Karmically, not the best decision, I realize, but the water was beautiful, once you got past the rough surf at the beginning and made your way through the cold spots. At the quarter-mile buoy, I met up with a guy who wanted someone to swim with and we set off for the half mile point. There's no marker there this time of year, so you kind of have to guesstimate it. He said he got nervous swimming alone. I don't see why-- he blew me out of the water. He got there a good 25 yards ahead of me and swam back so fast I lost sight of him after the first couple of minutes. Just trying to keep up made it one of my fastest miles to date probably (I don't swim with a watch).
Saturday we did a thirty mile bike/3 mile run time trial. Flat, windy, transition troubles and I got a flat. I nearly hit some recreational cyclists on the path near the end (their fault) and they were rude to me after. "Single file!" I sniped at them. I should have just kept my mouth shut and kept my focus. There's always going to be rude people. Instead I let them get to me and I forgot to use the last part of my ride to stretch my calves out. I felt like I was running on lead bricks the whole way and my quads ached like they never have before from a run. I've got to run twice as far for the race and all that after nearly a mile of swimming. I'm gonna hurl when it's all over. Just you see.
I almost skipped out on the ocean swim today, but I made it to practice just in time to hit the water for 1.5 miles. It was worth it. I love being in the water and I love the way it makes me feel after. I'm glad I found this sport, and glad it's something I might be able to do for the rest of my life, what with its low-impact nature and all.
So that's the news. Here's the break down:
Day 51 of training: (Friday 2/20 1 mile swim)
Group rides: 3
Solo rides: 8
Resistance training: 4
Spin classes: 9
Pool Swims: 9
Maintenance Runs: 14
Ocean Swims: 8
Track/speed run workouts: 4
Bike/Run Bricks: 2
Day 52 of training: (Saturday 2/21 30/3 mile bike/run brick)
Group rides: 3
Solo rides: 8
Resistance training: 4
Spin classes: 9
Pool Swims: 9
Maintenance Runs: 14
Ocean Swims: 8
Track/speed run workouts: 4
Bike/Run Bricks: 3
Day 53 of training: (Sunday 2/22 1.5 mile swim)
Group rides: 3
Solo rides: 8
Resistance training: 4
Spin classes: 9
Pool Swims: 9
Maintenance Runs: 14
Ocean Swims: 9
Track/speed run workouts: 4
Bike/Run Bricks: 3
Oh, I almost forgot. Thanks to all the generous support from friends, family, co-workers and even some strangers, I've met my fundraising minimum for this event. The important work of Team In Training and The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society goes on though. Please consider making a donation to one of my teammates:
http://www.tinyurl.com/find-a-cure or http://www.tinyurl.com/cure-blood-cancer
Sunday, February 22, 2009
Friday, February 20, 2009
Another abandoned blog...
...not really.
Nor have I abandoned training (at least, not entirely). I just hit a little snag, but I'm getting back into the swing of things.
I got three hard days of training in before leaving for 6 days in Puerto Rico, during which I actually managed to get in an ocean swim. The Atlantic is considerably less forgiving an ocean than The Pacific, even in the Caribbean. You can't swim out past the break to get past the waves. They're everywhere. I finished the swim with scrapes on my knees and splinters in my fingers and toes. Splinters! From swimming! Who gets that?
After that it was pretty much a shambles. Four hard workouts and late nights with drinking (and dancing on a pole in a club) amounted to a two mile shuffle the next morning. Then that was that. Caught a cold at the tail end of the trip and pretty much an entire week was shot. Mentally I was out of focus and lacking determination. I kick-started things on Monday with a long-ish run followed by a spin class Tuesday and another short run yesterday. Last night was a day off for yoga class and this evening I'll try to get back in the ocean. Next week I'll start doubling workouts up.
I promise to try harder. This week I met up with an old friend from New York who was in LA for the week and learned that is son has been diagnosed with cancer. Triathlons aren't hard, chemotherapy is hard. Stop whining. Start getting in shape. There's work to be done.
On the plus side, I am now a mere $58 away from my fundraising minimum of $5450.00. Thank you to everyone who has donated. If you haven't been able to make a donation yet, please consider doing so today. I may be close to my goal, by The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society still has a lot of important work to do, and they need your help.
Thanks.
Here's the (rough) breakdown since my last post:
Day 37 of training: (Monday 1/26 approx 5 mile run and lifting)
Group rides: 3
Solo rides: 7
Resistance training: 5
Spin classes: 5
Pool Swims: 7
Maintenance Runs: 10
Ocean Swims: 5
Track workout: 2
Bike/Run Bricks: 2
Day 38 of training: (Tuesday 1/27 sprints in the sand-- approx 5 miles)
Group rides: 3
Solo rides: 7
Resistance training: 4
Spin classes: 5
Pool Swims: 7
Maintenance Runs: 10
Ocean Swims: 5
Track/speed workouts: 3
Bike/Run Bricks: 2
Day 39 of training: (Wednesday 1/28 pool swim and spin)
Group rides: 3
Solo rides: 7
Resistance training: 4
Spin classes: 6
Pool Swims: 8
Maintenance Runs: 10
Ocean Swims: 5
Track/speed workouts: 3
Bike/Run Bricks: 2
Day 40 of training: (Thursday 1/29 one hour biking on rollers)
Group rides: 3
Solo rides: 8
Resistance training: 4
Spin classes: 6
Pool Swims: 8
Maintenance Runs: 10
Ocean Swims: 5
Track/speed workouts: 3
Bike/Run Bricks: 2
Day 41 of training: (Friday 1/30 1.5 mile ocean swim brrrrr followed by lifting)
Group rides: 3
Solo rides: 8
Resistance training: 6
Spin classes: 6
Pool Swims: 8
Maintenance Runs: 10
Ocean Swims: 6
Track/speed workouts: 3
Bike/Run Bricks: 2
Day 42 of training: (Saturday 1/31 5.4 mile run on trails)
Group rides: 3
Solo rides: 8
Resistance training: 4
Spin classes: 6
Pool Swims: 8
Maintenance Runs: 11
Ocean Swims: 6
Track/speed workouts: 3
Bike/Run Bricks: 2
Day 43 of training: (Monday 2/2 spin class YOZERS!)
Group rides: 3
Solo rides: 8
Resistance training: 4
Spin classes: 7
Pool Swims: 8
Maintenance Runs: 11
Ocean Swims: 6
Track/speed workouts: 3
Bike/Run Bricks: 2
Day 44 of training: (Tuesday 2/3 track workout DOUBLE YOWZERS!)
Group rides: 3
Solo rides: 8
Resistance training: 4
Spin classes: 7
Pool Swims: 8
Maintenance Runs: 11
Ocean Swims: 6
Track/speed run workouts: 4
Bike/Run Bricks: 2
Day 45 of training: (Wednesday 2/4 spin and swim)
Group rides: 3
Solo rides: 8
Resistance training: 4
Spin classes: 8
Pool Swims: 9
Maintenance Runs: 11
Ocean Swims: 6
Track/speed run workouts: 4
Bike/Run Bricks: 2
Day 46 of training: (Friday 2/6 0.75 mile ocean swim in the Atlantic with splinters!!!)
Group rides: 3
Solo rides: 8
Resistance training: 4
Spin classes: 8
Pool Swims: 9
Maintenance Runs: 11
Ocean Swims: 7
Track/speed run workouts: 4
Bike/Run Bricks: 2
Day 47 of training: (Saturday 2/7 2 mile run SLLLLOOOOW and painful)
Group rides: 3
Solo rides: 8
Resistance training: 4
Spin classes: 8
Pool Swims: 9
Maintenance Runs: 12
Ocean Swims: 7
Track/speed run workouts: 4
Bike/Run Bricks: 2
Sunday: 2/8 - Sunday 2/15: A whole lotta nutin'
Day 48 of training: (Monday 2/16 approx. 6 mile run)
Group rides: 3
Solo rides: 8
Resistance training: 4
Spin classes: 8
Pool Swims: 9
Maintenance Runs: 13
Ocean Swims: 7
Track/speed run workouts: 4
Bike/Run Bricks: 2
Day 49 of training: (Tuesday 2/17 spin class)
Group rides: 3
Solo rides: 8
Resistance training: 4
Spin classes: 9
Pool Swims: 9
Maintenance Runs: 13
Ocean Swims: 7
Track/speed run workouts: 4
Bike/Run Bricks: 2
Day 50 of training: (Wednesday 2/18 3 mile run)
Group rides: 3
Solo rides: 8
Resistance training: 4
Spin classes: 9
Pool Swims: 9
Maintenance Runs: 14
Ocean Swims: 7
Track/speed run workouts: 4
Bike/Run Bricks: 2
Thursday 2/19: Yoga break.
Nor have I abandoned training (at least, not entirely). I just hit a little snag, but I'm getting back into the swing of things.
I got three hard days of training in before leaving for 6 days in Puerto Rico, during which I actually managed to get in an ocean swim. The Atlantic is considerably less forgiving an ocean than The Pacific, even in the Caribbean. You can't swim out past the break to get past the waves. They're everywhere. I finished the swim with scrapes on my knees and splinters in my fingers and toes. Splinters! From swimming! Who gets that?
After that it was pretty much a shambles. Four hard workouts and late nights with drinking (and dancing on a pole in a club) amounted to a two mile shuffle the next morning. Then that was that. Caught a cold at the tail end of the trip and pretty much an entire week was shot. Mentally I was out of focus and lacking determination. I kick-started things on Monday with a long-ish run followed by a spin class Tuesday and another short run yesterday. Last night was a day off for yoga class and this evening I'll try to get back in the ocean. Next week I'll start doubling workouts up.
I promise to try harder. This week I met up with an old friend from New York who was in LA for the week and learned that is son has been diagnosed with cancer. Triathlons aren't hard, chemotherapy is hard. Stop whining. Start getting in shape. There's work to be done.
On the plus side, I am now a mere $58 away from my fundraising minimum of $5450.00. Thank you to everyone who has donated. If you haven't been able to make a donation yet, please consider doing so today. I may be close to my goal, by The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society still has a lot of important work to do, and they need your help.
Thanks.
Here's the (rough) breakdown since my last post:
Day 37 of training: (Monday 1/26 approx 5 mile run and lifting)
Group rides: 3
Solo rides: 7
Resistance training: 5
Spin classes: 5
Pool Swims: 7
Maintenance Runs: 10
Ocean Swims: 5
Track workout: 2
Bike/Run Bricks: 2
Day 38 of training: (Tuesday 1/27 sprints in the sand-- approx 5 miles)
Group rides: 3
Solo rides: 7
Resistance training: 4
Spin classes: 5
Pool Swims: 7
Maintenance Runs: 10
Ocean Swims: 5
Track/speed workouts: 3
Bike/Run Bricks: 2
Day 39 of training: (Wednesday 1/28 pool swim and spin)
Group rides: 3
Solo rides: 7
Resistance training: 4
Spin classes: 6
Pool Swims: 8
Maintenance Runs: 10
Ocean Swims: 5
Track/speed workouts: 3
Bike/Run Bricks: 2
Day 40 of training: (Thursday 1/29 one hour biking on rollers)
Group rides: 3
Solo rides: 8
Resistance training: 4
Spin classes: 6
Pool Swims: 8
Maintenance Runs: 10
Ocean Swims: 5
Track/speed workouts: 3
Bike/Run Bricks: 2
Day 41 of training: (Friday 1/30 1.5 mile ocean swim brrrrr followed by lifting)
Group rides: 3
Solo rides: 8
Resistance training: 6
Spin classes: 6
Pool Swims: 8
Maintenance Runs: 10
Ocean Swims: 6
Track/speed workouts: 3
Bike/Run Bricks: 2
Day 42 of training: (Saturday 1/31 5.4 mile run on trails)
Group rides: 3
Solo rides: 8
Resistance training: 4
Spin classes: 6
Pool Swims: 8
Maintenance Runs: 11
Ocean Swims: 6
Track/speed workouts: 3
Bike/Run Bricks: 2
Day 43 of training: (Monday 2/2 spin class YOZERS!)
Group rides: 3
Solo rides: 8
Resistance training: 4
Spin classes: 7
Pool Swims: 8
Maintenance Runs: 11
Ocean Swims: 6
Track/speed workouts: 3
Bike/Run Bricks: 2
Day 44 of training: (Tuesday 2/3 track workout DOUBLE YOWZERS!)
Group rides: 3
Solo rides: 8
Resistance training: 4
Spin classes: 7
Pool Swims: 8
Maintenance Runs: 11
Ocean Swims: 6
Track/speed run workouts: 4
Bike/Run Bricks: 2
Day 45 of training: (Wednesday 2/4 spin and swim)
Group rides: 3
Solo rides: 8
Resistance training: 4
Spin classes: 8
Pool Swims: 9
Maintenance Runs: 11
Ocean Swims: 6
Track/speed run workouts: 4
Bike/Run Bricks: 2
Day 46 of training: (Friday 2/6 0.75 mile ocean swim in the Atlantic with splinters!!!)
Group rides: 3
Solo rides: 8
Resistance training: 4
Spin classes: 8
Pool Swims: 9
Maintenance Runs: 11
Ocean Swims: 7
Track/speed run workouts: 4
Bike/Run Bricks: 2
Day 47 of training: (Saturday 2/7 2 mile run SLLLLOOOOW and painful)
Group rides: 3
Solo rides: 8
Resistance training: 4
Spin classes: 8
Pool Swims: 9
Maintenance Runs: 12
Ocean Swims: 7
Track/speed run workouts: 4
Bike/Run Bricks: 2
Sunday: 2/8 - Sunday 2/15: A whole lotta nutin'
Day 48 of training: (Monday 2/16 approx. 6 mile run)
Group rides: 3
Solo rides: 8
Resistance training: 4
Spin classes: 8
Pool Swims: 9
Maintenance Runs: 13
Ocean Swims: 7
Track/speed run workouts: 4
Bike/Run Bricks: 2
Day 49 of training: (Tuesday 2/17 spin class)
Group rides: 3
Solo rides: 8
Resistance training: 4
Spin classes: 9
Pool Swims: 9
Maintenance Runs: 13
Ocean Swims: 7
Track/speed run workouts: 4
Bike/Run Bricks: 2
Day 50 of training: (Wednesday 2/18 3 mile run)
Group rides: 3
Solo rides: 8
Resistance training: 4
Spin classes: 9
Pool Swims: 9
Maintenance Runs: 14
Ocean Swims: 7
Track/speed run workouts: 4
Bike/Run Bricks: 2
Thursday 2/19: Yoga break.
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