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Wednesday - October 14

Swim

28m
1250.00 yards
02m 14s /100 yards

w/u 3x 100
m/s 6x50 kick drills, 6x 50 pull drills, 3x 100 free
c/d 50 back

Strength

Core and a little quality time with the roller

So my daughter's middle school was all over the news yesterday because of huge breakout of H1N1 flu that has at least 25% of the kids out (old news in our house . been there. done that last week) So they still had her choir concert, because the powers that be decided the show must go on, even with 25% of kids gone and, from the looks of them, at least another 20% who had no business being there.

Perhaps I will swim today. UPDATE Oye. 4 months in a wet suit has spoiled me. I have some work to do in the pool.

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Tuesday - October 13

Run

23m 53s
3.00 miles
07m 58s /Mi

lunch time delight

So I finally started on my off season goals. As I have thought about this season and what worked and what didn't and as I thought about my limiters (Hills and wind caused me grief) I decided that this off-season shouldn't focus on a particular sport, but a particular concept: Strength. So we will see where that goes. The other thing I will keep in mind this off season is my big goal next year of finally running a marathon (or two). So I got that going for me.
Today we swim or maybe a short run to test the legs. Update: I guess the legs passed the test. :)

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Monday - October 12

Bike

25m
7.50 miles
18.00 Mi/hr

Trainer maxi spin
Lady Gaga riding shotgun (hey that's how I roll sometimes)

Sport

Stretching
30m

Stretch Max on Fit-TV

Knee/IT band not bugging me too much today, of course I haven't done anything yet. Will head over to club later, as they have a kick azz roller. Maybe some strenght trainer or swim while I'm there.

Health data: Sleep: 2 Stress: 2 Soreness: 2 Hours slept: 7

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Sunday - October 11

Knee is still quite sore this morning.That has me a bit worrried. Oh and I had a dream I was doing the Chicago Marathon and overslept by 3 hours. (variation on triathlon dream I have ALL the time.)

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Saturday - October 10

Run

1h 46m
10.00 miles
10m 36s /Mi

FAIL!
Ice Age trail
Splits
1. 9:07
2. 9:14
3. 10:58 (start of Ice age trail)
4. 9:57
5. 10:14
6. 10:17
7. 12:38
8. 12:16
9. 11:27
10. 11:20

Sport #1

Stair Running
10m

Stretching post-run
Stair running climbing the stairs to the tower and then up the tower at Lapham peak

Sport #2

Stretching
15m

Stretching post-run
Stair running climbing the stairs to the tower and then up the tower at Lapham peak

Wanted to pick a tough course so I took Hills of Delafield to Ice age trail through Lapham peak and beyond. Tough I got. Really tale of two runs first half was tough but felt good. About mile seven, my IT band decided to flare up and I wasn't about to push it. I walked a lot of the up hills and steep down hills. That didn't do much for my averages at that point. Not too worried about IT band long term, just pounded myself a bit too much today.

Health data: Sleep: 3 Stress: 3 Hours slept: 9

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Friday - October 9

Swim

23m 09s
1000.00 yards
02m 19s /100 yards

Back in the pool
need to learn to kick again

TGIF. I am thinking a little swim tonight. Will head over to the pool for the first time since May. Wish I could still swim outside. :( Last time I was at the health club they were redoing the locker room and you had to shower in a trailer in the parking lot. Yeah that sucked.

Hoping to get caught up on lots of projects this weekend.

UPDATE: that new locker room is SWEET!

Health data: Sleep: 3 Stress: 2 Hours slept: 8

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Thursday - October 8

Run

34m 38s
4.00 miles
08m 40s /Mi

I am slower in the dark

Overslept a little today, but I am not going to beat myself up. I would really like to avoid getting sick. Unbelieveably, it has been about year and 1/2 since I was last sick (March 2008) and I don't miss it. Run tonight.

UPDATE Dark and drizzly. Getting cooler, but I still refuse to wear pants on my runs. ;)