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Well its Saturday morning si its time ,after my coffee to head to the dungeon to turn on the big screen, hop on the trainer and get the day going.

I was having some ongoing problems with my hip and IT bands always been sore so I have found a sports specialist that is a muscle and skeleton specialist that I am working with once a week to really work on form and making sure I have good balance in the use of my muscles supoorting each other during wrk outs.

For us old guys we need all the help we can. The work outs and stretching he has me doing is really specific to strengthing those areas that are weak so hopefully the extra time with him will prove useful. The battle is always time, it will add about another 1.5 hrs a week to my training but I sense it will be time well spent and will force me to do the stretching and muscle specific strength training I need.

embrace the wind

7 miler in this morning...windy and snowing...with ice patches to dodge.

Beats running inside on treadmill.

Nice to see I am not the only one with an Amazon addition.  Tip of the Day: Don't get the app on your iphone or you'll find yourself getting even more out of control.

Anyway, I just got home from my local club where I did a nice little swim and bike.  Plan called for swim and bike with the bike occurring immediately after the swim.  Because we can't bike outside yet, I figured I'd sub the bike by doing the Lifecycle fitness bike at the club.  Definitely not the trainer or the great outdoors, but was my only good option for this type of brick.  Because I don't normally swim Saturday mornings, I discovered the pool is occupied from 8-9:30 so I had to do the bike first and then the swim.  Oh well...better than nuthing I guess.  Overall, was a good workout.

Now I am home and brewed up some good coffee.  Time to relax a bit now.

Hit my local bike shop this morning and came home with a shiney new mountain bike for commuting to work and for  the lake. That wasn't bad as I had planned to buy one this spring. But what did I see while I was there a shiney new Trek Tri carbon all decked out. And with the Canadain dollar so strong they are pretty much giving it to me. Well not giving but it seems like such a good price for a shiney new carbon bike.

I bought my existing Trek Tri bike from them about 6 years ago when they were still mainly aluminum so they offered to let me take the shiney new one home for the week -end next week end if the weather is decent. How kind of them always thinking of me.

I know I am in trouble as when I put the Bike hooks up in the garage this afternoon for the new mountain bike I also but up an extra pair just in case.

Sorry been MIA for a while have to work every once in a while - Went to NY (Southampton) and worked for about 3 days straight.  Had to bump my flight back 3 times becasue we just couldnt get the programming done on the machine quick enough. 

Lost a few days of training but getting some good workouts in the remainder of the week.  Was cold out today but got 48 miles in outside before the snow comes back tonight.  Not so worried about the snow since I leave for the Bahamas on Wed.  Will be a nice little break before I start to kick my a$$ in gear!

Hope everyones weekend is going well!

Got in a 45k ride today. I just kinda winged the ride. I new my legs were tired at the end and this is why. look at the elevation. I'll call it a hills day!

http://www.trainingpeaks.com/sw/QAC7AMZMEHROKHRRITFOTQ5UVU

75MIN ride this morning.  Got to try out some of my new gear...

Out for my LSR with the marathon group I train with  this morning we did 12.5 miles nice easy 2 hour run and for the first time in months for the most part we were running on dry concrete, lots of snow all around but the roads were pretty dry.

Someone today mentioned running without water, even up here if I am over an hour out there on the street I always take water for me , just makes for a better run and quicker recovery

I'm on the road all week so will check in from time to time have a great week all

Had a tough week, legs just werent having any of it, so I did some slight shuffling to the training schedule and took the last couple days easy.  Had to make a weekend trip to NYC, so that also factored in for the resting.  At this point, my legs are feeling refreshed, and Im hoping for a really good week coming up.

As for the water, I take my fuel belt on any run over 3 miles.  Even when I dont really need it, its just like having two spare tubes on the bike, Id rather have it and not need it.

I also take water on runs of 1 hour or more.

Finally got a break in the rain. Took advantage of it and got in lots of training outside today. 2:10 bike and 1:30 run (one run early in the morning, then another run immediately after the bike).

Final big training block starts tomorrow!

Anyone tried Ironman Perform drink before? I had it for the first time today. My stomach was fine but I have to say I'm not in love with the taste. It's pretty tart and super salty. I'll have to keep training with it, maybe it will become more palatable over time.

45 minute spin this morning to flush the legs, the stiffness I felt last night and this morning is pretty much gone. I'll hit the pool tonight. Swim sessions will be longer this week than the past few have been - 1:20 to 1:30 each.

What's everyone else up to today?