My Drug of Choice starts with S-C and Rhymes with Pot
My Scott. This drug lowers cholesterol, lowers blood pressure, decreases depression increases mental processes increases endorphins decreases stress hormones increases immunity, just to name a few. Yea, my Team Issue Foil is nice, but nothing beats time on the 29'er, Scale Pro. Yesterday headed up to the ski hill for some King of the Mountain fun. I met Rose, and Beth headed up. I haven't blogged in awhile. As if I haven't had anything to say. You're right, hard to imagine. 1:50 to the top of KOM, my slowest time, I'm sure since 1995. I want to remember that time. I'm going
How to Balance Family with Training
Balance: one of the most difficult parts of having a family and being an athlete. My children are a little older now, 10 and 12 and they are responsible enough to be at the house alone for a couple of hours while I go take care of myself. While I was juggling; coaching, training, motherhood, I had to remain flexible in my mind set. I always, always set a schedule. This is probably the most important part of balance, time management. I print out a weekly calendar, scheduled all my obligations
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,