What triathlon based gift did you get?   This year, there were no big triathlon related items that I wanted, so I wasn’t expecting any of my gifts to be triathlon based.  I was therefore surprised to get two things, that will help me in my favorite sport.

The first gift was a pair of new swim goggles from Roka.  I have wanted to try this particular goggle for quite a while, so I was especially pleased.  I tried them out on my swim this afternoon and I quite like them.   It took me quite a while to get them adjusted so they didn’t leak, but I eventually solved that issue.  I then suffered a little with the lenses fogging up, but I think that will be easily fixed with some baby shampoo.

My second gift was a book. It is a cookbook written by Olympic Steeplechaser, Emma Coburn.  The book is called “The Runner’s Kitchen”.  I am increasingly interested in nutrition, so this was also a great gift.  I got to test out this gift today too.  My wife made Maple Turmeric Chicken Thighs from the book for dinner tonight.  They were delicious.  They even made a nice photograph for today’s blog.

Triathlon based gifts are always fun to get.  Mine were a little different this year.  Even though they were not as expensive as my gift two years ago, I really like them both.