9.19.11 Monday Mornin'

Recovery day from Sunday's half marathon. Still feeling great and just got emails from both of my regular training buddies that they also PR'd yesterday! I have no idea where they disappeared to after the race, but that was great to hear.

A LBS about 45 minutes away had a powertap SL+ wheel and computer on sale for $999. I paid for it and will go pick it up today. Pretty sure I shouldn't do the LT test tonight, but I will go for a bike ride.

Mornin'!

Overcast, cool-ish, dreary, threatening rain, IOW perfect for a run.  Except I'm planning an SRD today.  Oh well.

Weekend: 

Saturday:  5.8 mile trail run--beautiful out; almost stepped on a (to me) monster snake.  Probably a Northern Water Snake, sunning itself in the grass by the lake.

Sunday:  18 mile ride, started with two other guys, they dropped me like a bad habit.  Happens a lot.  Hey, I'm not a great rider--yet--but c'mon guys!  H*ll with those azzholes; I'm riding alone from now on.  The 9 miles back got me in a soaking rainstorm.  That was the most fun part of the ride.

Have a good one!

Good morning. I am stuck at work until 8:00 p.m.  I will try to sneak away sometime this afternoon to do something -- either a bike or a short run. I'm feeling pretty good after my "long" run yesterday. I am still surprised at how quickly the cardiovascular fitness comes along (I wasn't even breathing hard or sweating very much yesterday), but the legs are really slow to catch up. I feel ready for another long run, but I know my legs would disagree. :-)

I hope everyone has a great day today!

4.5 mile run/walk, my longest since I hurt my knee.

There's light at the end of the tunnel!

I rocked my 6am swim at the pool. Felt great and had better form (for me) still slow on the 100m split, but I will work on that in late winter early spring for next season with a Tri-specific masters program.

The best part of starting my day in the pool is that now I smell like cholorine... I really love the smell :-)

Have a great day BT'ers.

Long night not being able to sleep after some long night shifts with an ambulance crew and E.R shifts. 

Today, it's nice and sunny, perfect biking weather. I'm hitting 50 miles and going for complete exhaustion by mile 49.9

the last .1 mile will be recovery 

What Yanti Learned Today

- A previously perfectly-well fitting bathing suit can all of a sudden refuse to cover your melons.
- Swimming with a cotton T-shirt over your suit is damn-damn hard!!!

3000m swim
500 WU @8:31 (Including t-shirt grabbing and putting on and swimming with it)
5x200 IM @4:00
300, 250, 200, 150, 100, 50 free @5-10s rest
200 IM kick
250 CD

:35/:25 brick in the eve.

'Bout to go out for a 3hr ride and 20min brick run to check for nutrition.  Never used Hammer products and that's what they have at my next race.

Going with my brother (he'll also be racing) and I'll be helping him with his pacing for the run after the long bike.

'Bout to go out for a 3hr ride and 20min brick run to check for nutrition.  Never used Hammer products and that's what they have at my next race.

Going with my brother (he'll also be racing) and I'll be helping him with his pacing for the run after the long bike.

Didn't get to work out this morning...didn't get to work out at lunch...so I have a 1 1/2 hour bike ride tonight, and a 40 min run after work today.  Not the way I wanted to start off my week.  Oh well, I'll make the best of it...just hope the wife understands...

4:15am - 6 mile run outside as the weather here in finally starting to cool off.

5:08am  - return to gym and get ready for spin class.

5:30am - 1 hour spin class.

7:00am - at the QT while on the way to work and enjoyed a strawberry pop-tart (yep, I had a pop tart!)