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Wednesday - October 18

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Tuesday - October 17

I'm a bit sicker today than yesterday. Maybe riding on the SCT on Sunday in the cold was not such a great idea. At least I am getting to work 12-16 hour days. Waaaah!

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Monday - October 16

Got up feeling sick so didn't go work out. Today and tomorrow are going to be a little nuts at work so I may not be able to do anything until Wednesday.

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Sunday - October 15

Bike

2h 57m 05s
37.86 miles
12.83 Mi/hr

Went for a ride on the Silver Comet Trail with Neal. The temperature was about 40 degrees when we headed out. My intention was to keep in zone 1 and I was pretty successful. We had to stop a few times to warm up. My right knee started bothering me with about 10 miles to go. I'm not sure what was wrong but it did not really hurt when I was walking, only when I was riding. Maybe I need to get my bike fit adjusted. Oh, did I mention that it was really cold? Actually it was really really cold!

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Saturday - October 14

I've been chasing 8 six-year-olds around for the last three hours and I'm beat. A person can be the tickle monster for only so long before breaking down.

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Friday - October 13

Strength

EXERCISE

Sets
Min
reps
Max
reps
Min
wt.(lb)
Max
wt.(lb)
BACK - Bent-over DB row
2
10
10
60
60
BACK - Lateral pull-downs
2
10
10
190
215
BICEPS - Pulley Curls
2
10
10
70
80
CHEST - Flat Bench Press
2
10
10
155
165
SHOULDERS - Shrugs BB
2
10
10
315
315
SHOULDERS - Side DB raise
2
10
10
25
25
TRICEPS - Rope pulldown
2
10
10
90
90

Hurts so good! Just a quick and dirty lifting session to get my muscles warmed up. On Monday I'll start heavy lifting again. It felt very good to lift, even though I could not put in the time that I would have liked.

My calves are still pretty sore from yesterday. Running two days in a row is probably not a good idea for me at this point.

It looks like it'll be pretty cold on Sunday morning. I may regret going out on the SCT but it's the only time I can do it.

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Thursday - October 12

Bike

20m
4.00 miles
12.00 Mi/hr

Run

31m 02s
3.10 miles
10m 01s /Mi

The biking was 10 min. warm-up and cool-down. I was the only one to show this morning to run. I guess the others figured that if Henry could not come, they did not need to either. I decided to run the 5K race route. My legs were still feeling pretty beat from yesterday so my time was not as good as I would have liked. I guess I'm still not ready to run two days in a row. I'm eager to get back in the water tomorrow. I intend to get there early enough to get a lane in the big pool, rather than be relegated to the kiddie pool.

I really need to get back in control of my diet. I had been doing pretty well until mid-September when it went to pot. I'm really going to try to get back on track for the rest of the month, especially since I will be unable to work out for 7-10 days at the end.

Yee-Hah! I'm getting a trainer for Christmas! I know that this news would not excite most people but I have been able to bike only once a week due to the fact that I can only work out in the morning on weekdays. By getting a trainer I'll be able to bike at home while "watching" the kids (through judicious use of DVD's). Since I will not be able to get a tri bike in the forseeable future I need to improve the engine and strengthen the connecting rods.