I've been mainly relaxing over the holiday. Just want to document a couple bike rides.
Today did Mandeville Cyn. About a 20 mile ride total. We did an out and back where the out was about a 2000 ft. elevation gain. The actual canyon is 5 miles and you gain 1450 ft. We averaged about 9 mph on the way up. I'd like to do this ride once a week and see how much I can improve. It seems like a good hill workout.
Also did a 10 mile ride with my family on Christmas day. Very leisurely. Went for a 3 mile run on the SMC track on Christmas eve day. It felt pretty tough but I was very cold and my nutrition has been total crap.
Friday, December 29, 2006
Tuesday, December 19, 2006
One Week Out
It's been a week since I came down with a stomach flu. I think this is the first day I can say I've felt completely healthy again. I did go for a swim on Saturday with my sister. It was fun, but I was feeling very sluggish. We probably did 800 meters at the most.
I have next week off from work. So I hope to get a lot of bike riding done, weather permitting. My brother is coming home. I'll see if he can use the bigger Cannondale. I'd like to hit up some hills. I really need to train on hills. I've heard the Wildflower bike course is extremely hilly! The hills have eyes. Not that great of a movie.
I have next week off from work. So I hope to get a lot of bike riding done, weather permitting. My brother is coming home. I'll see if he can use the bigger Cannondale. I'd like to hit up some hills. I really need to train on hills. I've heard the Wildflower bike course is extremely hilly! The hills have eyes. Not that great of a movie.
Thursday, December 14, 2006
worst 2 days of my life
I got really sick early Tuesday morning. I woke up around 4AM and started hurling. All I remember is bed, bathroom, bed, bathroom, all night long until about 3pm the next day it when it started to become more bed than bathroom.
Yesterday i was feeling a little better and realized I probably wasn't going to die. Actually went to Fromin's deli last night and had a bowl of Matzo Ball soup. I'm back at work tdoay and considering a small Quizno's sandwich. Maybe I'll use this opportunity to give up coffe in the morning. Ha!
Another bummer of a sidenote: Office Christmas party tomorrow, open bar, but I highly doubt i'll be taking any part of that. Possibly a run on Saturday. At this point, I can barely think about walking down the street.
ugggghhhh, this sucks!
Yesterday i was feeling a little better and realized I probably wasn't going to die. Actually went to Fromin's deli last night and had a bowl of Matzo Ball soup. I'm back at work tdoay and considering a small Quizno's sandwich. Maybe I'll use this opportunity to give up coffe in the morning. Ha!
Another bummer of a sidenote: Office Christmas party tomorrow, open bar, but I highly doubt i'll be taking any part of that. Possibly a run on Saturday. At this point, I can barely think about walking down the street.
ugggghhhh, this sucks!
Monday, December 11, 2006
Gym
Are you ready? I made it to the gym. Good for me.
Run on treadmill: 2 miles total. First mile in 10 minutes, Second mile in 8:00 minutes. I have a feeling my internet going to go out any minute now. Images loading slower, pages, not loading at all...this coudl be the end.
Oh hey it's still up and running. Good stuff.
OK so after the run I did my normal weights/machines workout. I did bench presses, shoulder lift things (machine) I did some lat pull downs (95lbs) which I hadn't done in quite a while so I felt pretty awkward and it was tough.
I skipped the my normal leg workouts to focus on abs. Unfortunately I didn't get far. I tried the first part of the D3 suggested workout then crashed. It was tougher than I expected.
I did 3 sets of 25 reps of crunches using a big yellow ball. AFter that I went upstairs to to leg pull ups on one of those weird contraptions where your legs hand down and you support yourself with your forearms. I did 3 sets of 15 reps.
I also rode my bike too and from the gym. It was very cold.
Recap:
Run - 2 miles, 1 mile in 10 minutes, 2nd mile in 8 minutes.
Lifting - chest, shoulder, triceps, lat pull down
Abs - 3 x 25 over the ball crunches, 3 x 15 leg pull ups on weird leg-hang contrap.
bike - 2-3 miles.
Run on treadmill: 2 miles total. First mile in 10 minutes, Second mile in 8:00 minutes. I have a feeling my internet going to go out any minute now. Images loading slower, pages, not loading at all...this coudl be the end.
Oh hey it's still up and running. Good stuff.
OK so after the run I did my normal weights/machines workout. I did bench presses, shoulder lift things (machine) I did some lat pull downs (95lbs) which I hadn't done in quite a while so I felt pretty awkward and it was tough.
I skipped the my normal leg workouts to focus on abs. Unfortunately I didn't get far. I tried the first part of the D3 suggested workout then crashed. It was tougher than I expected.
I did 3 sets of 25 reps of crunches using a big yellow ball. AFter that I went upstairs to to leg pull ups on one of those weird contraptions where your legs hand down and you support yourself with your forearms. I did 3 sets of 15 reps.
I also rode my bike too and from the gym. It was very cold.
Recap:
Run - 2 miles, 1 mile in 10 minutes, 2nd mile in 8 minutes.
Lifting - chest, shoulder, triceps, lat pull down
Abs - 3 x 25 over the ball crunches, 3 x 15 leg pull ups on weird leg-hang contrap.
bike - 2-3 miles.
Alcohol consumption threshold training
3:30, Monday- Very unwise Sunday night party schedule. I am paying heavily right now. I'm on the fence as to whether to go home and pass out watching a dvd or man up and go to the gym. I guess you'll find out later tonight.
If I do go to the gym I want to try some core exercises that I found on D3multisport website thanks to SimplyStu this guy who does a very popular triathlon podcast.
http://www.d3multisport.com/articles.php
Triathlon is a very interesting subculture. There's so much to it, as you can imagine, and the people who are into it are really into it. It makes sense considering how much time is generally involved.
I have a feeling I'll be pretty surprised at the amount of time I spend training after keeping track for a while. And believe me - I am in no way as serious as most triathletes. I'm more of a street triathele, keeping it real. Real lazy.
Respek!
If I do go to the gym I want to try some core exercises that I found on D3multisport website thanks to SimplyStu this guy who does a very popular triathlon podcast.
http://www.d3multisport.com/articles.php
Triathlon is a very interesting subculture. There's so much to it, as you can imagine, and the people who are into it are really into it. It makes sense considering how much time is generally involved.
I have a feeling I'll be pretty surprised at the amount of time I spend training after keeping track for a while. And believe me - I am in no way as serious as most triathletes. I'm more of a street triathele, keeping it real. Real lazy.
Respek!
First Post: Introduction
Hello, this is my first post on my new blog. Take a minute to take her in. Isn't it lovely?
So the point of this blog will be mainly to track my progress in training for triathlon. I want to document my workouts and also try to get a hold on nutrition and other factors that go into performance.
I recently did a half marathon and had a pretty bad day. I was sufficiently trained, but the morning of the race, I started to feel sick to my stomach. It was a horrible feeling and the race, despite an awesome course, turned out to be a miserable experience. I dont' want to repeat that, or at least I don't want to repeat that for the same (hopefully preventable) reasons.
So I'll start with my workout today. I did a bootleg version of interval training. This was my first experience with this sort of thing, so needless to say I didn't come out too strong.
I rode my bike to the SMC track. It was freaking cold today and despite wearing a hooded sweater and tight bike/triathlon shorts under my running shorts I was pretty cold. I got to the track and took a few warm up laps.
1 mile warmup - 10 minutes
1 mile full out - 6:39
1 lap recover - 5 minutes
1 mile full out - 6:57
3 laps slow run to cooldown (didn't need much to cool off)
Ride back to my apartment.
I ate way hardily at my church christmas party tonight, then went to my girlfriend, Crystal's work party where there was an open bar. I had 2 Bushmill's on the rocks. Tomorrow is going to be a dead-serious Monday. Ouch!
So the point of this blog will be mainly to track my progress in training for triathlon. I want to document my workouts and also try to get a hold on nutrition and other factors that go into performance.
I recently did a half marathon and had a pretty bad day. I was sufficiently trained, but the morning of the race, I started to feel sick to my stomach. It was a horrible feeling and the race, despite an awesome course, turned out to be a miserable experience. I dont' want to repeat that, or at least I don't want to repeat that for the same (hopefully preventable) reasons.
So I'll start with my workout today. I did a bootleg version of interval training. This was my first experience with this sort of thing, so needless to say I didn't come out too strong.
I rode my bike to the SMC track. It was freaking cold today and despite wearing a hooded sweater and tight bike/triathlon shorts under my running shorts I was pretty cold. I got to the track and took a few warm up laps.
1 mile warmup - 10 minutes
1 mile full out - 6:39
1 lap recover - 5 minutes
1 mile full out - 6:57
3 laps slow run to cooldown (didn't need much to cool off)
Ride back to my apartment.
I ate way hardily at my church christmas party tonight, then went to my girlfriend, Crystal's work party where there was an open bar. I had 2 Bushmill's on the rocks. Tomorrow is going to be a dead-serious Monday. Ouch!
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