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Alright guys and gals I hit the outdoors after work for my first bike ride other than in the trainer..The first link was getting after it, then the second was nice and easy with a couple of sprints..I was very pleased at my efforts tonight..Man it felt good to be outside..

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Looking forward to the weekend..

Carla, you will be very happy when you do this work out, I have never regretted a workout I did, only ones I didn't!

Meulen - 2012-03-15 2:48 PM Somebody was asking me about my training schedule the other day and asked me that exact question "how do you do all that?" I told them it's kind of a catch 22. If I didn't do it, I wouldn't have the energy to do it. But since I do......I have energy to do it and then some!

I know exactly what you are saying Brian!

Great job Kirk! Way to get it done, it was a great day for it too!

Nice work on the bike Tim!  I hope your training goes well this weekend!!

I beleive it was Wesley who said he was racing this weekend, good luck and have fun with the race Wesley, let us know how you do!

I have a 5 mile St Patty's day race tomorrow, should be fun and the weather is nice!

Anyone else racing?

TGIF!!

Good luck tomorrow..Keep us posted on how you do..

I ALWAYS get better more efficient workouts on the bike indoors.  Trainer or Computrainer, with a power meter you can target so much that you can't do outdoors due to trying not to get hit.  

Saturday is hard bike indoors and Sunday is a long easy ride outdoors with a swim lesson following.  Swim lessons have been absolutely fantastic.  I run Saturday a bit.  I've been running really well lately. - faster than ever with the run club on Wednesday night for a 10K.  Nice form.     Weight loss continues with Paleo.  Strength exercises with kettlebells have been great.  No complaints.

Got the first race of the season out of the way.  It was a PR of 1:11:25.  Not real sure if all the distances were correct but I'll take it anyway.  I think the bike may have been a bit long and the run a bit short.  They had some issues with the swim start.  It was a time trial start and everyone was assigned a start time.  After the first 50 it kind of became a free for all with people basically ignoring thier assigned times and just going when they got in line.  And natually the guys starting the swim did nothing to stop it.  So I'm very frustrated that I didn't get to see any of my swim improvement on the clock because of such bottlenecks in the pool.  But I wasn't the only one that had to deal with it so I guess I will quit fussing.  That was my first tri with a pool swim and I think I might just stick with OWS.  Other than that, I enjoyed the race and felt good.  I posted a race report but it is mainly me whinning about the swim.  So, I'll take some cheese with my whine and be happy for the PR.

Looks like all the nice weather from Las Vegas traveled elsewhere!  It was rainy, cold and windy yesterday for St. Patty's day....enough for me to nudge my fiance to start a fire. That was pretty nice when I came home from Ladies' night at the bike shop (lots of goodies and great information!) and saw the fire roaring in the fireplace. Last fire of the year probably.  I know it's a little unusual for fireplaces in Vegas, but it does get a little cold, and a little fire just warms up the room nicely. It's nice and cold today.  

Joined LV Tri Club, and will be doing most, if not, all of their triathlon low-key races (mini-Sprint...kind of. 500m/10-12mi/5k) since it's free and it'll help me with transitions, they have OWS every week in the evenings starting in May, and lots of meetups.    So that's really awesome to be in the club now. :-)

Speaking of that...I signed up for low-key 5k race today. :-D   I'm not "racing" per-se, just doing the run as a training run. I don't have to do the full 5k if I don't want to. We'll see how it goes. 

Hope everyone is having a good weekend!

Your not kidding about the weather DJ, flew out to San Diego yesterday and wow, it was 20 degrees warmer at home! Usually when I come out here this time of year it is the opposite!  Oh well, supposed to be working anyways.

Good luck with the 5K DJ, always fun to do those! 

Despite the weather, at least the rain and wind ended, I was able to get up and get a run in this morning before heading to the office. 

Hows everyone else doing today? 

x2 - we have a tri club in Anchorage, but the workouts are usually pretty far as well (and in the evening).

Week is off to a good start.  Got in a 1/2 hour trainer ride and weights yesterday and have PT and aquajogging/swimming on the radar for today.    Weather has been really pretty (didn't get dark until 9pm last night) but cold - makes me itch to get outside!

Been away for a while.  I traveled for work for a week and held up my training fairly well, at least for the first part of the week.  My diet, however, went to crap and I'm still feeling the effects of that.  Austin, TX is a fun city, and a great running city - I probably saw over 100 people running before sunrise every day that I ran at the downtown park.

I actually let me training fall off the most when I got back home.  Work has been crazy and I have wanted to spend a lot of time with my family.  I got out a few days, but wasn't as focused as I need to be.  Getting back on track now though.

Coming up, I have a work trip to Europe that is really going to interfere with my training.  I am going to Athens, however, so I'm going to try to run at least part of the original historic course.  My hope is to get as much running in as possible and really get on my plan when I get back.  I should be home for a while after this trip.

Wish I had an answer on what to do for your back Kirk. 

Sounds like you had a great weekend!  That was the frustrating part about traveling yesterday and knowing I was missing an opportunity to ride outside.  Too expensive any more though to fly out here and not get started first thing Monday morning.

Congrats on the swim PR!!

Good to hear from you Russ!

Best way to see the sights when travelling is to go for a run!!  That would be neat to run part of the original course!!

I RAN TODAY!!!!!

for 3 minutes at the PT's Office - she had me run using a midfoot strike vs. my normal heel strike (which is very painful when I run) and the new gait really didn't bother the heel - if I don't feel pain tonight or tomorrow I will try again on Thurday and slowly increase from there. The midfoot strike definately felt different like running on my tippy toes- hadn't planned on changing my running style, but if it works I am all for it. I will keep everyone posted!