Look what I have to look forward to someday! An Ironman mass swim start - yikes!
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Monday, June 30, 2008
Sunday, June 29, 2008
Vineman Training - Week 9 Completed
And not a moment too soon - I'm pooped! The training-induced stupids have kicked in nicely.
Training totals for the week
(distance in miles and training time in hrs:mins):
Swim: 3.5 mi (6100 yards) - 3:03 (I'd have had another 1000 yds if they hadn't changed lap swim hours on me)
Bike: 102.9 mi - 6:54
Run: 25.3 mi - 4:10
Total: 131.6 mi - 14:07
Jeff and I rode the Vineman course again yesterday. The weather was cooler than my last visit and I rode it faster than last time as well. I'm really not sure what race day will bring weather-wise. I also got out for a 30 minute run on the half-marathon course after our ride and the hills felt surprisingly good. 2-hour run this morning on the Los Gatos Creek Trail and I fit in one more swim with my dad this afternoon. Is it any surprise that I've been falling asleep at the drop of a hat lately?
3 weeks to go - ack!!!
Training totals for the week
(distance in miles and training time in hrs:mins):
Swim: 3.5 mi (6100 yards) - 3:03 (I'd have had another 1000 yds if they hadn't changed lap swim hours on me)
Bike: 102.9 mi - 6:54
Run: 25.3 mi - 4:10
Total: 131.6 mi - 14:07
Jeff and I rode the Vineman course again yesterday. The weather was cooler than my last visit and I rode it faster than last time as well. I'm really not sure what race day will bring weather-wise. I also got out for a 30 minute run on the half-marathon course after our ride and the hills felt surprisingly good. 2-hour run this morning on the Los Gatos Creek Trail and I fit in one more swim with my dad this afternoon. Is it any surprise that I've been falling asleep at the drop of a hat lately?
3 weeks to go - ack!!!
Saturday, June 28, 2008
Thursday, June 26, 2008
The baby dog is coming along
Tonight was Stanley's first class of our Beginners 2 agility session. We began doing more with lefts and rights and handling turns. The little man had his slow moments but he did OK!
Watch the video.
Watch the video.
Wednesday, June 25, 2008
Tired...
Work made me cry today. I took a nap at 9:30 in the morning and I NEEDED it. Stanley did well at obedience class - Pam is a training goddess. My swim was slow. But I am Sticking. To. The. Plan. Nothing's gonna mess up my peak week, baby!
On Friday I'm biking to a work event that's up the mountain above Saratoga. I hope they like me sweaty and stinky. :)
On Friday I'm biking to a work event that's up the mountain above Saratoga. I hope they like me sweaty and stinky. :)
Sunday, June 22, 2008
Week 8 - Finished!
This was a "rest" week...now it's time to ramp back up again for more heavy training.
Swim: 3250 yds (would have been better if my pool hadn't been closed all week)
Bike: 79.2 miles (would have been more if the whole south end of the valley weren't on fire - I had to dramatically alter my planned bike route this morning due to heavy smoke and flames)
Run: 13.9 miles
My next week looks like this:
Monday: Rest, oh blessed rest
Tuesday: Swim 2100yd, Bike 1:30
Wednesday: Run 0:50
Thursday: Swim 3000yd, Bike 1:30
Friday: Run 0:50
Saturday: Brick- Bike 4:00 Run 0:30
Sunday: Run 2:00, Swim 2000yd
Swim: 3250 yds (would have been better if my pool hadn't been closed all week)
Bike: 79.2 miles (would have been more if the whole south end of the valley weren't on fire - I had to dramatically alter my planned bike route this morning due to heavy smoke and flames)
Run: 13.9 miles
My next week looks like this:
Monday: Rest, oh blessed rest
Tuesday: Swim 2100yd, Bike 1:30
Wednesday: Run 0:50
Thursday: Swim 3000yd, Bike 1:30
Friday: Run 0:50
Saturday: Brick- Bike 4:00 Run 0:30
Sunday: Run 2:00, Swim 2000yd
Saturday, June 21, 2008
Tri for Fun - DONE!
Hey, guess what? It's hot in Pleasanton! Good thing we started early, it was really warm by the end. Today was Tri for Fun, a great race series with a course I really like. 400 yd swim, 11 mile bike, 3.1 mile run.
Jeff and Nigel were doing their first triathlon, my dad wanted to improve his time over last year when we did this one, and I wanted to use this as a test of everything for Vineman (and improve my time over last year. And preferably beat Jeff).
We started in the very last wave so that we could all begin together and go from there.
My results for the day:
* Great swim, able to follow feet the whole way and not come up to sight much. My dad and I walked out of the water together. 9:34.
* Bike: 19.1 mph. I was able to use my aerobars a lot, even when passing people. I saw all of my guys and when I knew I was ahead of the whole gang just pushed the pace hard.
* Run: 27:05
* Finish time: 1:12:05 (I was hoping for under 1:15)! 11.5 minutes better than I did on this course last year.
Most importantly my gear held up and I felt good!
The final times for the guys:
Jeff: 1:21:01
Nigel: 1:22:02
Dad: 1:33:40 (a 12 minute improvement over last year!)
I'm so proud of the guys, they all did great. The two doing their first really did well! Nigel is definitely planning on doing more. I'm trying to encourage Jeff to work on his swim and do the August Tri for Fun...we'll see. And my dad improved over last year and got a good reminder that he actually needs to RUN in training if he expects to race (the last time he ran before today was May 18th at the Uvas race).
Time to rest for a big training day tomorrow.
Jeff and Nigel were doing their first triathlon, my dad wanted to improve his time over last year when we did this one, and I wanted to use this as a test of everything for Vineman (and improve my time over last year. And preferably beat Jeff).
We started in the very last wave so that we could all begin together and go from there.
My results for the day:
* Great swim, able to follow feet the whole way and not come up to sight much. My dad and I walked out of the water together. 9:34.
* Bike: 19.1 mph. I was able to use my aerobars a lot, even when passing people. I saw all of my guys and when I knew I was ahead of the whole gang just pushed the pace hard.
* Run: 27:05
* Finish time: 1:12:05 (I was hoping for under 1:15)! 11.5 minutes better than I did on this course last year.
Most importantly my gear held up and I felt good!
The final times for the guys:
Jeff: 1:21:01
Nigel: 1:22:02
Dad: 1:33:40 (a 12 minute improvement over last year!)
I'm so proud of the guys, they all did great. The two doing their first really did well! Nigel is definitely planning on doing more. I'm trying to encourage Jeff to work on his swim and do the August Tri for Fun...we'll see. And my dad improved over last year and got a good reminder that he actually needs to RUN in training if he expects to race (the last time he ran before today was May 18th at the Uvas race).
Time to rest for a big training day tomorrow.
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