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Friday - June 2

Bike

1h 00m
15.30 miles
15.30 Mi/hr

Computrainer ride @ Z1 & 100+ RPMs

avg cadence: 102
avg watts: 101

Run

05m
0.50 miles
10m /Mi

Quick lap around the neighborhood with Champ. Started out wanting to just walk with him, but then decided to see how long he would do at a run and he made it all the way and stayed by my side the whole time. Only once did he almost trip me. I think he may have Chippy's heart as on some points he was walking as fast as I could run! ;)

1st run with Champ. Not bad for 3 months old. Very well behaved!

Dammit. Another night of only 2-3 hours sleep and now a head cold to go with it. Just didn't have the energy to make the pool this morning. Tonight's CT ride is a low HR/high RPM night, so I should be able to do that even with a slight head cold.

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Thursday - June 1

Bike

1h 00m
17.47 miles
17.47 Mi/hr

Computrainer ride complete via IM porn! Watched the 2002 Kona DVD that I just got in the mail. Also got the 2001 & 2000 DVDs....guess 2001 is for tomorrow's CT ride. Whoo Hoo!

Swim didn't happen this morning. Didn't sleep well and something I ate is getting it's revenge on me. I will get the CT ride in tonight and will try to work the swim in over the weekend.

OK, now for a quick review of last month:

Swim: increase in 8440 yds
Bike: increase in 40 miles
Run: increase in 3 miles
Time: increase in 6+ hours

Now all this sounds good, but I did have entirely too many off days last month, especially the week off after the Memphis in May OLY. Now speaking of that, I did complete my first OLY ever and my first race since June 2005. So I will give it an overall grade of "B".

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Wednesday - May 31

Run

1h 00m
5.56 miles
10m 47s /Mi

I tried to go slow...promise!

As expected, I was only able to get in a 30 min run after the 30 minutes of PT. I will do the other 30 later this afternoon.

#1 - 30 min/2.82 miles
#2 - 30 min/2.74 miles

Strength

Strength/Stretch/Core

No lightning, but a nice soft rain for the entire run. Actually was a lot of fun. Got some weird looks, but what's new???

Looks like I am going to get wet on this second 30 min run. It just came a major thunderstorm and it looks like there may be a bit more coming. Hopefully, there will be no lightning like this first storm...but I am getting out there!!! Wish me luck...run Forrest...run!!!

Morning PT then I need to get in my run. I may have to do two 30 min runs due to time constraints. One in the a.m. and one after work.

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Tuesday - May 30

Run

1h 00m
5.45 miles
11m 01s /Mi

Distance is a guestimate. Left the Garmin at home and ran by feel, trying to keep the HR low. This is going to be tough running Z2 only on these hills. No actual Z2 zone until after I get tested like a lab rat on 6/7.

IRONMAN FLORIDA OFFICIAL TRAINING BEGINS TODAY!!!

OK people, the planned training for the next month is loaded into the computer. I will be laying it all out here so you guys can keep me honest. I have canceled my upcoming travel plans to New Orleans since I can't seem to get any training completed on the road. Not leaving town until my next race (July 16th).....It is time to train!!!

Here are the goals for the month of June:

Only one off day each week! As per the sked.
Strength/core training 2x/week ~ 1+00 minimum/week
Lose 5 pounds (starting at 188)
Stay at or below Z2 on all workouts (testing dates: 6/7 & 6/14)
Meet all "weekly total training hours" (9, 10, 11, 12 respectively)

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Monday - May 29

And NO, I am not upset with the string of yellow squares that I have going. I'm gonna enjoy this week "off" because HELL begins tomorrow!!!

To be continued....

Got up at 5 and went to pick up the bride and groom to drop them off at the airport for their flight to Mexico. Now I am back at the airport about to catch my flight back to Memphis in an hour. Not much else on the agenda...maybe do a bit of car shopping, who knows....I need a new bike rack!

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Sunday - May 28

The day after....

It was a great small wedding but we had a lot of fun. The reception was a blast, then we headed to the hotel and met the bride and groom there for a few late night beers (they weren't going on their honey moon until Monday) then called it a night, so we could meet them for breakfast this morning and a BBQ over at their house later this afternoon.

I ran around with Brian (the groom) taking care of a few cleanup items, while Carolyn ran around with Shannon. Our tasking strangely enough was completed with the help of a few beers and a good bit of riding around in the Jeep CJ.....great day...boys being boys! (and I took him to lunch at Moe's!!!) BBQ back at the house with their families!

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Saturday - May 27

Run didn't happen as my friend Carolyn (the bride) called to ask if I would go meet the groom and help him with all his taskings before the wedding...how could I say no?

Made it to Greenville via an unexpected divert into Asheville, NC due to weather. A couple hours later we made it to Greenville as planned. Met up with the group for dinner and a few drinks. Now it is time to get the day started with a run.