Although I just about forgot the blog today. I slept in and skipped the pool today. That's the first time in awhile I have done that. So tonight I am gonna run. It will be the first run in my new shoes. Looking forward to it.
Last night my man Brian came over and fixed my VTX motorcycle. It's now running like a champ! Now I need to get it clean and it will be ready to go.
Well that's about it now...... See ya tomorrow...........
Thursday, February 28, 2013
Wednesday, February 27, 2013
Middle Of The Week ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
At least it's all downhill from here. I did a mile swim this morning and ended up late for work. But I be damned if I am gonna get out of the pool when I only have 250 yards to go for a full mile! I am on the same schedule I had last week, now I can wind down and get ready for the weekend.
I continued on with the no fins training, I did the first 550 yards with nothing, then I used the float you use between your legs to swim the next 500 and I finished with the fins for 700 more yards. Total 1 mile!
One thing I haven't mentioned is the fact that our mtn. bike race season starts Sunday. We will be in Sumter SC Saturday night and Cody races at 9am on Sunday. I will go off at 10. So unless we go down Saturday we would have to get up and leave at 5 am. No thanks! Way to early...
Cody will race for 14 miles and I will run for 21 miles. We have this this weekend and then a 5k next weekend, followed by the 2nd series race. So for the next 3 weeks at least we will be on the go. I am kinda looking forward to this, in a way it feels like the summer starts this weekend.
Although it's supposed to be cold as hell....
I continued on with the no fins training, I did the first 550 yards with nothing, then I used the float you use between your legs to swim the next 500 and I finished with the fins for 700 more yards. Total 1 mile!
One thing I haven't mentioned is the fact that our mtn. bike race season starts Sunday. We will be in Sumter SC Saturday night and Cody races at 9am on Sunday. I will go off at 10. So unless we go down Saturday we would have to get up and leave at 5 am. No thanks! Way to early...
Cody will race for 14 miles and I will run for 21 miles. We have this this weekend and then a 5k next weekend, followed by the 2nd series race. So for the next 3 weeks at least we will be on the go. I am kinda looking forward to this, in a way it feels like the summer starts this weekend.
Although it's supposed to be cold as hell....
Tuesday, February 26, 2013
Still "Tuff"..........
Yesterday I talked about how "Tuff" it was to do nothing. Well after a 2nd day of swimming without fins it's just as tough to workout as it is to do nothing. Maybe worse...
So this morning I hit the pool and did my first 500 yards without fins. Then used the float thing to finish up for a total of a 1000 yards. All without fins! That is the first time I have done that yet, and it felt good! Now tomorrow I plan to do the first 500 without and then the next 500 with the float and then I will finish out with the fins for my mile.
Thursday and Friday I will go back to nothing and swim a 1000 both days. That will give me around 6000 for the week. With the majority being done without fins! I should be completely done with the fins by the 15th. Which is only 2 more weeks.
I read something Henry Ford once said in a speech the other day. It made a lot of sense to me. Basically It's all in your head.......
"Weather you think you can or think you can't, your probably already right"
It's all in your head.....
So this morning I hit the pool and did my first 500 yards without fins. Then used the float thing to finish up for a total of a 1000 yards. All without fins! That is the first time I have done that yet, and it felt good! Now tomorrow I plan to do the first 500 without and then the next 500 with the float and then I will finish out with the fins for my mile.
Thursday and Friday I will go back to nothing and swim a 1000 both days. That will give me around 6000 for the week. With the majority being done without fins! I should be completely done with the fins by the 15th. Which is only 2 more weeks.
I read something Henry Ford once said in a speech the other day. It made a lot of sense to me. Basically It's all in your head.......
"Weather you think you can or think you can't, your probably already right"
It's all in your head.....
Monday, February 25, 2013
It"s Tuff ,,,,,,,,,,,,
Some days, "It's Tuff"! Yesterday it was all I could do to do nothing. Yes I did ride my motorcycle and went exploring. I went over to Oakboro and just tried to get lost. I found a few new roads I had never been on and put together a new loop for the road bike.
If I head over and park in Oakboro I can put together a pretty neat route over to Norwood and back to the car. I like going out and and just seeing what I can find. You do it on the motorcycle first and cover a lot of ground. Then you go back and ride it on the bike and you get to see everything you missed.
Until you can compare the 2 ways of covering ground. You just don't know how much you miss going 55 miles an hour compared to 15 miles an hour. It's pretty amazing.
So after that I pretty much did nothing but chill the rest of the day. Then this morning I got up and headed to the pool. I started my new routine today. For me to do the triathlons I of course have to ditch the fins. I have been swimming with them since I started and now it's time to move on.
So last week I put in a new high for total yards and this week I am gonna start working on loosing the fins. Kelly said to swim without them to start and when my form gets bad use them to finish. So I did. The first 400 yards where without fins and then the rest was with them. I ended with a total of 1250 yards.
Tomorrow I will shoot for 500 without and 1500 total. Then I will do my mile Wednesday, and taper down from there. Just like last week. Now that I have decided I can do the running and I really want to do a tri. It's time to start a real training program. After I get my swimming down with no fins I am gonna start doing intervals and timed swims.
Plus I have a running program in mind so we'll see........
If I head over and park in Oakboro I can put together a pretty neat route over to Norwood and back to the car. I like going out and and just seeing what I can find. You do it on the motorcycle first and cover a lot of ground. Then you go back and ride it on the bike and you get to see everything you missed.
Until you can compare the 2 ways of covering ground. You just don't know how much you miss going 55 miles an hour compared to 15 miles an hour. It's pretty amazing.
So after that I pretty much did nothing but chill the rest of the day. Then this morning I got up and headed to the pool. I started my new routine today. For me to do the triathlons I of course have to ditch the fins. I have been swimming with them since I started and now it's time to move on.
So last week I put in a new high for total yards and this week I am gonna start working on loosing the fins. Kelly said to swim without them to start and when my form gets bad use them to finish. So I did. The first 400 yards where without fins and then the rest was with them. I ended with a total of 1250 yards.
Tomorrow I will shoot for 500 without and 1500 total. Then I will do my mile Wednesday, and taper down from there. Just like last week. Now that I have decided I can do the running and I really want to do a tri. It's time to start a real training program. After I get my swimming down with no fins I am gonna start doing intervals and timed swims.
Plus I have a running program in mind so we'll see........
Sunday, February 24, 2013
Hard Days............
For me the hardest days are the rest days! I know you need them and it's not good for to just keep going and going but it still sucks!
Sitting sucks.....
OK, now for yesterday. We showed up and it was pouring! Yep we ran in the rain. 4 miles and we were soaked! If it hadn't been for my son Chase I probably would have skipped it. But he wanted to go so we went.
He had a little bit of a bad day, it wasn't his best run but he hung in there. I am always proud of him. As I said I would have skipped it if it wasn't for him.
As far as my race goes. Ha, I surprised myself I finished 2nd in my age group! No kidding! I ran it in 39:52 and it was good enough for 2nd! Now I need another race!
Sitting sucks.....
OK, now for yesterday. We showed up and it was pouring! Yep we ran in the rain. 4 miles and we were soaked! If it hadn't been for my son Chase I probably would have skipped it. But he wanted to go so we went.
He had a little bit of a bad day, it wasn't his best run but he hung in there. I am always proud of him. As I said I would have skipped it if it wasn't for him.
As far as my race goes. Ha, I surprised myself I finished 2nd in my age group! No kidding! I ran it in 39:52 and it was good enough for 2nd! Now I need another race!
Friday, February 22, 2013
OK,,,,,,,,,,
Tomorrow (Saturday) am we go. My knee is killing me and im gonna knock it out one way or another.......
4 miles and 20 pounds...... I am gonna loose it one way or another...
4 miles and 20 pounds...... I am gonna loose it one way or another...
Do It Again...............
Tomorrow 7:30am we will be at the start of our 3rd foot race. My 3rd Chase's 2nd, it's gonna be fun! This one is the 10/4 as I have already said. We are doing the 4 mile option. Even if it's raining, we will be there.
I finished the week with the most swimming I have yet. I started swimming 2 weeks before Christmas, it was all I could do to swim 750 yards and it would take me the better part of an hour. Now this week I have knocked out my first full mile and did it in 50 minutes. This morning I swam 1500 in 35 so that was a good finish for the week.
Total, 7000 yards. Not bad for my 2nd full month of swimming! Now I just want to get my running up. Riding is a little under the usual but usually that was all I was doing. So now I am doing a lot more and not so concerned with the riding. I still love the bike and the weekend is when I really look forward to riding it. But with both mountain bikes on the injured reserve list I am just kinda waiting.
Once time changes I will be able to get my rides back in so the bike will be rolling back around before long. But I want to get the running up to at least 10 miles a week. My new shoes should be here today so I do have that to look forward too.
Anyhow we race in the morning and hope to ride some this weekend. Have a good weekend...............
I finished the week with the most swimming I have yet. I started swimming 2 weeks before Christmas, it was all I could do to swim 750 yards and it would take me the better part of an hour. Now this week I have knocked out my first full mile and did it in 50 minutes. This morning I swam 1500 in 35 so that was a good finish for the week.
Total, 7000 yards. Not bad for my 2nd full month of swimming! Now I just want to get my running up. Riding is a little under the usual but usually that was all I was doing. So now I am doing a lot more and not so concerned with the riding. I still love the bike and the weekend is when I really look forward to riding it. But with both mountain bikes on the injured reserve list I am just kinda waiting.
Once time changes I will be able to get my rides back in so the bike will be rolling back around before long. But I want to get the running up to at least 10 miles a week. My new shoes should be here today so I do have that to look forward too.
Anyhow we race in the morning and hope to ride some this weekend. Have a good weekend...............
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