Did 2000 yards in 44:19....thats almost 3 mins faster than my last 2000 yarder. Getting there slowly! I felt like a monster in the pool for the first 250, which may have been 300. I did what I thought was 250, looked at my watch and it only said 3:33, which was a 1:25/100 average. Thats WAY too fast, so I did another 50. I think I had only done 200 up to the 3:33 point.
Sooooo, this brings me to 18125 yards for the month of April. That is the most I have ever swam in a month and I am seeing HUGE improvements because of the extra yardage. My warmup this morning was a testament to that.
Its kind of like when I was in my freshman year of high school in history class. For some reason I kept forgetting to do my homework and I would get C's on all of my quizes and tests. Then after my teacher gave me a swift kick in the ass I started doing my homework, and sure enough my quiz and test grades started to rise signifigantly. So if you do your homework, results will come!
Thursday, April 30, 2009
Wednesday, April 29, 2009
ouch blisters!
I ended up with some nasty blisters from running downhill from Sunday's half marathon. They felt fine but looked bad over the past few days and I thought they would just fade away. So during my lunch time run today I used moleskin and tape and prepped the blisters really well. My feet didn't hurt at all during the run, but afterwards the blisters felt hot. I took the tape off and sure enough those little things were completely filled with liquid and very tender.
Sooooooo.....They need to be drained! I hope it didn't come to this, but these aren't the type that will just fade away and harden the skin.
Crap! good thing I have a roll of moleskin.
Sooooooo.....They need to be drained! I hope it didn't come to this, but these aren't the type that will just fade away and harden the skin.
Crap! good thing I have a roll of moleskin.
Tuesday, April 28, 2009
an exploding flat
Went on an easy recovery ride tonight on the TT bike and within a mile of leaving my rear wheel starts to rub and then vibrate and then bounce and then POP! Fortunately I started to immediately slow down to a stop once I felt the rear wheel start to go. The tube exploded with such force that it popped a 4-6" portion of the tire right off of the rim. Yikes! It could have been worse. I was able to change the tube quickly until I realized that my spare tube's stem was too short for my deeper rimmed rear wheel. Fortunately again I was riding with 4 others and one other rider had a long stem tube. Phew! I did, however, have to ride the remaining 18 miles on a wheel inflated with CO2, which meant that it was gonna be soft by the end of the ride.
The rest of the ride was fine. I took it completely easy and felt as good as new by the end.
The rest of the ride was fine. I took it completely easy and felt as good as new by the end.
Monday, April 27, 2009
back in the pool
Did a 1300 yarder at lunch today. My legs feel great considering yesterday's half marathon. I did 200 yards of kicking and my legs actually weren't achy at all. Weird!
We pushed it a bit harder in the pool today. We ended with 2 X 200 sets with some effort. I finished the first one and my arms were shot. My coworker convinced me to do another, and this time I had enough gas left at the last 25 that I was able to put some heat on and finish strong.
My confidence in the pool is building more and more.....finally!
We pushed it a bit harder in the pool today. We ended with 2 X 200 sets with some effort. I finished the first one and my arms were shot. My coworker convinced me to do another, and this time I had enough gas left at the last 25 that I was able to put some heat on and finish strong.
My confidence in the pool is building more and more.....finally!
Sunday, April 26, 2009
hot as hell half marathon
Its April 26th, and its 90 degrees outside! WHHHHHHAAAATTTT!!!!
For the half marathon this morning, it was in the 70's at the start and in the 80's at the finish. Thats not really hot actually, but! when you are training in 50-60 degree weather and then you race in temps 20-30 degrees higher, its gonna take a toll! I mean, you body is just not used to that kind of heat yet.
I did 2:00:10......doh! 11 seconds too slow! haha.....i don't really care about not breaking 2 hours. I know I am capable of a sub 2 hour half marathon. The first mile was crowded on a narrow path so the bottleneck effect right there cost me 20 seconds over the first mile.
It was a challenging course, with this beast at the end of mile 9:
My mile splits are as follows:
9:29
8:59
8:30
9:00
9:16
9:05
8:42
9:31
10:07
10:06
8:34
8:29
0:57 (last .1)
I feel great right now actually. I hurt a LOT worse after my first half marathon last October, which I did over 2 mins slower. My feet hurt at the end, but that was mostly due to a couple of blisters on the outside of the ball of my right foot....i got those from running downhill actually.
This is a great addition to my running base for the upcoming season, which starts in 4 weeks!
For the half marathon this morning, it was in the 70's at the start and in the 80's at the finish. Thats not really hot actually, but! when you are training in 50-60 degree weather and then you race in temps 20-30 degrees higher, its gonna take a toll! I mean, you body is just not used to that kind of heat yet.
I did 2:00:10......doh! 11 seconds too slow! haha.....i don't really care about not breaking 2 hours. I know I am capable of a sub 2 hour half marathon. The first mile was crowded on a narrow path so the bottleneck effect right there cost me 20 seconds over the first mile.
It was a challenging course, with this beast at the end of mile 9:
My mile splits are as follows:
9:29
8:59
8:30
9:00
9:16
9:05
8:42
9:31
10:07
10:06
8:34
8:29
0:57 (last .1)
I feel great right now actually. I hurt a LOT worse after my first half marathon last October, which I did over 2 mins slower. My feet hurt at the end, but that was mostly due to a couple of blisters on the outside of the ball of my right foot....i got those from running downhill actually.
This is a great addition to my running base for the upcoming season, which starts in 4 weeks!
Saturday, April 25, 2009
Tri Ridgefield course preview
Drove up to Ridgefield this morning to preview the bike course for my first tri of the season, Tri Ridgefield.
I like the course. It has a lot of turns, no big hills but a few rollers. There is a sharp left downhill turn that was kinda fun and will give you some nice speed that you can carry for a bit. I hope they have good signs for the turns and folks to hold off traffic at the intersections. There are a few busy intersections (crossing rt 35 2X) that could be a bit tricky. There were only a few roads with some beat up pavement, but mostly the roads are nice and smooth.
Just taking it easy, it took me ~45+ mins to do the course. Its about 14 miles.
I wanted to do 2 loops, but I decided not to so as to preserve my legs for tomorrow AM's half marathon.
I like the course. It has a lot of turns, no big hills but a few rollers. There is a sharp left downhill turn that was kinda fun and will give you some nice speed that you can carry for a bit. I hope they have good signs for the turns and folks to hold off traffic at the intersections. There are a few busy intersections (crossing rt 35 2X) that could be a bit tricky. There were only a few roads with some beat up pavement, but mostly the roads are nice and smooth.
Just taking it easy, it took me ~45+ mins to do the course. Its about 14 miles.
I wanted to do 2 loops, but I decided not to so as to preserve my legs for tomorrow AM's half marathon.
Friday, April 24, 2009
2000 yards
I swam 2000 yards this morning!
I did it like this:
5 X 50
5 X 100
5 X 150
2 X 250
The first 5 50's were pretty tiring and my arms were hurting from Wednesday's swim. By the time I hit the last 100 yard set, my arms were finally warmed up. The 150 yard and 250 yard sets were actually the easiest since I was totally warmed up and it just came down to doing the yardage.
I did a total 0f 6300 yards for the week. That is my most EVER in the pool in a week. I am feeling a lot more confident about my swim form than I was 3 weeks ago.
Just gotta keep swimming....
I did it like this:
5 X 50
5 X 100
5 X 150
2 X 250
The first 5 50's were pretty tiring and my arms were hurting from Wednesday's swim. By the time I hit the last 100 yard set, my arms were finally warmed up. The 150 yard and 250 yard sets were actually the easiest since I was totally warmed up and it just came down to doing the yardage.
I did a total 0f 6300 yards for the week. That is my most EVER in the pool in a week. I am feeling a lot more confident about my swim form than I was 3 weeks ago.
Just gotta keep swimming....
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)