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Monday - May 19

Bike

2h 00m
32.30 miles
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Rode out to Runners Roost to pick up a neoprene swim cap for the ice cold pond water... and my Bolder Boulder race packet! Then to Dillards for a belated birthday dinner... So delicious - Wild Salmon, cous cous and mixed vegi's complimented with a very nice Chardonnay and the finished with a cookie dough ice cream cake. They even bought me some urban assault gear... much needed saddle bag with, tubes, levers and CO2! WoW! Thanks Dills People. Then rode back home via the Cherry Creek Trail. I need night glasses! I was getting pelted by bugs and when they hit my eyes it hurt.

Bolder Boulder: I qualified for the A wave for the 3rd year in a row. However, this year was better. I qualified at every distance that I ran... the 5K, the 4 mile, the 10k, the half marathon, the marathon! I have never done that before!

My great friend and fierce competitor, Mark Dillard, is running down the Cold-Facts Avenue with my money! If I could catch him, I'd take it back. Photobucket

And Monday's are Ramone's FUN-DAYS and he LOVES YOU VERY MUCH! Photobucket

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Sunday - May 18

Bike

3h 30m
34.40 miles
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Urban assault of the Colfax Marathon! Watched Dillard win money!

Run

38m
4.00 miles
09m 30s /Mi

Easy run at night. I was not comfortable at all.

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Saturday - May 17

Bike #1

34m
7.00 miles
12.35 Mi/hr

Urban assault miles in the evening.

Bike #2

3h 53m
62.00 miles
15.97 Mi/hr

Rode with Katie to Golden then to Boulder then turned around and took the diagonal towards Broomfield/past the Interlocken and then down Lowell to Highlands and back home. HOT and WINDY. Katie needs to learn to use sunscreen.

Run

58m
6.29 miles
09m 13s /Mi

Easy run with F4 group. Less tightness in my leg than at anytime since the mary, but it does tighten back up after driving.

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Friday - May 16

Bike #1

1h 11m 30s
17.85 miles
14.98 Mi/hr

Urban assault miles. Rode to the pool, swam and ran, rode to wash park and did a few laps then rode to the grocery store and picked up a pizza and a sixer!

Bike #2

2h 37m
50.11 miles
19.15 Mi/hr

The Denver triangle... WINDY.
AVG CAD 76
Garmin HR monitor is useless on the bike. My HR is way off!

Total ascent: 2250 feet

Run

21m 30s
3.12 miles
06m 53s /Mi

Treadmill. Still tight in my upper thigh, but it is more of an annoyance than pain. Hopefully in another week I'll be running fast again!

Swim

20m 50s
1000.00 meters
02m 05s /100 meters

1x1000m

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Thursday - May 15

Bike

12m
3.00 miles
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Urban assault miles to the snug run and back!

Run

46m 30s
6.70 miles
06m 56s /Mi

Snug run... I am getting better but I still feel the verve-nerve!

I bought Dolly Parton's Greatest Hits at the flea market on Sunday... yeah I know, it is no secret that her voice is a national treasure, I just wish the "new" country stations would get it too. Regardless, if you haven't listened, really listened to this voice, do so. I hope that in my lifetime I get the opportunity to see her sing live. Wow. Until then, understand that this bumpkin with boobs wrote this song (among many others): Coat of Many Colors Back through the years I go wonderin' once again Back to the seasons of my youth I recall a box of rags that someone gave us And how my momma put the rags to use There were rags of many colors Every piece was small And I didn't have a coat And it was way down in the fall Momma sewed the rags together Sewin' every piece with love She made my coat of many colors That I was so proud of As she sewed, she told a story From the bible, she had read About a coat of many colors Joseph wore and then she said Perhaps this coat will bring you Good luck and happiness And I just couldn't wait to wear it And momma blessed it with a kiss Chorus: My coat of many colors That my momma made for me Made only from rags But I wore it so proudly Although we had no money I was rich as I could be In my coat of many colors My momma made for me So with patches on my britches Holes in both my shoes In my coat of many colors I hurried off to school Just to find the others laughing And making fun of me In my coat of many colors My momma made for me And oh I couldn't understand it For I felt I was rich And I told them of the love My momma sewed in every stitch And I told 'em all the story Momma told me while she sewed And how my coat of many colors Was worth more than all their clothes But they didn't understand it And I tried to make them see That one is only poor Only if they choose to be Now I know we had no money But I was rich as I could be In my coat of many colors My momma made for me Made just for me

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Wednesday - May 14

Bike #1

1h 10m
18.00 miles
15.43 Mi/hr

Easy ride with Mark's F4 Tri-Group. Lots of fun!

Bike #2

1h 07m
17.20 miles
15.40 Mi/hr

Hey Everyone, thanks for all the kind birthday inspires! BT rules!

Urban Assault Miles (Fixed Gear Bike)

To 24 hour fitness for a swim, then after the gym I rode around and hit Wash Park for a few laps (It is like Malibu out there - so many hotties) and then hit Whole Foods and then home.

Run

22m 15s
3.11 miles
07m 09s /Mi

Treadmill:
Well my injury is still an issue, BUT... I ran the best that I have since the marathon. I started out in the low 8's and worked my way down to the sub 7s for the last mile or so and finished strong at 6:25 (a bit faster than my 6:35 avg per/mile mary pace last week).
I know its a long shot, but I think I have a chance to be ready for the Bolder Boulder. I really don't want to do it unless I am healthy enough to go for a PR. I know I have the fitness, but will my legs do 5:50s for 6.2?

Swim

31m 20s
1500.00 meters
02m 05s /100 meters

Mixed it up! Some pull buoy, some 100s, some 200s. I feel like I'm a little stronger in the water today. I have a lot of swimming to do before IMAZ, but I will swim.

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Tuesday - May 13

Run

57m 55s
6.50 miles
08m 55s /Mi

Well I got it in. I started my run at 11:58pm so even though most of it was on the 14th, I'm still going to log it on the 13th. Hell, it is my birthday run and I can call it what I want... I'll call it sucky. I can barely run sub 9 minute miles! My legs feel like sledgehammers and my stride is slow and tired. I wonder if I got old. Maybe I will never run fast again. Maybe it is time to become an ultra-runner. Maybe.

Ah knuckles, I'm sitting here at 11:16pm in bed typing on my computer... finished up 3/4 of a bottle of very cheap Cabernet and I'm feeling blue. In less than 45 minutes I'm going to be another year older and I'm not sure what that means. I have a lot on my mind tonight. Sometimes the only thing for me to do at times like this is to run. I'm a runner not just physically but metaphorically. Hopefully this is the year where I find some balance and of sense of place and purpose. Who is Dick Dime, anyway? I think I’m going to go run now. Enjoy the Mt. Columbia snapshots! Photobucket