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"So many of our dreams at first seem impossible, then they seem improbable, and then, when we summon the will, they soon become inevitable."
- Christopher Reeve
Run:
Total Distance - 3.2 miles
Total Time - 27:17
Pace - 8:32
Bike:
Total Distance - 8.4 miles
Total Time ~ 28:00
Speed ~ 18 mph
Comments:
This was a bad run with a decent bike that capped off a really rough week. This was the last week of the summer semester fro my MBA program and I had a project due and exam on Friday. Tuesday on my way to the pool I got a flat, so instead of swimming I was in the parking lot changing a tire. So the numbers for this week look bad, but it was a tough week that is luckily behind me. I'm looking forward to a much better starting tomorrow.
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"So many of our dreams at first seem impossible, then they seem improbable, and then, when we summon the will, they soon become inevitable."
- Christopher Reeve
Comments:
I really thought I was going faster on my sprint, so I decided to see how much slower I went when just putting in a decent effort to see the difference. I'm going to keep working on my sprint speeds and try to get it below to 9:00 for my tri in September.
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"So many of our dreams at first seem impossible, then they seem improbable, and then, when we summon the will, they soon become inevitable."
- Christopher Reeve
Comments:
Today was a tough workout. Normally we use fins, kick boards, hand paddles, and leg buoys, during drills in between our regular swim reps. These drills let you rest at least some part of your body, but today was just a swim day. There would be a 6 X 100 with 15 second rests, followed by 4 X 50 with 10 seconds rest, then a 400 swim with a 30 second rest. I definitely worked on my determination to finish today, which is probably half of distance sports.
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"So many of our dreams at first seem impossible, then they seem improbable, and then, when we summon the will, they soon become inevitable."
- Christopher Reeve
Total Distance - 3 miles
Total Time - 26:06
Pace - 8:42
Trail Run
Bike:
Total Distance - 6 miles
Total Time ~ 25:00
Rode with a slow group
Comments:
This workout was part of a training session for my sprint tri next Saturday. The run is on a pretty tough trail, so I wanted to try it once before the race. I had heard it was tough, but I didn't think it was going to be this rough. You have to watch your feet the whole time looking out for roots, rocks, and holes. One of the hills (aptly named Hell's hill) is so steep you can't run down it fast because you'd topple over, and going up I had to walk. I could have ran it, but this was my second workout of the day and I wasn't pushing it. The bike was pretty much what the course is going to be, and I was in a group and half of the people had mountain bikes, so it was slow going. But I did get a lay of the land. The bike portion is flat and fast. I'm looking forward to next Saturday.
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"So many of our dreams at first seem impossible, then they seem improbable, and then, when we summon the will, they soon become inevitable."
- Christopher Reeve
Total Distance - 4 miles
Total Time - 30:38
Pace - 7:50
Comments:
A pretty good run, I'm happy with anything under an 8:00 pace right now. This is the same trail I ran on July 15, where I was only able to do about 3.5 miles and that took me 30 minutes. Main difference this time was I did it earlier in the day so it was cooler and I had shade for 3 out of 4 miles. The heat just kills me. Luckily races are early in the morning.
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"So many of our dreams at first seem impossible, then they seem improbable, and then, when we summon the will, they soon become inevitable."
- Christopher Reeve
Comments:
Felt about 75% today. Worked on TI's 2 beat kick trying get my kick to help spear my opposite hand into the water. Tried it with fins first which I think helped and I was able to do it a bit without fins. I'll keep practicing and see if it helps at all.
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"So many of our dreams at first seem impossible, then they seem improbable, and then, when we summon the will, they soon become inevitable."
- Christopher Reeve
Total Distance - 7.8 miles
Total Time - 26:22
Speed - 17.75 mph
Lifting:
Squat
12 X 185
12 X 185
12 X 185
Romanian Deadlift
12 X 135
12 X 155
12 X 155
Dips
12
12
12
Decline sit-up
12 X 25
12 X 25
12 X 25
Pull-up
12
11
9
Pullover
12 X 45
12 X 50
12 X 50
Lat Raise
12 X 25
12 X 25
12 X 25
Comments:
Just doing the once a week lifting I can't make the progress I'm used to before I was doing tri's. Guess that's normal. THe bike portion went well enough. I ordered clipless shoes and pedals and I'm interested to see if they help at all.
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"So many of our dreams at first seem impossible, then they seem improbable, and then, when we summon the will, they soon become inevitable."
- Christopher Reeve
Comments:
I did this with my wife, so I wasn't going for speed on the run or bike portion. She did a great job and I'm pretty sure she's feeling much better about her first tri we're doing in a week. For the swim, I did a bit better than before. After this tri I'm really going to focus on form for a while and see what I can do there.
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"So many of our dreams at first seem impossible, then they seem improbable, and then, when we summon the will, they soon become inevitable."
- Christopher Reeve
Comments:
Worked on the 2 beat kick today. I'm following TI, so I kick with my left and use that to spear my right hand in the water. I feel that my legs are riding lower in the water than normal, but when measured against my normal kick I did save several seconds off the 100. I would think as I get better it will improve more. I'm going to watch the TI DVD again later this week I'll decide which kick I'm using for my sprint tri on Saturday.
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"So many of our dreams at first seem impossible, then they seem improbable, and then, when we summon the will, they soon become inevitable."
- Christopher Reeve
Comments:
Not a bad swim. I was focusing on the two beat kick as well as using my hips to spear my hand out and pull the other hand back. I kind of feel like a rag doll in the water with my hands being flailed about.
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"So many of our dreams at first seem impossible, then they seem improbable, and then, when we summon the will, they soon become inevitable."
- Christopher Reeve
Total Distance - 4 miles
Total Time - 30:05
Pace - 7:31
Comments:
I'm really happy with this run. I shaved off 30 seconds from last week on the exact route. I should be able to knock out the run portion of my tri this weekend pretty easily.
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"So many of our dreams at first seem impossible, then they seem improbable, and then, when we summon the will, they soon become inevitable."
- Christopher Reeve
Comments:
We practiced changing lanes at the turn since several of us are in a pool tri this Saturday. Though I hit my head several times on the lane ropes, I think I got better. Definitely a good thing to practice. Main problem will be if someone is resting and holding on to the wall on the inside of turn.
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"So many of our dreams at first seem impossible, then they seem improbable, and then, when we summon the will, they soon become inevitable."
- Christopher Reeve
Triathlon:
Run - 3.1 miles
Bike - 6 miles
Swim - 400 meters
Total Time : 55:00
Comments:
The splits haven't been posted, but I'm pretty sure I did this in 55 minutes. I did the 5k in 22:40, which is my best time for a 5k add to that it was rough terrain with some big hills. The bike went fine. But the swim was tough. About 75 meters in I got ran over by a group, and it took me a bit to recover mentally from that. I'll be interested to see my split time. Overall great day!
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"So many of our dreams at first seem impossible, then they seem improbable, and then, when we summon the will, they soon become inevitable."
- Christopher Reeve
Triathlon:
Run - 3.1 miles - 22:41
Bike - 6 miles - 21:16 (with both transitions)
Swim - 400 meters - 11:08
Comments:
Not surprisingly disappointed in my swim. It's completely a head game for me. Once I got ran over in the swim everything went poorly. What sucks is if I had done the 400 meters in 9:30 like I normally do I could have been in the top 5 for my age group. Instead I ended up 9th and 76th overall. I would have been extremely happy with those results if I hadn't done so poorly in the swim. I'll try to do better next time.
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"So many of our dreams at first seem impossible, then they seem improbable, and then, when we summon the will, they soon become inevitable."
- Christopher Reeve
Comments:
Not a bad day in the pool. I know now I really have to focus on swimming, so I'm getting that in gear.
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"So many of our dreams at first seem impossible, then they seem improbable, and then, when we summon the will, they soon become inevitable."
- Christopher Reeve
Comments:
Today was a tough one, much fewer breaks than normal. We ended this with 3 sets of 6X50's with 5 second breaks for the first set, then 10 seconds, then 15 seconds. I thought my arms were going to fall off and I had to fight to keep my legs up. Guess that means it was a good workout.
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"So many of our dreams at first seem impossible, then they seem improbable, and then, when we summon the will, they soon become inevitable."
- Christopher Reeve
Comments:
The time i just a solid guess. I didn't keep up with it like normal. This was the first time I rode wearing the clipless shoes, and that went pretty well. I think it added to my performance, and I was able to clip in and out pretty easily. I still need to work on clipping in my left foot while I'm moving.
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"So many of our dreams at first seem impossible, then they seem improbable, and then, when we summon the will, they soon become inevitable."
- Christopher Reeve
Comments:
I was having a tough time during this class, ended up I was sick for the next couple of days, so I'm blaming that.
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"So many of our dreams at first seem impossible, then they seem improbable, and then, when we summon the will, they soon become inevitable."
- Christopher Reeve
Comments:
Wasn't able to make it to class, so I did what was scheduled for an hour for the first hour.
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"So many of our dreams at first seem impossible, then they seem improbable, and then, when we summon the will, they soon become inevitable."
- Christopher Reeve
Comments:
I had planned on cycling as well, but rain changed that plan.
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"So many of our dreams at first seem impossible, then they seem improbable, and then, when we summon the will, they soon become inevitable."
- Christopher Reeve
Comments:
Plan was to run and bike, but I picked a poor time to bike. Traffic was crazy so I gave up after a mile and just ran. I hadn't run in a while, so I'm happy with this time.
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"So many of our dreams at first seem impossible, then they seem improbable, and then, when we summon the will, they soon become inevitable."
- Christopher Reeve
Comments:
It went well today. I had to take a couple of longer breaks than scheduled, but overall a good day.
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"So many of our dreams at first seem impossible, then they seem improbable, and then, when we summon the will, they soon become inevitable."
- Christopher Reeve
Bike:
Distance - 16.2 miles
Time - 58:00
Speed - 16.76 mph
Run:
Distance - 3.5
Time - 28:53
Pace - 8:15
Comments:
Really nice morning for this. The weather was great. I was trying to get 17 mph average on the bike, but just wasn't able to do it. I was able to keep up the same pace for the first and last 8 miles. I didn't want to kick it up too much near the end of the bike to save my legs for the run. Definitely could have run faster, but at the end of this I wasn't exhausted. Which means I get to have more fun with the kids so it works out well.
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"So many of our dreams at first seem impossible, then they seem improbable, and then, when we summon the will, they soon become inevitable."
- Christopher Reeve
Comments:
Today's workout was a little tougher than normal. I slept in, so I wasn't able to complete the whole 1.5 hour session.
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"So many of our dreams at first seem impossible, then they seem improbable, and then, when we summon the will, they soon become inevitable."
- Christopher Reeve
Comments:
I have a sprint tri on Saturday which has a dock start that you have to jump feet first. We practiced that a bit in the pool, teacher referred to it as a life guard jump. You try not to go to far under water, so you can just start swimming. We also did a couple of 400's and then warmed down. For the bike today I took it pretty slow. Didn't want to exert too much energy.
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"So many of our dreams at first seem impossible, then they seem improbable, and then, when we summon the will, they soon become inevitable."
- Christopher Reeve
Bike:
Distance - 14.3 miles
Time - 49:15
Speed - 17.4 mph
Run:
Distance - 3.1 miles
Time - 25:28
Pace - 8:13
Comments:
This was the Frantic Frog Sprint Tri. Another OWS, and I felt better in this one than I did my last one. Everyone I talked to thought this was more like a 500 m swim, so maybe that's why my time was a little long. I also didn't do well on sighting so I probably added a good amount to the distance. I'll need to work on that for next time. The bike went well enough. I had planned on being faster in the run, but the benefit was that after the race I didn't feel completely wasted. Last tri my legs were much more sore afterwards. Overall a good day, and they gave us beer afterwards so that's an added bonus.
Now it's time to start focusing on lifting more. I'd like to add at least 5 pounds of muscle of the next fwe months before I start training for an olympic distance race next year.
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"So many of our dreams at first seem impossible, then they seem improbable, and then, when we summon the will, they soon become inevitable."
- Christopher Reeve
Thanks. Now I'm trying to figure out what I'm doing for the off season. I want to gain some weight, but I also need to work on my swimming technique. Should be fun.
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"So many of our dreams at first seem impossible, then they seem improbable, and then, when we summon the will, they soon become inevitable."
- Christopher Reeve
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