Can you believe my race is less than two weeks away? I can’t! It’s crazy how fast this summer has flown by. I can tell you, though, that sprint triathlon training is a heckuva lot better than marathon training in July/August because you get to spend time in the pool (water in the face) and on a bike (wind in the face). Here’s what I’ve been up to:
Monday, July 28, 2008
- Workout type. Running
- Route. Forest Park 3
- Feeling.
- Time. 33 minutes
- Distance. 3 miles
- Pace per mile. 11:00
- Additional notes. Again, another normal run around my neighborhood. I wouldn’t mind some new routes, but I often run after dark, and I like to stick to side streets that are well lit.
Tuesday, July 29, 2008
- Workout type. Brick
- Route. Forest Park 3 x 4 + Pembrooke 2
- Feeling.
- Time. 66 minutes (46 + 2)
- Distance. 11 minutes (9 + 2)
- Pace per mile. 6:00 (5:06 + 11:00)
- Additional notes. First ride with the helmet, and I think it will work just fine. At first, my forehead itched, but after a few rides, I don’t notice it anymore. Will have to practice transitioning from “swim cap” hair to “helmet” hair to “visor” hair. Maybe I should shave my head…
Thursday, July 31, 2008
- Workout type. Brick
- Route. Forest Park 3 x 5
- Feeling. Surprisingly
- Time. 90 minutes (60 + 30)
- Distance. 15 miles (12 + 3)
- Pace per mile. 6:00 (5:00 + 10)
- Additional notes. Holy crap! Did you see my 3-mile time? That’s faster than my 5K PR! OK, now granted I’m not running with a stopwatch, so I don’t know minutes and seconds, but that was a pretty awesome run! If I can do this on race day, this puts me on track for a 1:45:00 triathlon. And that would be neat!
Friday, August 1, 2008
- Workout type. Lap swim
- Route. YMCA pool
- Feeling.
- Time. 60 minutes
- Distance. 1800 m
- Pace per mile. N/A
- Additional notes. Well, I finally got back in the pool. I know I can finish the swim in the race, but I’m not sure how quickly I’ll do it. For sure, I want (need) to finish in less than 10 minutes if I’m doing this in 1:45:00.
For week nine, I planned to take it easy. Instead, I took the week off. The hubby and I had a hard weekend of meetings, design, and editing, so I intentionally took Monday off. Tuesday it was blistering. Wednesday it threatened rain. Thursday was the So You Think You Can Dance finale. I finally hit the road on Sunday night for my longest bike ride thus far.
Sunday, August 10, 2008
- Workout type. Cycling
- Route. Forest Park 3 x 5
- Feeling.
- Time. 73 minutes
- Distance. 15 miles
- Pace per mile. 4:50
- Additional notes. Another ride around my neighborhood. This one got me thinking about marathon training for a December marathon and how I might work in cycling. For sure, I’ll have to do some cross training during training because I tell the difference in my knee and how much it flares up. I might do a preliminary 7 or 8 mile run this week to see how the knee holds up.
And with that, I have 12 days until my race. YIKES! I know I’m ready, but I can’t believe it’s soon!
August 11th, 2008
I have no idea where these photos originated, so I can’t give credit to the proper photographer, but these pictures are so cool that I had to share them. Remember the old phone cords from our childhoods? We had a few of those really long ones that could stretch from one end of the house to the other. Just thinking of them makes me thankful for cordless and cellular phones.
Anyway, some genius took some of these old phone cords and turned them in to art—sheep in fact!
Continue Reading August 9th, 2008
OK. I finally put blogging on my to-do list, so in theory, I should be blogging a bit more. It’s too hot to go outside, so you should do some reading this weekend. Here we go:
Continue Reading August 8th, 2008
I have no idea why it didn’t occur to me yesterday to wish my parents a happy anniversary on my blog. Instead I sent them an ecard, which I know is lame, but I suck at sending real cards in the mail. OK, pretty much I suck at anything that involves snail mail (or phone calls).
Continue Reading August 7th, 2008
Wow! I can’t believe that at this time last summer, I had already read Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows and watched Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. Last summer was busy, and we’ve pretty much gone an entire year without any big Harry Potter news (aside from the whole Dumbledore-is-gay fiasco).
Today, though, the new Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince trailer was released! Finally! I’ve been hoping for glimpses of the new movie for months!
My fellow Harry Potter friends, clear your calendars in October and November because Harry Potter movie nights will commence soon enough (as will Harry Potter-themed treats)! I can’t wait!
July 31st, 2008
Well, it’s the end of July, and summer has been in full swing for a month or so now. With summer, we welcome a series of miscellaneous critters in our house, namely bugs. Mowgli has been proving his usefulness in this department for weeks.
Continue Reading July 30th, 2008
Another good week of training. I got caught up in the weekend, so I didn’t get in any workouts Friday, Saturday, or Sunday. Oh, yeah, and it’s miserable outside, so who wants to work out outside? I bought a helmet on Friday, so now I can ride both safely and in style, but I haven’t taken it on the road yet. I’ll keep you posted. In the mean time, here’s what I did last week:
Continue Reading July 28th, 2008
“There is a very old and beat up white armored truck that has been parked outside my house all morning,”* and I suspect an organization with three letters in its name is keeping an eye on my next door neighbors. For three weeks now they have mowed their yard at noon every day without regard to July’s heat and humidity. This, along with my observation that they never exit their cars without first closing the garage doors behind them, makes me wonder if they’re watching their backs.
Continue Reading July 25th, 2008
Wow! Last week was so much more productive than the previous two combined! Of course, I’m pretty sure my increased motivation came from an increasing number on my bathroom scale. I haven’t checked my body fat percentage in a long time, but I’m hoping the few pounds I’ve gained are a result of increased muscle mass rather than an increase in body fat. I certainly haven’t increased in inches anywhere, and my clothes still fit fine. We just happen to live in a “vanity number” society, and even though we’re healthy as horses, we hate the scales to reach certain numbers (and I’m getting a little too close for comfort to my vanity number).
Continue Reading July 23rd, 2008
I have a case of nobody-likes-me-guess-I’ll-eat-some-worms tonight. It’s not true. Plenty of people like me, but I’m feeling particularly best friendless right now. It sucks. I’ve made some efforts to meet new people in the last month or so: at the gym, at church, at a book club. But making friends is so hard.
Continue Reading July 20th, 2008
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