Strong Finish to the Weekend
Today my schedule called for my longest ride in at least a few months – 2 1/2 hours – and I was committed to get at least most of it in. The weather forecast called for high 50’s or even low 60’s. Pretty amazing conditions for New York in mid-December; I had no excuse not…
Read MoreNYRR Hot Chocolate 10 Mile
This morning was another NYRR race in Central Park. It was my longest race (and run) since the marathon, which I guess was only about six weeks ago at this point. I’ve been running great recently – a PR in the 5 mile race, nearly a PR in the 10K, and now, what amounts to…
Read MoreDay 1, again
Yesterday was a great day off. Before I started working with John, I used to feel like days off were a waste – I frankly didn’t know what to do with myself and didn’t feel like I could afford to take a day off without sacrificing a workout. Now, however, I’d be jelly without the…
Read MoreA triple
Today was another 3 training session day. It’s really a killer – not so much the training, as my total workout time is scheduled for 2:15, which isn’t that bad, but because it’s three workouts, there’s all the travel time to the gym and preparation and then showering, which adds up quickly. Today was swim,…
Read MoreAnother bike and run day
This morning I got up to do some isolated leg training on the trainer. It was not easy to get myself out of bed, but once I did I felt pretty good and the training went smoothly and passed quickly. A big part of the reason it passed quickly was the fact that I watched…
Read More3600!
The last two weeks I was pretty proud of myself, thinking that swimming 3,000 yards in one session was some kind of big accomplishment. This morning when I checked my scheduled training session and saw that it was different, I scrolled through it to see the total: 3,600 yards. Wow. It wasn’t that the extra…
Read More10K
This morning was another NYRR race, a 10K. Again, like last Saturday, I had given serious consideration to taking it easy and just going for a fun run. Then, as I started thinking about it more, I decided, once again to go for it. I actually did have a reason besides just competitiveness and not-knowing-how-to-take-it-easy-ness….
Read MoreAnother and a first
Today being Saturday, and a Saturday without any real plans until the evening, I had all day to train. Yesterday was freezing cold and windy – probably the coldest day of the winter so far, so I was happy not to have to do any outside workouts. Today was supposed to be a little warmer,…
Read MoreDay 1 again
Even though its Friday, and the work-week is over, this morning I realized that this is really Day 1 for me. Right now, as long as Thursdays are my off day, Friday is Day 1. I better be feeling rested and loose today, otherwise I’m in trouble for the week ahead! Fortunately, I do feel…
Read MoreJust getting to my off day…
Charlie kept both of us up last night – Elizabeth barely slept and I was up pretty regularly from 2:30 on. That certainly didn’t help the body exhaustion I wrote about yesterday! Today, I’m tired in just about every way possible! Thankfully, tomorrow is the off-day. I wonder if I’ll this obsessed with my off-day…
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