Tuesday, September 28, 2010
Monday, September 27, 2010
Thursday, September 23, 2010
Tuesday -- 16 mile bike ride about an hour. I have found a nice route through AF up into Alpine. Very few stop signs or lights and not too much traffic. A small hill. I can add miles if I need to. I felt good.
Wednesday -- Went back to the gym for the first time in FOUR months! Good thing I am paying for that gym pass. I got home late, it was getting dark and I wanted to go for a run. So back to the gym I go. I sure don't love the treadmill. 3 miles. Walked about half of that. I am still getting over this cold and running probably isn't the best thing to be doing.
Wednesday -- Went back to the gym for the first time in FOUR months! Good thing I am paying for that gym pass. I got home late, it was getting dark and I wanted to go for a run. So back to the gym I go. I sure don't love the treadmill. 3 miles. Walked about half of that. I am still getting over this cold and running probably isn't the best thing to be doing.
Saturday, September 11, 2010
Yuba Lake Triathlon
Over all a pretty good race ... for not having trained. Small race. According to the race results there were only 181 people in the sprint. I really enjoyed the course. It was a cold morning. The water was nice but because of the cold air and being wet it was a very cold start to the bike. Perfect weather for running. I was not impressed with how the race was run as far as having support/volunteers on the course. There just weren't any. Other than that it was a nicely done race. I had VERY little expectations of myself going into this race. I have not been training for it so I was just going to have fun and enjoy. It took a lot of pressure off. My swim sucked. I started in the back and that was a mistake. I was trapped with all the non-swimmers. I did not get in the water ahead of time and I know that is also a mistake. I did not get into a good rhythm until just before the first buoy. Once I got some space and could relax I was good to go. It ended up costing me several minutes in the end. My transitions were slow. But I was not really trying to hurry. In the end it is my run that kills me. I am just slow ... too slow. All and all I had a fun. It went as well as could be expected. I now have plenty of room for improvement for my next one (next year).
Final Time : 1:45:46
Swim: 21:05
T1: 3:27
Bike: 45:14
T2: 2:28
Run: 33:31
Over all a pretty good race ... for not having trained. Small race. According to the race results there were only 181 people in the sprint. I really enjoyed the course. It was a cold morning. The water was nice but because of the cold air and being wet it was a very cold start to the bike. Perfect weather for running. I was not impressed with how the race was run as far as having support/volunteers on the course. There just weren't any. Other than that it was a nicely done race. I had VERY little expectations of myself going into this race. I have not been training for it so I was just going to have fun and enjoy. It took a lot of pressure off. My swim sucked. I started in the back and that was a mistake. I was trapped with all the non-swimmers. I did not get in the water ahead of time and I know that is also a mistake. I did not get into a good rhythm until just before the first buoy. Once I got some space and could relax I was good to go. It ended up costing me several minutes in the end. My transitions were slow. But I was not really trying to hurry. In the end it is my run that kills me. I am just slow ... too slow. All and all I had a fun. It went as well as could be expected. I now have plenty of room for improvement for my next one (next year).
Final Time : 1:45:46
Swim: 21:05
T1: 3:27
Bike: 45:14
T2: 2:28
Run: 33:31
Thursday, September 9, 2010
I am just so out of the habit of posting that I forget.
Monday -- I had just a couple minutes to do a quick run. So I ran around the block.
Tuesday -- I ran with Pete on the PRT from Geneva Rd toward the lake. I love running that trail. It is one of my favorite places to run. Wish it wasn't so scary to run alone. We ran 4 miles. Ended up about a 10:15 pace. Our first two miles were just under 10:00. It is good for me to run with someone ... pushes my pace. I definitely slow down to a more comfortable pace when I get tired which is around 10:00-10:20. I felt pretty good on this run.
Wednesday -- Swam Deer Creek with Laura and Kim getting ready for the Yuba tri this weekend. Should have done this more than 3 days before the race. Did ok ... but not great! I am NOT in great shape for doing a tri. Oh well .. just going to have fun.
Monday -- I had just a couple minutes to do a quick run. So I ran around the block.
Tuesday -- I ran with Pete on the PRT from Geneva Rd toward the lake. I love running that trail. It is one of my favorite places to run. Wish it wasn't so scary to run alone. We ran 4 miles. Ended up about a 10:15 pace. Our first two miles were just under 10:00. It is good for me to run with someone ... pushes my pace. I definitely slow down to a more comfortable pace when I get tired which is around 10:00-10:20. I felt pretty good on this run.
Wednesday -- Swam Deer Creek with Laura and Kim getting ready for the Yuba tri this weekend. Should have done this more than 3 days before the race. Did ok ... but not great! I am NOT in great shape for doing a tri. Oh well .. just going to have fun.
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