Did a quick "taper" run. Again with the crazy HR. I was at 240 and way above 100% for 7 minutes. I tried to keep it in Z3, but I got distracted by the high HR at the beginning of the run. I didn't feel any more or less out of breath, couldn't feel any thumping...It must be electrical...Hey maybe it is my ipod. I'll try that next time.

That's it! No more early rising for me...I think I'll just sleep my way to IMC.

Early rising no good for the heart: study

Today is the next day in the rest of my life.

I thought I would try getting up and out at crack of stupid just to get a feel for what I'm going to be doing for the next 300 plus days.

It is still dark out. It is still dark in.

I might as well just start a landslide in my ego...will I follow?

Masters class at the lawson.

did kick drills for the first time in my life! Lost count of how many laps I did. I'm guessing about 1.2k.

Felt wet, but good wet.

Move over Weigh2Go...My turn to throw up. The deed is done, no turning back now.

Okay, so now I begin my masters swim class. time to get my act together.

Cutting down the forests on my lawns.

And so begins Taper Week. Maybe with a little bit of getting back into swimming thrown in. Starcorp is making me go for coffee. More at six!

Rick almost killed me. He was biking home after his run so I ran beside him for about 4 k at the beginning of my run on the Devonian. I never talk or go at that fast pace, so when he went on his way I was toast. Still I dug deep - I did walk a bit more, but I was only expecting to do about 10. I actually did about 18, but that extra two was walking and I didn't count it. Felt pretty good, except near the end, when I started to fade.
Nutrition one PowerGel and one bottle of Gatorade.

Never hit my usual 240 hr, but I also had some trouble staying out of Z4.

Now I start thinking about a mini taper - other than the swimming all week.

It's a lazy Sunday, just lying in bed trying not to pay attention to Coronation Street fills the room. Birthday "party" for first born. We'll be playing pool...too bad it's not swimming laps in a pool. Oh, well, that may come.

I have to find some time this morning to run a little today and maybe cut the grass.

Oh how I love the wind! Had a longish reunion with the dirty girl and rode her to Pense. Think about it!
Hot and windy. Way out averaged about 21k/hr way back averaged about 44 k/hr hitting a maximum of 56.8 k/hr (remember no hills on highway one!
focussed on keeping my heart rate just below 80% or Z4. Crossed Z4 only a couple of times when I was resting my but doing some out of saddle sprints. Almost got blown off the dirty girl a couple of times, a little windy - did I mention that? 48 k/hr wind - just checked.

One Gu gel and one clif shot. Two bottles of water and one bottle of Enervit sport.

Started to fade in the last 5 k...really, really cross-windy then, I think I just got fed up and tired of focusing on not blowing over onto the shoulder of the highway.

Great ride. But I need to ride more, lots more to get back to where I used to be.

Decided to sleep in, after getting up at 5 and walking around like the walking stupid. After my 240 episode, I also decided to take my Resting Heart Rate. When I'm watching that cute little actress in Ghost Whisperer its about 62. Lying in bed thinking about eternity is about 54bpm and this morning after trying to clear my mind and not think about world peace it was 47 bpm. So I guess it is somewhere around the high forties. I'm guess that's not too bad.

Signed up for a Masters Swim Class three days a week. Now I must be getting serious.

Tried to push the run a little further, considering I have to be able to do 21 k next week. Beautiful morning. Felt pretty good. Used my new Timex HRM, so no idea of pace, but I felt very fast at times. The Max HR is pissing me off. I shoot up there within 5 minutes of my run...during warmup. I stay there for 1 to 5 minutes then I go back down to Z4...That heart of mine does beat fast when I run. I have to recalculate my Max HR. I could not imagine running in Z1 or Z2...I'd have to be walking according to these numbers.

Good run.

So I watched Ironman 2005 coverage of Kona last night. I got the DVD when I bought some fancy new stuff at the IMC Expo. It's funny, you'd think there would be stuff there that was remotely more affordable than what you could get at your local tri store, or that there would be some decent variety...I got some stuff I couldn't get here. Stuff that was in deep discount and nobody had noticed or seemed to want. I was tempted to buy the Ironman Kona coffee, but I heard that it was made of ball bearings. I got:

• A Zoot squid lid
  
• Blue Seventy goggles
• Ironman bib tights
• Timex fancy pants HRM/chronograph.

There was a lot of other cool stuff, but way too pricey and I could probably just as easily get it here or by mail for the same cost.

Anyway, watching the coverage proved to be very inspirational and all night I had watery dreams of anxiety and triumph over this tri-pronged trident that rests just behind my butt.

It didn't really help me get up at crack of stupid. It is still dark. And the berbery spice from the Ethiopian food last night didn't help.

For those of you wondering, I went with Video game for his Wii and a new battery for his watch. His sister got him a lovely my little pony, with a beautiful mane that would make the Hoff jealous.