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geez, work has been slamming me the last few days!  Tax time is always crazy. Between that and trying to get my schedule back on track I feel like I'm out of time before I even get started! It will be worth it (hopefully) when racing picks up next month.

Got a good swim in this morning. At the end of my workout I was doing 100m's hard and was hitting my "all out sprint" time from last year. Who would have thought that the guy that couldn't make it from one end of the pool to the other would be bragging a few years later (although my times are still not brag-worthy haha)

Now, back to the grind. Hoping to get a good run in this afternoon.

Happy PI day!

mmm negative splits... those are fun

got in a ride and run today. legs are a go for the 5k tomorrow. i've been told the first two miles are downhill and fairly steep with a long steep climb the last mile or so. should be fun. free beer at the end though!

reviewing gopro footage from my first ride with it this afternoon. weird humming sound constantly. video isn't shaky at all though and pretty crisp... just need to get rid of the humming...

hrmm, I don't know what the Humming could be,  its not like something flapping in the wind?  Have you tried it while not on the bike?  To see if its humming while not flying down the road? 

i looked up some stuff on the mount, and since it is machined aluminum is creates a little vibration with the aluminum handlebar interface, and the gopro picks up the sound.  a few people said they just put a layer of rubber or something around the handle bar before putting the mount on and it fixed it; so i guess i'll try that.

I meant to run a 5k this weekend as training, just to see if I could, but really heavy snow stopped me going out. Try maybe Sunday or Monday.

If you have never raced before, then I would suggest a couple of each.  You are going to PR your training 5k time,  at least I usually PR, your adrenaline starts pumping then you notice your running 7 min miles and before you know it your done.  I would race a few different more to get the feel of racing.  It is also nice training.

just my 2 cents

got up early for a saturday and was supposed to meet some guys to run this morning,  but they didnt show.  

So I ran and ran and ran,  before I knew it I was at 5 miles and was doing an out and back so looked like I was doing 10 miles.   

So on the way back my calves started cramping and getting real tight.  When I had to stop at a stop light I stretched em out and it felt better.   10 miles is my longest run ever and it couldnt have been a more perfect day to get that in.  was 8am Snowing/raining and it was just so peaceful.  I ran it all on bike trail that surrounds Cleveland.  We have well over 100 miles of it and it is within 1 mile of my house.

Finished in 1:17 pace of 7:42,   which I think is great considering 6 months ago I had trouble getting under an 8 min mile.   I took it slow because I knew I would be sore,  HR only got to 162, which usually is at least over 170 for runs.  

Felt great and was so excited.

finished 25 out of 1266, so top 2 percent i guess

well done! I hovered around 20:0x for a while before finally breaking it. Running comes (for me) in such odd spurts... I'll be the same speed for months, then all of a sudden drop times like a dam broke.

I've done both... this year I expect to do more short races (I'm just kind of mentally fatigued with the whole big "a" race at the end of the year routine I've been in the last few years.) for a change of pace, but I really enjoy 1/2-full distance races, so I guess it all depends on what you enjoy most (and time/life constraints of course)

usually the "total" time is from when the gun sounds to when you step over the finish mat.

Starting a new job on Monday though so hopefully I can get back into a rhythm.

I quite like the idea of having one big race to get ready and psyched up for, but I won't be ready for that for ages.

There are lots of things I like (and a lot of those things I also disliked) about the end up season race.

The good is that it makes outlining your season pretty easy. Everything up to that race is "training" and preparation. You also have plenty of time to get IN race shape.

The bad is that you (or at least I) are putting a lot more emphasis (and therefore stress) on that one race. If something goes wrong that day (or leading up to it) it can (and does for me) feel like a very big letdown. Kind of like you "wasted" six months for no payoff. (Obviously that isn't true, but it can feel that way)

Get to feeling better!