The RainMan Indoor Triathlon is less than two weeks away. At last Saturday’s launch event I grabbed one of the spots in the bike/run clinic coming up Monday night. There are still spots left, so email info[at]trifreaks.com to get in on the fun.
Bike/Run clinic
March 15, 2010
7:00 p.m.
Road Runner Sports (7020 Woodlawn Ave NE)

Spring registration began today (Tuesday, March 9) at noon for Seattle Parks and Recreation classes and programs.
You can browse offerings and register online via SPARC (Seattle Parks and Recreation Connection).
A pdf of the North Central catalog can be found online as well.  The catalog includes information about classes and programs at Green Lake Community Center, [...]

From SeattleCrime.com:
Police are on their way to Greenlake to deal with a woman who stripped down and jumped in the lake at about 8:30 am.
Officers have called for a medic unit and an officer equipped with a Taser.
We’ll let you know what happens.
Update @ 8:54: Police have located the Lady of the Lake but have [...]

Update about the RainMan from the TriFreak Facebook page:
Join us March 6th between 2-6pm at Road Runner Sports [7020 Woodlawn Ave NE] by Greenlake for our RainMan Indoor Triathlon Launch Event!
The event itself is Sunday, March 21st and you can register online for $50 before the day of the race.

And now, another installment from the Green Lake Archives!
Our last blast from the past came via a 1903 missive authored by “Green Lake Kicker.”  In the same edition of The Interlaken, adjacent to the Kicker’s dog-hating rant, we find this interesting letter, showing community-support for the as-yet-built Green Lake playground, community center, bathhouse and swimming [...]

The Seattle RainMan is not your average triathlon…and there won’t be much rain involved as the swim and bike are indoors.

15 minute pool swim in Evans Pool (7201 E Green Lake Dr N)
30 minute station bike ride (note: BYObike)
Run 2.5 miles around the lake

Register by Monday, February 15th for $45 (2/16-3/20 is $50 and race [...]

Apparently Cupid doesn’t subscribe to the “wait thirty minutes between eating and swimming” rule because there’s a FREE potluck party at the pool:
Saturday, February 13, 2010
Noon-2:30 p.m.
Evans Pool
7201 E Green Lake Drive N
Come and gather with the patrons, staff, and community of Green Lake! We will set up the pool with tables and chairs; you’re [...]

Here’s a great way to jump start that New Year’s resolution, courtesy of Craigslist:
Resolve! Join Adult Masters Swim–First week free early workout (Green Lake)
Date: 2009-12-23, 11:57PM PST
Reply to: comm-72sjn-1523401949[at]craigslist.org
Join Green Lake Masters Swim Team 5 AM workouts–first week FREE–to learn how to swim, or extend your pleasure swimming with a coached workout. Best of all–swim [...]

The ice cover at Green Lake’s east beach was inpenetrable (by kids and dads hurling rocks and chunks of ice), but the rime at west beach could barely support a couple ducks, let alone scare off seven poets. Check out the Poetess at Green Lake’s full summary of Saturday’s second annual Poetry Polar Bear Plunge. [...]

Got some extra towels in your linen closet?  Why not give them a shot at literary glory? Mylinda sent in the following:
Wanted: Towels to dry off cold poets!
They will be reading their frosty lines on Saturday December 12th, then jumping into the lake ~ brrrrr ~ and we need some warm snugglies to wrap [...]