Went to the outdoor pool tonight with Katie from work. She brought toys! We did 200y to warm up, 200y with paddles and then 400y of drills: 100y pull, 100y finger drag, 100y one arm, 100y 3T. After that, we started a 200y ladder, but only made it through 200y, 175y and the first 25y of 150y. Total yards today (laps, really... the pool is short): 1200y
I like swimming outside in the big pool. It's like open water practice. Lots of chop. A bit of current. Good stuff.
Tuesday, July 31, 2012
Four Fantastic Park Loops
Work up this morning and headed out to the park. It was a bit muggier than I expected. I was able to keep a pretty good average with the HR. A little high for an easy ride, but I was trying to take some of the hills with a strong, steady effort. I did alright. Great company. Rode with Randy and Debbie. Debbie's a bit on the ill side and Randy is sore from a race.
Saturday, July 28, 2012
Spinervals 18.0
Put the bike on the trainer and did an hour with Coach Troy. I need to do at least two of these each week at this point. I really want to strengthen my legs for the bike. And I need to just do it. If I don't train, I can't expect September to be any better than July. It is going to take more discipline than I've been exhibiting. Instead of doing this for me, I've been purposely NOT doing it just to wallow. No one is suffering from my behavior but me.
Wednesday, July 25, 2012
Lunch Run
Ran down the Hudson River with Randy and his friend from work. Four miles at a reasonable pace; right around 9 minutes per mile. I get pretty tired after about three miles at this pace. It was hot, but there was a breeze. A lot of what I think about on runs like this is keeping up and maintaining good form. It gets very difficult.
My GPS didn't catch up to me until about half a mile out. The middle three miles are accurate, the first and last are weird. Either way, hard run. Good job.
My GPS didn't catch up to me until about half a mile out. The middle three miles are accurate, the first and last are weird. Either way, hard run. Good job.
Sunday, July 22, 2012
Speed Work
Got up and went for an early run with Randy today. It was nice to run in relatively cool weather. I was definitely hurting by the end of this one. I didn't realize that I was succeeding in 7 minute miles for most of it. Good job.
Wednesday, July 18, 2012
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