9.4.11 Sunday Funday

I think I have a marathon siren permanently embedded in my brain ... or feet ... come to think of it, I might BE a marathon siren ... do it do it do it

1-hour ocean swim today. Saw some awesome fish, but got stung by jellies like I got bullwhipped, so I got out in a hurry.

30-minute ride (trainer) and 30-minute run.

Easy 6 mile run today. 2nd day out running since coming off the ankle injury. Felt good to get out and run again after a month and a half off from everything.

The endorphin junkie is back. I got my hit today and it was good!!

that's what I'm afraid of!

Great 8.15 mile run this morning, a real confidence booster.  Heading into to the pool to swim in a bit.

As for marathons, how about coming down to FL for the Disney Marathon in January?  18 week training plan starts tomorrow, perfect timing!

Sprint duathlon this morning. Jumped in at the last minute as I had planned to spend the day with my dad and his SO, and saw this event was 10 minutes from his house. It was great having them show up to see me race. I was out on the bike and saw him before he saw me, yelled DAD and boy did he jump!

Time was OK, had hoped to do a little better. 4 miles of running and 10 miles slightly hilly bike. Time 1:02:55. 35/178 overall, 6/13 AG. Bike was decent, second run was a bit slow. Lots of mileage this past week for an upcoming marathon caught up with me.

Afterwards there was a lot of mingling and they could not believe how friendly triathletes are. Everyone who walked past us stopped and said hi, 'good race', or ask if I had fun. I told him that's pretty normal, that people were high fiving each other as they finished and came back into the transition area. Then I cleaned up and we went to brunch. Pretty much as good as it gets!

3.2 mile run. The last 1.5 I completed in 13 minutes. I'm pretty psyched about that pace, although I'm supposed to be running easy. Oh, well. Just reveals how painfully slow I am for the first mile or so.

Hoping to do some pilates later this evening. I am so happy to have the day off tomorrow! :-)

Funny, I haven't heard that marathon siren song in many years!  Maybe it's the heat here, or the idea of starting long runs at 4 AM. Actually love to train for them in cool weather and pleasant locales, when the goal is just to finish. Racing them is a PITA. Anyhow, my Oly and marathon PR's are almost exactly the same, so I just count my Olys. as marathons. But good luck if you heed it.

2 hour bike ride and 40 minute run for me. First five minutes of run at "race pace"--probably not a very good race! Bike was supposed to be shorter but ran into buddies and did a few extra cooldown laps of the industrial park to catch up on gossip. Short expedition downtown to look for duct tape for tri next week. Easy sunset swim to cool off after melting downtown.