Finally a good workout

The last two weeks have been tough, but today I had a really good workout. I swam, ran and a little weights. I am amped up to get back on it. Some of my teammates are a head of me right now in training and I am jealous. It is time for me to have no exscuses and put this body forward. I am not going to train angry, just driven.

A set back in training

Kate has been ridiculously sick lately, 104 temp, bronchitas, flu, etc... So I have been taking care of her and trying to stay healthy myself.

To add to it, I pulled a muscle in my neck that is killing right now. I wish it was doing something cool, but of course not. Drying my hair with a towel! My hair is about a quarter of an inch long right now, so that adds to it even more.

Seeing how I am complaining here, what is up with the SNOW!

Alright, that is off my chest. I am going to hit the pool tomorrow and possibly ride the trainer this afternoon.

Good swim this am

I had a really good swim this morning. My breathing is getting better and my form is as well. A little shoulder pain, but nothing too bad. I have eaten much healthier the last two days.

I am planning on adding a tri in July. The Patriot half ironman. Money is tight, but it is $75 less then all the other ones and I can split a room. Still need to run it by the boss lady, but should be a lock.

Getting back on track.

The last two weeks have been junk. Training has been ok, but I have been traveling and eating poorly. Today I am back on it though. I am buying groceries for the week and really going to step it up in that department.

I spent the weekend in Phily. We had a great time. Visited the Philly art musuem and walked around a little. I also got to see my "future" niece and nephew. Such good kids. LOTS OF ENERGY!!

I feel good to get back on track though. Weather should be breaking soon and I am really looking forward to logging some miles.

End of week numbers

For some reason this was a fustrating week. (work, training and socially) The worst part is nothing bad happened, I was just a little grumpy. I need some nice weather I guess.

I have finally started to stretch again. My own fault, but I have been really tight lately.

Today I lifted for 45 minutes at the YMCA, biked for an hour and a half and the ran 20 minutes. After all that I ate junk lunch. What a dummy...

While on the trainer I watched No Country for Old Men. Killer movie, no pun inteneded....


Week totals
Ran 26 miles
Biked 47 miles
Swam 2.4 (that just happens to be the Ironman distance)

Yosemite - I have to go back!

Fast forward

Its been a few days since I made an entry, so I am going to summarize. I went to a Birthday party on Sat. night so I had to shift Sundays workout until Monday.

Monday - 30 minute swim and a 9 mile run
Tuesday - 1 hour bike
Wed. 30 minute swim and an hour run


Feeling really good. Still need to work on the nutrition!!! Its not tragic, but I could be doing a lot better.

Starting to feel good

I think I am roughly in the same shape now, as I was in May of last year. I am feeling pretty good and everthing seems to be clicking. My only issue is tightness in the knees and hips. That is being caused by muscle development and fatique. I just need to work on stretching more.

I swam just over a mile yesterday and it was a nice swim. The water is still a bit chilly at the pool, but after the initial jump in, it is fine. Still waiting to get to the next level, but I know its close.

My run yesterday was killer. Once I got down the road a little, I knew it was going to be a good run. At the turn around, I decided to not only extend it, but increase the speed and push it. I felt really light on my feet and my lungs were strong. It is on runs like this, that I think to myself, remeber this on race day. I never do , but it does help me on that particular training day.

Reggie Taking in the flakes.

A rash and running over the interstate

So this morning I swam at the YMCA. They recently had to fix some pipes, so it was shut down for a few days, but reopened yesterday. For starters, the water was so cold it took my breath a way. So that was fun for an hour long swim. But my favorite part was when I got out. I had BRIGHT red spots all over my body and I was starting to get itchy. They must have been shocking the pool and in the process my skin as well. Everything is fine now, but seeing how it is inevitable to not take in water, I wonder how my lungs look.

My second workout for the day was a hill/run workout. One negative thing about living on the seacoast, is the lack of hills to train on. But I found one, an overpass for Interstate 95. Not what you would call picturesque, but served the purpose. It is actually a really good hill to run up regarding size and grade. I ran just under a spint and it took me a minute and 15 seconds to climb. So I did that 8 times to get a complete workout. All I could think of was, "Run Forest! Run!"

Oh yeah, I almost forgot to mention I came within inches of being hit by a car when walking Reggie. It really was a crazy day!

Tough week

I had a really hard time training last week. Work had been really busy, So I got in half the workouts I had wanted to. I can't change the past, but still a little fustrated. This week will be good though.

I feel pretty good physically. The counting of my calorie intake has been really useful lately. The surprising this is that I am actually not eating enough. With amount of exercise, I have been negative 200 to 300 calories a day. I love to eat, so this won't be a problem.

Weekly totals 5 hours 20 minutes

S: 3900.00 Yd 1h 45m

B: 51.00 Mi 2h 35m

R: 6.50 Mi 57m