Wednesday, September 2, 2009
Slowly but Surely
I am slowly getting back into it. I have been on travel out of state for 5 out of the last 7 days. I am sure that a more disciplined person would make sure to get their run/bike/swim in. I am not that person. To try to make up for some of that I ran 6 miles yesterday and swam 1200 meters today. Tomorrow through Sunday aren't looking too good because I will again be out of town 3 out of 4 days. Plan is to get out a bit Friday morning and get a run in either Saturday or Sunday, or both, when we are in D.C. visiting friends.
Swim tonight was good. The only downside was I ended up having to wait 20 minutes to get into the pool because of swim lessons and the masters swim group. Apparently they have most of the pools reserved from 6:15 until 7:30 or 8. I'll have to include that in my 'notes to self.'
I feel good but tired right now. Only 25 days to the Nathan's Tri!
Swim tonight was good. The only downside was I ended up having to wait 20 minutes to get into the pool because of swim lessons and the masters swim group. Apparently they have most of the pools reserved from 6:15 until 7:30 or 8. I'll have to include that in my 'notes to self.'
I feel good but tired right now. Only 25 days to the Nathan's Tri!
September - Weight loss month!
I have decided this month is weight loss month. If I really want to do this race I need to shed some pounds. With all this exercise you would think the weight would be falling off. It isn't. I am really going to concentrate on my diet and see what I come up with. My first action is to sign up for thedailyplate.com. This is a food tracker/calorie counting program. Hopefully it will help keep me under control.
A horse, a goat, a coyote and roadrunner
Here is an overview of our weekend bike ride. Eric wrote this in his blog. (Ron and I decided he is as strong as a horse. He road up all those hills on a Mountain bike. He is tough!)
Our weekend ride group decided to tackle the Usery Pass loop this past weekend. You can check the route here if you like. The hills are not too shabby, a 1,660 ft climb/decent. We decided to go clockwise and atthe end of 18ish miles turn around and go back. In the group was Kate & Ron (this is Kate's idea) and a girl from Oregon named Suzanne (one of Katre's students).
We all started out together fairly strong (19-20mph), and then a big down hill (hit 39.7mph). Cool! I decided to ride my mountain bike since it has gears and my road bike doesn't. I planned to put the slicks on so I could hang with the road bikes, but Saturday when I grabbel the wheel, it had no tube. Bummer. I would have to work that much harder to hang in with them. On the first hill, I started to put a little distance between me and the pack. It wasn't long before Ron caught me.
Next hill, 4-1/2% grade for a couple miles, no biggie. We started out and Suzanne's bike decided that it liked the big chain ring better than the small. That wasn't going to work. We all stopped to get this fixed and were back on our way. We made it to the top and down the hill to our turn around/starting point. What I found interesting about the return climb is that Suzanne flew up this hill. I swear she's part mountain goat!
I didn't realize how long that big hill was until we went screaming down it (32mph max) for over 3 miles. We crouched down as to get better aerodynamics and more speed. I was crouched so long that my back started cramping. The hill that I hit 39mph coming down absolutely sucked going back up. In cycling, what goes down almost alway comes back up. We were 35 miles into the ride and it was in the upper 90's. Luckily we were near the end and could call it a successful ride. All in all, it was a great day to ride. Great group, great route, great work out.
One of the neatest parts of the ride was being out in the desert. During the ride we saw a coyote and a roadrunner. Beautiful. I think the bike rides are my favorite part of this training. We are already planning the next ride!!
Our weekend ride group decided to tackle the Usery Pass loop this past weekend. You can check the route here if you like. The hills are not too shabby, a 1,660 ft climb/decent. We decided to go clockwise and atthe end of 18ish miles turn around and go back. In the group was Kate & Ron (this is Kate's idea) and a girl from Oregon named Suzanne (one of Katre's students).
We all started out together fairly strong (19-20mph), and then a big down hill (hit 39.7mph). Cool! I decided to ride my mountain bike since it has gears and my road bike doesn't. I planned to put the slicks on so I could hang with the road bikes, but Saturday when I grabbel the wheel, it had no tube. Bummer. I would have to work that much harder to hang in with them. On the first hill, I started to put a little distance between me and the pack. It wasn't long before Ron caught me.
Next hill, 4-1/2% grade for a couple miles, no biggie. We started out and Suzanne's bike decided that it liked the big chain ring better than the small. That wasn't going to work. We all stopped to get this fixed and were back on our way. We made it to the top and down the hill to our turn around/starting point. What I found interesting about the return climb is that Suzanne flew up this hill. I swear she's part mountain goat!
I didn't realize how long that big hill was until we went screaming down it (32mph max) for over 3 miles. We crouched down as to get better aerodynamics and more speed. I was crouched so long that my back started cramping. The hill that I hit 39mph coming down absolutely sucked going back up. In cycling, what goes down almost alway comes back up. We were 35 miles into the ride and it was in the upper 90's. Luckily we were near the end and could call it a successful ride. All in all, it was a great day to ride. Great group, great route, great work out.
One of the neatest parts of the ride was being out in the desert. During the ride we saw a coyote and a roadrunner. Beautiful. I think the bike rides are my favorite part of this training. We are already planning the next ride!!
Tuesday, September 1, 2009
Week 31 Report - Kate
This week was much better! Not perfect but better. This is what I did. Remember that my goal each week is 2 runs, 2 bikes, and 3 swims.
Monday = Run, 3 miles
Tuesday = Swim, 1000 meters
Friday = Swim, 800 meters
Saturday = Run, 3 miles
Sunday = Bike, 38 miles of hills
Monday = Run, 3 miles
Tuesday = Swim, 1000 meters
Friday = Swim, 800 meters
Saturday = Run, 3 miles
Sunday = Bike, 38 miles of hills
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