Gorgeous day for a ride

Not a cloud in the sky... I think its 'cause a hurricane is blowing through. I'm riding today into the wind and when the wind dies down my speed increased by 3 mph with peddling any harder. It was like this for over 7 miles. I decided i was tired of it (not tired) so i turned around. I was working for 12-14 mph and after the turnaround i was cruising at 23 mph and top out. (mountain bike with road tires.)

18.5 miles (avg 16.2 mph)

FUND RAISING DINNER TONIGHT at Shorty's in Manchester
If you go be sure to put your receipt in the container at the front.

Biggest Loser Kicked my @$$

I watch The Biggest Loser (because Lost has too many commercials) and one of the guys ran a 5k(3.1 mi) in 21 min. My fastest was 22:53. WTF (in my defense.. ie excuses) he's younger, works out everyday for 4-6 hours and has for the past 5 months, he was being pulled by a car, he has wings... i can keep going. So anyway i get on my treadmill today in the basement with the wood stove going (alert alert more excuses coming.), because its snowing outside and I figured he averaged 6:46 min/mile or 8.9mph so i want to see what i could do.

So I'm on my treadmill in my hot wood stove basement and i run. No tears please...

2@15:26

Swimming and it not just in the pool

It is raining and cold. Even the pool was cold... it said 81 but i don't think so.
Great swim today.

20x100 w/30sec
2000M

Brick workout

So i think the name brick workout came from the way your legs feel when you are done...(tahnks Carlos. Great joke.) We started in the pool and did a nice little swim, then drove to Lake Massabesic and rode a little. (There were some nice steep hills. That which does not kill us makes us stronger. Can I get an Amen!!! Then we put our bikes down and did a little trail run. What a fun way to send and entire morning.

1600M
15mi bike
20 min run (ap. 2.3mi)

Easy run before a brick workout

Saturday our "team" trains together and we are doing a brick workout. That is when you swim then bike and then run to get accustomed to the triathlon. Knowing this i wanted to do a shorter but faster run. Now if only i could do it faster...

3@25:35

Outside is the nice side.

I started out on cool crisp morning absent from the constant roar of nearby traffic. When all of a sudden honk honk honk. I looked for the car accident but none could be found. Then two Canadian geese rise out of the clearing above the pond, zzwwwooooppp, zzwwwooooppp goes the sound of their wings as they gain altitude and honk out of sight. I clip my feet into my peddles and start my ride to the Y to swim.

1500M swim
10.6 mi bike

Nice day, Nice Run

I ran a loop that i do frequently and i started out thinking i don't want to do this but I'm going to. I remember when i was running 17+ miles trainging for my first marathon, how at the beginning it was tough because i knew i had so long and far to go. But with each step i got closer to my goal. Today i got a few steps closer too. Some hills were flatter and some "walking spots" have turned into running spots. And the few walking spots that were still around... I blame not wanting to get hit by a car.

6.5@56:53