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was hoping to get a chance to do the new sufferfest workout today, but its not going to be released until late today. oh well, descending intervals it is... may turn it into a brick. 

hopping on the trainer.

5 days no workouts, 

Guess I am working my butt off this weekend.

And Jon I have thought the same thing about signing up for a 70.3,  My wife told me not too though.  She says work on your Oly time first and see what happens.

The White mtns are soo beautiful,  I hiked the Appalachian Trail through there,  Franconia Ridge, Mt Washington ughh I wish I lived close.

Just a swim on Sunday for me but it was great.  I started out with a few 100's and they were super quick (for me).  I think my 3rd one was 1:26, but I was definitely working for it, no way I could keep that pace up for very long.  After about maybe 1000 yards I started working on technique and breathing and body position so I totally lost track of time and yardage but I just felt smooth.  My head felt like it was in the right spot and I felt like I was swimming downhill, which is an analogy that I heard and really like.  I've noticed the back to back swimming days (Sat/Sun) help immensely.  I really need to get Wednesdays back into the rotation so I don't feel all out of sorts on Saturday. Every Saturday there is a guy in the pool when I get there and he does a mile straight.  Super nice guy, wants to get into Triathlon so we always shoot the sh*t after the swim.  He even mentioned that I'm really moving in the water and he used to see me ahead of him at a certain point in a lap and know when he'd pass me, but now he said he's lucky if he can pass, of course I stop every 200/300/400 whatever and he goes 1800 non-stop, but it was great to hear something positive.  It's been two full months of swimming and I don't feel like I want to die in the water anymore.

Absolute best part of everything though, the weather is starting to turn!  40's all week maybe even 50 at some point and then the time change which means even more daylight.  Snow is melting.  Anyone else getting psyched to get back to managable temps?

My LBS did a series of rides with the Sufferfest videos... man some of those things are tough! I think the hunted is my favorite

Hey congratulations on the house! That's awesome.

Sounds like good steps on the swim! There's a guy at my pool that looks exactly like Tom Selleck that absolutely crushes me. (and everyone else) It drives me bonkers that he's as fast as I am when he's doing the backstroke!

It's supposed to be cold here for another week or so and then possibly warm up. After missing a ton of training last month I'm excited to get back to it.

hunted is one of my top 3, my favorite rotates day to day.  going to do the new video here shortly... 100 minutes of suffering, by far their longest video yet.

got in a good run today with my coworkers; they convinced my they were going to run 7.40 for 4 miles, we ended up doing 7.15 for 5... and one of them has walking pneumonia. insane. 

Got in 20 min bike interval/speedwork and 20 min run interval/speedwork on Saturday

Sunday swam 1800 yds, swam like 6x200's and even got in a 400 also did 4x25 speedwork and 2x50 speedwork.

Monday ran 6.55 mile in 40 min in the snow, 32 degrees, sun was out so felt good.

Jon it is supposed to be nice here too I think next week,  The bike shop i'm going to buy my bike from is having a sale this week so maybe sunday I might be getting a new ride,shoes and pedals and whatever else they talk me in to.

Back to training now though, I've got a run tomorrow and an early morning swim on Thursday. Looking forward to it!

Quintillion - 2013-03-05 2:00 PM Back from our weekend away wich was pretty good, the wife got me a new pair of running shoes as an anniversary gift

Be careful with the new shoes.  Wife got me a new pair for xmas and I was laid up for nearly 2 months with foot pain.  I know she did it on purpose but she won't admit to it.  She's crafty.

I'll have to look for it, over an hour and a half of sufferfest is surely great :P

Quintillion - 2013-03-05 2:00 PM Back from our weekend away wich was pretty good, the wife got me a new pair of running shoes as an anniversary gift

Back to training now though, I've got a run tomorrow and an early morning swim on Thursday. Looking forward to it!

Congrats :P On the shoes and the return to training!

Last couple days I've been in contact with the prez of a local tri club and last night I decided to join.  Seems like a really good group of people of all different abilities and they are all from right around my area.  They do weekly SBR's during the summer and actually do a mini-tri every Wednesday. 1/4 mile swim, 10 mile bike and 2 mile run.  They have a bunch of social nights and guest speakers and even do a weekend clinic at a nearby mountain.  The dues were dirt cheap so even if it doesn't pan out I hope to at least get some good group training in this summer to really push me when I need it.

Re weather, looks like snow/rain around here for the next 3 days.  Craptastic.  Got in a short run last night just testing the foot.  Swim tonight but I need some new goggles as mine are leaking.

good group to join, that will be a huge help for race preparation, and knowing people with different strengths to ask questions is always a huge help.  

weather here should be getting into the mid to upper 60's for the next week and beyond... awesome. i really need to start getting in some long run/rides/swims.... was thinking about where i am now and when my 70.3 is and it is scary.

that is bad. how can you run and laugh at the same time?

got in a short swim last night, thunderstorms closed the pool early.  run/gym/bike today, but my quad locked up half way through my trainer session.  will be hitting the foam roller several times tomorrow to try and fix that knot....

schedule for tomorrow run in the AM/noon and swim in the evening.  

I keep meaning to get a foam roller, do you use it a lot?  My wife gets a lot more knotted up than I do but I bet if I hit my quads with that thing it'd be magical. 

I have to admit I suspected something like that while trying to break them in, she sabotaged my run last night with wine and a movie!!

Nevermind, I had a good swim this morning, not surehowfar altogether but I finished with two 200s which is a new one for me!

i use it after every workout involving my legs.  it helps prevent a lot of issues from popping up, so it is good to use it before you feel like you need to.  

well, i wasn't planning on doing it today, but i bought a new bike.  got a 2012 Scott CR1 Elite for less than half of retail.  Going to pick it up tomorrow after they transfer it to the store here in town and throw on the Keo MAX pedals i picked up too.

wasn't the S3 or S5 i originally wanted, but i couldn't pass this one up because of the price.

Congrats! That's awesome!

I love my CR-1. Still one of the better bikes I've ever ridden.