San Francisco or Bust
May 29th. Man, it's been a long strange trip. Not strange, just long. :) Day 1: Drove from Albuquerque, New Mexico after Arielle's 5th grade graduation, to Las Vegas, Nevada. Was sad and immensely missed the drive over Hoover Dam. They built a giant super highway bridge. We took the old highway down, and stopped for a few milliseconds. Made it to my sisters. Both days woke up with the birds. On Friday we went to Red Rocks did a nice hike into the Canyon, drove the loop. That night we went down
21 Miles in 2 weeks
First and foremost, it's all about Muscle Memory and what you have done in the past for running. This type of jump in mileage is not for the inexperienced or the untrained, you have to consider 'my base', and that I was previously running between 2.5 and 3 hours per week I have a 50 k in my training history, from fall of 2010. I have a just under 7 hour ultra run from last summer 2011. I have already established with this kind of training age it's possible to go out and
9 Hours in 3 days
And I am more than toast. TH was 'in the saddle for 4 hours'. I only wanted 3 but the powers to be decided to test me. It was probably only 3.5 hours of riding, maybe closer to 3. I was out there longer than I wanted to be, way longer. I did end up catching the tail of a ride, the "Reaper". I sprinted about 150 yards to get on, held on, then, they bored me by going to slow, then, I sprinted up front, pulled, and blew up, it
5.16.2012
Today the smog was bad, I felt so guilty, I rode my bike to swimming. My 500 M's are on 8:30 and I can see my desk: a Great Day.
Swim 3400-3900: Long Course Prep
600 Warm Up Swim Pull Kick 500-1000 Drill with fins 4 x 500 last 150 descending: TEMPO to Threshold RI: as needed (:20 to 1:00) These 500’s can be pull, fins, swim, swim with fins, your call depending on how you feel. 300 cool down
I Have Never Made a Mistake
In my training. I have made plenty of mistakes in my life, with very few, if any regrets :) Until last week, and I wish I could say it was a simple mistake. I was going along in my happy little life, transitioning from Dawn to Dusk, into Alcatraz Swim: running here, biking there. Monday I thought, "I should see where I am in my training" Keep in mind, I generally check every week, where I should be. I saw my long run should be at 2:45 2:45 That's a long shot off of 1:00 or 70 minutes. Holy Burrito Bat
Monday
Some people don't like Mondays, I'm guessing because they don't like Mondays, they're Mondays meet them with the same energy they meet Mondays. Positive Energy brings Positive Things. Words to act by. That's why it's important to be careful for what you ask for: the minute you think a thought, you set that thought into motion. Weeks are flying by, not quite out of control. Comfortable Chaos. :) Last Monday I spent 30 minutes in <65 degree water temperature. A good solid 30 minutes. I was toast for 1.5 days. Had a nice tempo 50 mile ride,