Mndymond and Disturbed275's Awesome SBR Group--- Phase 2--CLOSED! (Page 12)

This morning, I hopped on the bike for 40 miles of light riding (my legs are still wicked sore from my run on Sunday) and then I hit the pool for my speed workout.  With 2/12 weeks until my first race, I wanted to see where I was in terms of my swim time.  So, after a 5 lap warmup, I went all out to see how fast I could swim the 1/4 mile distance.  I finished the 750 in 9:24 which is a 2:05 100 yd pace.  For me - that is fantastic considering my goal this month was to get my 100 time down to 2:30!

Pretty stoked... Also, I'm wearing a sport coat I haven't worn in more than 8 years.  I'm rockin the plaid baby!

First race down of the season! Unofficially a 2:13ish finish for 15.5 miles of technical, rocky, and hilly Spokane River Run.  that's about 8:34/mi pace.  Setting up nicely to go 8:00/mi in May marathon.

Ninkasi Total Domination IPA as a refreshing after race barly pop.  Think I'll relax a little for the rest of day. 

Next race is a 12K speed demon in 2 weeks.  Lilac Bloomsday event here in Spokane. 

I ran into a fellow BTer at this run.  That was cool.

Headed to the bike shop and jumped on the computrainer to have my pedal stroke analysed for efficiency.  I started at 64% and ended at 94%.  It was pretty cool to watch the graph change as I learned how to pedal, had my seat changed and adjusted, and a better fit.  The backs of my upper calf and hamstrings are very sore today so I hope that means I am pedaling correctly.  

Had an issue with my knee the other day so I went for a short run this morning to test it out.  No soreness while running but discomfort later today.  I will give it another try this afternoon.  The new meds the dr. has me on are affecting my endurance, (which she said would happen, I just did not believe her), and it makes me feel like I have never ran before in my life!  

I feel like I am starting from scratch and took a gazillion steps backwards.  Well if I went backwards I can always still go forwards so I am off to the pool!  

No spring here...we just went to summer and later this week we still have a little of winter headed our way... I miss So. Cal!

Hey Everyone - hope you all had a nice weekend!  I went out for a long run and thoroughly enjoyed myself.  As some of you know - I've been battling the injury bug since I started exercising again and the 4.4 miles I logged today was more than I logged in November, December, and January combined.  So I'm getting there.

First race is three weeks from today.  So excited!  I figure one more challenging week and then I'll begin the taper.

Hi everyone!

I just got back from an 80-mile relay race in southern Illinois.  I had been asked to join a team last minute, and only as an alternate.... They had 8 runners, so I was the 9th person; they wanted me to come in case someone got injured.  So I was surprised to go down there and find out I'd been "promoted" to an official spot on the team.  It was a super hilly course, they gave me the anchor leg-- runner #8-- which happened to be second hardest position in terms of terrain/hilliness, in addition to being the one that covered the most distance (~11 miles, split up in 3 runs of 3.65, 4.05, and 3.3 miles in length). 

My runs went surprisingly well.  My times were faster than I thought they would be, especially considering I've only been running regularly for 2 1/2 months and am not used to the kinds of hills down there.  My hip/calf/foot was feeling a little tight after my runs, so I made sure to stretch them while in the van and waiting for our runners to come in.  I had a slight limp this morning, but was able to stretch & massage my muscles during the ride home today (~6 hrs of traveling time!) so now I'm walking normally again.  I'll watch my leg in the next few days and take it easy if I continue to limp.

Aside from the race, I didn't actually get too much training done last week.  Since I had to take Friday off work to drive there (basically driving all day Friday and Sunday to go to the race & back, in addition to driving all day Saturday for the race itself), I wasn't able to get ANY biking done last week.  I had to work extra hours to make up for taking an unexpected day off, which unfortunately left no time for riding while there was still daylight (was able to get my runs in, since I don't mind running in the dark).  I got some good rides in the previous week, though, and will probably focus on biking this week since last week was so run-focused.  Pool is still closed so no swimming unless the lake warms up.

Anyways, I'm exhausted!  I'll try to catch up on everyone's posts tomorrow!  I hope everyone had a great weekend!

This morning, I hopped on the bike for 40 miles of light riding (my legs are still wicked sore from my run on Sunday) and then I hit the pool for my speed workout.  With 2/12 weeks until my first race, I wanted to see where I was in terms of my swim time.  So, after a 5 lap warmup, I went all out to see how fast I could swim the 1/4 mile distance.  I finished the 750 in 9:24 which is a 2:05 100 yd pace.  For me - that is fantastic considering my goal this month was to get my 100 time down to 2:30!

Pretty stoked... Also, I'm wearing a sport coat I haven't worn in more than 8 years.  I'm rockin the plaid baby!

Awesome result, Kevin! How's recovery coming along?

It's great to read what everyone's up to! It's inspiring!

I'm still plugging along at my slow beginner pace! I have a 5K on Saturday.

Well finally pulled the trigger and registered for the Heart of the Rockies triathlon in Invemere, BC.

A redo from my first Olympic triathlon done last year. Hoping for big improvements.

I am also going to redo the Alberta Challenge Oly at Miquelon Lake.

Gotta find a couple of sprints one at the beginning and one at the end of the season!

Yesterday I was so sore in the hip flexor from hockey, so I dropped the sprint training for fear of injury.  Today I'm sore from the run, so I slowed my pace on training run.  Tomorrow I should be good to go.  I'm tapering down for a mid May marathon, so looking forward to some 20 mile run weeks in future.

Well finally pulled the trigger and registered for the Heart of the Rockies triathlon in Invemere, BC.

A redo from my first Olympic triathlon done last year. Hoping for big improvements.

I am also going to redo the Alberta Challenge Oly at Miquelon Lake.

Gotta find a couple of sprints one at the beginning and one at the end of the season!

Well finally pulled the trigger and registered for the Heart of the Rockies triathlon in Invemere, BC.

A redo from my first Olympic triathlon done last year. Hoping for big improvements.

I am also going to redo the Alberta Challenge Oly at Miquelon Lake.

Gotta find a couple of sprints one at the beginning and one at the end of the season!