Lunch run
I’m begining to realize that for 30 minutes I can maintain a 10 min/mile without issue even with some walking in there. Of course, this is running by myself, and without the “energy” of race day. Above 3/30 my pace falls off. this will be something to work on over the off season, especially if I find myself training for the things that I’d like to do next year. But, for now, I’m ok with it. Actually, I’m just fine with it.
Starting to mentally prep my list of things I’ll need for next weekend. Pretty sure I’ve already got everything except for new Tri shorts. (Listen to the wise people when they tell you that you really should hand wash your tri shorts if you want them to last more than 1 season). So, it looks like I’ll have a pair of training shorts, and a pair of race shorts by the end of this weekend. Will need to pick up some more Gu next week, but I think I’ve got everything. (I did buy some today, but purposefully didn’t buy enough…any excuse to go to EA is a good excuse, right?).
in sweat, and in health! Have a great weekend!
Logbook Activity
- Type: Run
- Date: 09/05/2008
- Time: 13:29:11
- Total Time: 00:30:30.00
- Calories: 481
- Distance: 3.02 miles
- Average Pace: 10:06.06/mile
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afternoon ride
meeting got out early and my TV was returned by noon, so, why not go for a ride! Since the BG is pretty detoured up from Logboom to Bothell, decided to leave from (that park in downtown Bothell). Was a good ride. Am feeling really good on my new to me aero bars, rode pretty much the entire way on them, (even through the bumpy places), and it felt good. Nice not to have the fingers fall asleep for once. Now, if I could only wake up the toes a little sooner.
I think I hit a little snake on the way out…sorry little guy, you looked like a stick.
Logbook Activity
- Type: Cycle
- Date: 09/04/2008
- Time: 14:19:40
- Total Time: 00:57:00.00
- Distance: 17.35 miles
- Average Speed: 18.26 mph
- Max Speed: 23.5 mph
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Ordinary Day
Its all your state of mind.
This will probably be my last “big run” before Black Diamond. Ran from Logboom to the tunnel just at Wayne Golf Course and back. At first I thought about just going to Starbucks and back, but the legs just felt too good…so, I did the next thing that came to my mind…I just kept running.
Can I run a 10K after I’ve just swam a 1.5K, and biked a 40K.
I know why they put the distances in K’s instead of Miles…its so us folks like me who don’t know how far a K is won’t know exactly how far they have to go before they finish. I do know it sounds far…
10 days. time to go stretchy stretch.
Logbook Activity
- Type: Run
- Date: 09/03/2008
- Time: 12:58:17
- Total Time: 00:50:00.00
- Calories: 681
- Distance: 4.77 miles
- Average Pace: 10:29.37/mile
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Vacation ride
Brought my bike with me on vacation. If today’s ride is the only ride I get in until Monday it will surely be worth bringing my bike. Todays ride was gorgeous. Rode from above Crescent Bar to Quincy and then back down to Crescent Bar. The last, oh 4 miles or so are down hill with a steep dropoff on your right. It was actually kinda freaky, especially with semi truck flying by you at 65 miles an hour.
I could tell drivers in the area don’t see many bikers riding, not many people gave me room. The tail winds from start through Quincy sure were nice, but the head winds coming back were brutal.
Well, off to wake the sleeping beauties and get today started. The wind is supposed to pick up later today so I’m sure we’ll be off the river and at the pool.
Logbook Activity
- Type: Cycle
- Date: 08/27/2008
- Time: 08:27:56
- Total Time: 00:55:00.00
- Distance: 17 miles
- Average Speed: 18.55 mph
- Max Speed: 34 mph
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Running in Crescent Bar
On vacation with the family in wonderful Crescent Bar. The “strip” of Crescent Bar is 1.05 miles long, so, today was down and back 1 time. Wonderful sites along the way…”Watch for Snakes” signs in the cherry orchard, a $100K mastercraft wakeboard boat stranded high and dry on the beach, (I’ll post a picture later), the campers rubbing their eyes as they crawl out of their tents. Summer will be coming to a close in a few days and this is certainly a fitting way to end it.
Well, off to PLAY!
Logbook Activity
- Type: Run
- Date: 08/25/2008
- Time: 08:44:50
- Total Time: 00:21:30.00
- Distance: 2.18 miles
- Average Pace: 9:52.11/mile
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if it wasn’t one thing, it was another…
1-Woke up too early to do my “planned” route (I don’t have a headlight or rear flashers [hint Christmas present] and I don’t trust drivers on the road that early in the morning, so, stuck to “old faithfull” the BG.
2- Woke up too late to get in a brick before taking my son to his last day of summer camp. (Oh man, summer is over?!?!?)
3- Had to stop to get fallen limbs out of the path…Saw lots of evidence that this has been a recent re-occurring issue.
4- Didn’t have GU…Wanted it, but didn’t have it.
5- Got bug, (big bug) stuck in helmet. Which lead to me almost crashing along the side of th BG. From behind, I’m sure it looked pretty entertaining.
6- As soon as I stopped to retrieve helmet and sunglasses that had recently been flung from my head to get said bug out of helmet, some “dude” (no helmet and earphones) nearly misses my Oaks.
7- The sun wasn’t quite bright enough to illuminate ALL of the bumps in Bothell and so I almost lost one of my most favorite water bottles…so, had to stop and turn around and get that.
8- (almost forgot) Cafe Ladro’s parking lot, and perimeter parking was so full, I had to drive around the block 5 times, and still nothing opened up, so I went home. (and no, my truck does not fit in the drive through).
So, all in all I was probably gone 1 hour 30 minutes, but 1:20 in riding time.
BUT! THE Best part…When I got home, the fam was still asleep, so I got to wake mom and son and got to take him to his last day of summer camp. As of the week after next, he’ll be a “Kindergartener”!
Life’s Good!
In sweat and in health…
Logbook Activity
- Type: Cycle
- Date: 08/22/2008
- Time: 10:14:21
- Total Time: 1:20:00.00
- Distance: 24 miles
- Average Speed: 18 mph
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swim
as soon as the Macks Wax goes in, all thoughts are out the door and I just swim, all the “outside worries” are gone for the time I am in the pool. Well, except for the fact that I’m doing my biggest Tri in like 24 days…but hey, thats why we do the things we do.
Enjoy today!
Logbook Activity
- Type: Swim
- Date: 08/20/2008
- Time: 10:40:09
- Total Time: 00:32:00.00
- Distance: 1800 yd
- Average Pace: 1:46.53/100yd
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Sunrise at the stump
Martha Lake Initiation!
The weather didn’t look promising this morning. O’Dark Hundred thunderstorms threatened the OWS but, checked the weather and radar and we made the (good) call to go to Martha. And who knew that as we rested at the stump, the sun would rise. What a great way to start your Monday! 
What a grand swim and now I can say I’ve swum Martha Lake. What a pure treasure we have in our backyard!
Logbook Activity
- Type: Swim
- Date: 08/18/2008
- Time: 09:33:04
- Total Time: 00:39:47.00
- Distance: 1936 yd
- Average Pace: 2:03.22/100yd
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oh horse pucky!
It almost caused 2 head-on accidents on the trail this morning. I’m not dissin horse folks, nor horses, they are beautiful creatures, but my personal belief is that the horse riders should be held to the same standards as dog owners, (Pick up your SH!T). If your horse drops its load in the road, scoop it up and dispose of it properly, please. Yes, I know that means you’ll need to carry Hefty Garbage bags with you, but it could be worse.
Or, is there something that the horses could wear to catch the droppings? Those things are mountains!
Or, possibly “sense” when your horse is about to drop its load in the road and take them off the trail a few feet don’t let them swerve across the entire trail so their mountains cross the entire trail…
Or, have someone follow you with a garbage pail and shovel like in parades.
Please, by no means am I saying “ALL” horse riders/owners are irresponsible by letting their horses do their bidness on the trail. I’m sure there are many more responsible riders than irresponsible ones, but its just like anything else, one “bad rider” gives most riders a bad name.
When the trail gets crowded with walkers, runners, bikes, and rollerbladers and 4 of us all meet at the most inconvenient place (where there is a horse mountain in the middle of the trail) all it takes is 1 of us not paying attention to cause a seriously ugly accident, and it almost happened twice this morning.
OK, besides horse pucky, it was a seriously good ride. I really enjoy seeing “the mountain”, (for those of you not from around here, we refer to Mt Rainier as “the mountain” not the mountain of horse pucky), before most people are even awake or at least sipping on the morning jolt. Eagles soaring, hot air balloons flying, and the mountain is out. How could this NOT be a good day.
Logbook Activity
- Type: Cycle
- Date: 08/14/2008
- Time: 09:59:24
- Total Time: 00:57:00.00
- Distance: 17 miles
- Average Speed: 17.89 mph
- Max Speed: 26 mph
- Max Cadence: 111
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busy morning
lots of folks in the pool, obviously inspired by Mr Phelps or something.
The true joy in doing triathlon training, is for me, not knowing exactly what I am going to do for todays workout. Yes, I’m following a very good training plan, but I hate to say it, I haven’t been following it as well as I should. I promise that will change, (it’s been a tough week). So, when I went to bed last night I knew I had everything I needed in my bag and my truck to do whatever I felt like in the morning, swim? bike? run or any combination of the 3. Working out/training never gets boring for me. So, after I finished 1600 yards, I decided to go for a bike. Glad I did…
Logbook Activity
- Type: Swim
- Date: 08/14/2008
- Time: 09:44:05
- Total Time: 00:28:00.00
- Distance: 1600 yd
- Average Pace: 1:44.9/100yd
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