Tried out the new trainer today! Went to Play it Again Sports and got ourselves two trainers. The one I wanted from the minute I saw it was a CycleOps mag trainer. Brynn wanted to get two so that we can do some "training rides" together so we got her a mag one with adjustable resistance. I'm kinda excited to get her on it and improve her cycling! At any rate, I can't find my cycle computer so I have to rely on the seat-of-the-pants-o-meter and RPE, which according to what I've been reading is more scientific than most people give credit]. Distance for today's workout is a very modest estimate based on HR for the workout. For about the last 30 min I was 135-145 which for me translates into anywhere from 12-16mph on the road. All I had with me was my iPod and I gotta admit it was pretty boring. At least with treadmills [at the gym] there's something to look at! I'll have to get our TV set up downstairs so we can watch stuff while we cycle. Yeah! I'm excited about our winter training! haha I probably won't be come late-December/early January. I've also been eyeballing this Big "O" "half-ironman" [and I use quotes because the distances are a little shy of a true half] down in Olathe, KS in May. I think it would be pretty cool and it would be a great motivator for training during the colder months at the beginning of the year. Another option would be doing the Pigman tri over in eastern Iowa in August. That would be more than enough time to train for such an event. The Hy-Vee Triathlon is June 22 and I definitely want to do that but I just looked at the website and registration [for USAT members of which I am not] is $115! No wonder they can afford to give away a quarter million bucks and a few Hummers! Sheesh! Makes ya think twice before getting into something like that. Then again it's probably a WAY better event than, say, the Black Squirrel Triathlon which had ONE aid station for a 6 mile run. So it's all relative, I suppose.

Boy for having better trails than Omaha/CB I'm sure at a loss to figure out HOW FRICKIN FAR I'VE GONE! Lincoln sucks for measured trails. Also another thing I don't appreciate is having to cross traffic. ALL Omaha trails go under or over cross traffic, have markers every tenth of a mile, and are significantly wider than what I've experienced so far in the Star City. Sad thing is, I feel 100% safer running in Lincoln than I do in Omaha.

Tick 1 I de-fogged my goggles, tick 2 I gave my watch to Brynn so she could time me. She's so nice :) Anyway, that's why the times dip down. Even just a few seconds rest [de-fog] really seemed to help me. Was feeling a little sore due to all that raking and lawn-mowing yesterday. Had intentions to do a mile but I could tell Brynn wanted to go so I'll have to save that for another time. Plus I had a slight head-arm which I took care of by downing a Vault!

Does anybody actually use the "Route" for swimming? Anyway, ran for 30 minutes after Brynn got home, then we went to our very shiny new YMCA and swam. On my last lap I slapped hands with someone who decided to hop into my lane without my knowledge of such accompaniment. Apparently she was hoping I'd punch her as I brought my hands down? Stupid. She's lucky it was my last lap or I would have stopped her little flip-turning butt and given her a [gentle] piece of my mind!

Well our new YMCA costs like $20 more per month to go to and the pool is 25 yards instead of 25 meters. Kinda sucks, but then again everything is new so hopefully the treadmills will be of much higher quality than the last Y that we belonged to. The water in the pool was probably 85 degrees, it was so warm! Blech.