Paolo and I spent the last week in Salt Lake City at the Outdoor Retail Show. This is my favorite show because I get to see so many people that I have known for many years. I always have a great time catching up with friends, former business colleagues, and with many of our great retailers.

We got back in town late Friday night and for me the weekend was surely going to involve two things; Running my dogs and paddling, and I did a lot of both. The dogs were excited to get out and put in some miles on the dirt, and I was excited to get out and put in some miles on the water. Saturday I put in a really hard paddle board workout, which I am oddly still sore from, and Sunday Lisa and I went up to Tahoe for a paddle. I stopped by and visited Phil at Tahoe paddle and Oar http://www.tahoepaddle.com/home and he was nice enough to send me out on one of his race boards. It was a great weekend, and was definitely needed.

For me this is going to be my last hard week of training before the next paddle board race coming up in two weeks. I will be happy to get this week over with so that I can relax and recover a little next week in preparation for the race. I recently got a waterproof case and headphones for my iPod from H20audio http://www.h2oaudio.com/ and am now even more happy when on the water. Sometimes working out can be painful and honestly not a lot of fun, so having good music with me one the water has definitely helped make those moments much more enjoyable.

Best,

Jay