was decided to make sure the money was used to help a worthy candidate with their education expenses and TCSD Cares would be charged with caring for the funds raised and granting this annual award.
The first recipient of the Dave Martin award, chosen blindly by the grant committee of TCSD Cares, is Jaclyn Trosper. I think most active TCSD members know Jackie and her mom Bobbie Solomon. Jackie is a mother of two and her husband is a 3rd class Petty Officer in the US Navy. She has been working towards her RN license, which she recently tested for and passed, and is now taking specialized classes hoping to become involved in organ donation. Jackie and her mom have been very involved in TCSD as volunteers and I am sure Dave would be very happy with her selection. I know that the Martin kids are as they participated in the selection process. 
Congratulations JACKIE!!! You are a fantastic member of TCSD and very worthy of this award.
One last note on the Martin Family, Dave’s grandson Tanner Martin has became involved in triathlon immediately after his grandpa passed, as did Jeff his father. Yesterday Tanner CRUSHED the course and finished first in his age group, 12 and under. I am currently in negotiations with Tanner to work as his agent as I think the kids gotta future!!
The triathlon was blessed with PERFECT conditions, if you like your swim entry and exit with plenty of surf. A big swell started rolling in to the San Diego area starting Thursday with surf up to 10 feet in some areas of the county. By Sunday the surf had subsided somewhat but for the beginning of the Solana Beach triathlon it was still in the 3-4 foot range with occasional 5 foot sets rolling through.
Having grown up in the water, I forsaked racing and decided I could better support and represent TCSD as a swim buddy. As always it was a blast. I LOVE the surf and it’s always a good day when you can help someone get through conditions that would otherwise end their triathlon. 
My first swim was with Shellby Madden, who too is a recipient of TCSD Cares. Next was with TCSD member, Helen Barker, who came out of the water in 7th position in her wave. By helping keep up her confidence during the surf entry and exit, she did very well. My favorite victim, I mean athlete was Sophie. I truly believe that she would have not completed the event had I not been there to pretty much demand that we keep going. That whole tough love thing.
I knew she was having a tough time when I saw her surface from a wave and do what most inexperienced swimmers do and that’s take a quick gulping breath. In this situation, and it proved true this time, you take in a mouthful of water as the undercurrent is still active and usually pulls you back down a bit. The look on he face at that point was one of panic as is often the case when the O2 you were hoping for is actually H2O. I grabbed a hold of her, made sure she stayed above the water, could feel my presence hopefully giving her some security and refused to hear her pleas of turning around. I knew she was OK and it became my mission to build her confidence. Two waves later we were passed the surf zone and she was on her way to finishing and I received this promise from her;
I know you have heard this a thousand time but thank you thank you for this morning. Without you I don’t think I would have made it out. I hope one day I will be the person that helps other but I think for now I will learn how to get better at those surf entry and
exit!
Thanks it meant a lot to me and I was able to go through the swim without going on full blown panique(panic) mode and thus have a "strong" second part of the race!
Yes my goal is to spend a lot of time in the waves that I have been avoiding until now and learn how to go under them deep. Until I decided to go do triathlon I was very happy to stay on the beach and watch the waves…. Now I have decided to do something that forces me to learn how to master surf entry/exit!
So that was my Solana Beach Triathlon. Hope to see you out there next year and a HUGE THANK YOU TO ALL THE VOLUNTEERS!!!
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Camp Pendleton Sprint triathlon raffle winner
July 17th, 2009 Categories: Aquathlon and Duathlon Race Reports, Client Testimonials, Triathlon Club of San Diego Race Reports
SAN DIEGO- Claudia Flynn subscriber #53 is the winner of the Camp Pendleton Sprint Triathlon entry.
If you have not done the Camp Pendleton Sprint triathlon it is a very fun and unique race. Here is my race report for the sprint triathlon from last year’s event.
Also Congrats to TCSD member and CAF supporter who won the San Diego International Triathlon entry. We caught up with her picking up her packet at the race expo.
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Carlsbad bike lane closure
May 31st, 2009 Categories: San Diego County Bike Rides, San Diego County Community News, Triathlon Club of San Diego Race Reports, What to do in San Diego
Carlsbad– Saw this on my ride and thought I would send it out. There is not a sign in the north bound lanes so I think they are just FINALLY fixing the bike lane from Poinsettia to
Ponto Beach.
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San Diego International Triathlon entry winner
May 23rd, 2009 Categories: Aquathlon and Duathlon Race Reports, San Diego County Triathlon Race Reports, Triathlon Club of San Diego Race Reports
SAN DIEGO– The winning email for subscriber number 122 is ejgowie@aol.com. I have sent an email to the winner and they have until Monday to get back to me.
Next drawing will be for an entry to the Carlsbad Triathlon.
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Million dollar views for the first time buyers
April 15th, 2009 Categories: Aquathlon and Duathlon Race Reports, Client Testimonials, San Diego County Community News, San Diego County Fixer of the Week, San Diego County Triathlon Race Reports, San Diego county Real Estate News, Triathlon Club of San Diego Race Reports, What to do in San Diego
SAN DIEGO– Lately I have been working with quite a few first time buyers. With the interest rates hovering at or under 5%, home pricing back to levels creating a near record high affordability rate and the $8,000 tax credit, it’s no wonder these buyers are entering the market.
For the first time buyer with the active lifestyle looking to buy in a central location with a huge upside potential, I have the perfect home in the north Bay Park area. How do I know this home is ideal for you? I have in the sold two homes within this pocket in the last two months and here is what those clients have said.
“This is one of those rare finds in San Diego. It’s centrally located, easy freeway access, quiet, safe, and it has an amazing sweeping view of Mission Bay and the ocean. It also has a unique charm found only in older San Diego neighborhoods. With these amenities, this is easily a
million-dollar plus neighborhood. And most of the neighborhood is filled with expensive houses to prove it. There are only a small handful of original houses available, tucked away in between these higher priced, remodeled homes. If you are lucky enough to catch one of these original homes up for sale, you can live in a million-dollar oceanview neighborhood for a fraction of what such properties usually go for.”– closed escrow 2/11/2009
and
“After searching for 2 years, I found this house in Bay Park with an awesome view, in a great neighborhood that is centrally located. I saw a lot of fixer uppers in okay neighborhoods, or better houses in questionable neighborhoods, but this house and location had the best potential. I have been enjoying my bay/ocean view out on the deck every night!” -closed escrow 3/23/2009
This 2 bedroom 2 bath home at 3635 Princeton Avenue provides you with amazing southern views from downtown over the bay and to the west facing the ocean overlooking Pacific Beach. From the deck you can see the transition area for the Triathlon Club of San Diego races on Fiesta Island on race day and on the 4th of July you will have front row seats to the Seaworld fireworks show.
It is a downhill coast to Mission Bay for your Fiesta Island workouts and it doesn’t get much more convenient for getting those extra minutes of sleep before heading down on race day for your triathlon or 10K.
Additionally all the events, including those Friday night swims at La Jolla cove, and dining opportunities of downtown and La Jolla are within 15 minutes of your new home.
If you are in the market for a detached home under $400,000 in a neighborhood of million dollar homes, call me at 760.415.3329 for your private showing.
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