Searching for the fountain!

April 10- Hogeye 1/2 Marathon

2011-04-13T07:59:00.004-05:00

I'm glad this race is over. It's one of the few running races I will actually train around. All the rest I can train right through as they are 5k/10k and until I mark the races that are my "pr" races I'll simply use them as training runs.

1:45 on the 1/2. Not my fastest time but a decent time nonetheless. I had my <1:40 pace through 10 miles and then I came apart. I'll have to remember to get some longer runs prior to the Fayetteville 1/2 in December.

June 2 Iron Pig Duathlon

2011-04-08T08:14:00.001-05:00

PR'd this course. Felt pretty good but not a lot of speed to spare on the second run...

1:33:17    18:47.7   22    0:23.9    50:46.8   23    0:27.9    22:50.9

March 28 long run

2011-03-29T08:27:00.001-05:00

Ran 12 today- longest run of the year. Good run 2 weeks out from the Hogeye 1/2 marathon. Felt a little stiff but ran 8:30's.

March 26 - Fayetteville Poker Run 5k

2011-03-29T08:25:00.001-05:00

Yet another hilly 5k course. I guess I'll have to wait for Springdale for a "pr" course. I felt good but only managed a 22:20. 7:10's or so. A LOONNNGGG way from <20.

Run for Independance March 17

2011-03-24T08:18:00.002-05:00

5k at the Promenade- 1st day back after skiing... ugh....

Ran a 21:25 on a semi hilly course. Never did get comfortable but a sub 7 pace was acceptable...

Victorian Classic- March 12

2011-03-24T08:16:00.001-05:00

10k in hilly Eureka Springs. Ran a 45:00. 7:15 pace. Not bad considering the hills so I'll take that.

March 5- The Freezing 4M

2011-03-09T09:36:00.002-06:00

This raced just plain sucked..... It was cold- in the 20's, it was windy (bad), and this course was very hilly.... That being said- I felt pretty good. I ran 7:30's which was fairly slow but in fairness I didn't know what to expect.

The following day, March 6, I did a slow 9 just to get the legs turning over again.

The Victorian Classic is next ! 10k in the hilly area of Eureka Springs... ugh...

March 1-3 workouts

2011-03-09T09:34:00.002-06:00

Prior to the freezing 4 mile I wanted to save a little energy for the leggies... I ran 9 miles on both Tuesday and Wednesday with tempo work on Thursday. I ran a 5:50 at Gully- my fastest lap yet. I need to get sub 5 if I'm going to break 20:00 min on the 5k. I can get there....

Feb 27 2011

2011-03-01T13:52:00.000-06:00

Blackoak Ride. approx 40 miles... Felt pretty good. Windy

Feb 26 2011

2011-03-01T13:51:00.000-06:00

9 Mile tempo run 8:25 total pace.

Feb 25 2011

2011-03-01T13:50:00.000-06:00

10.2 mile base run. Longest run yet- felt good.

Feb 24 2011

2011-03-01T13:47:00.001-06:00

6 mile tempo run w/ no watch!! ugh... week or so to the first race...

Feb 20 2011

2011-03-01T13:45:00.001-06:00

9.5 miles at 8:30 pace.

Feb 18 2011

2011-03-01T13:44:00.000-06:00

Dickson street 9 miler. 40 miles in a week!!!! Highest total yet.

Feb 16 2011

2011-03-01T13:42:00.002-06:00

6 miles of Tempo work today... The lowest pace was a sub 7. Not too fast but getting faster!

Feb 15 2011

2011-02-16T08:07:00.003-06:00

Did the Dickson 9 miler today. Felt good until the last two miles. Averaged 8:20's. 25 miles in the last 4 days coming off a big rest...

The goal now (goal within the goal) is to routinely run 8:00's on my long runs.

Feb 13 2011

2011-02-16T08:06:00.001-06:00

Same 8 mile run as yesterday. 8:30's...

Feb 12 2011

2011-02-16T08:05:00.000-06:00

8 mile "back to work" run... Felt pretty good 8:30's

Pre Winter Storm workout

2011-02-04T19:47:00.001-06:00

Dickson Street 9 miler at 8:45's. Last decent run for a while as we have tons of snow on the ground.

Jan 25

2011-01-28T09:01:00.003-06:00

Tempo work at Gulley Park.

3 (1) mile repeats @ 7:00 pace with a 1 mile cool down and 1 mile warm up

Jan 24

2011-01-28T09:01:00.001-06:00

Dickson Nine Miler... 840's

Jan 9-15 Totals

2011-01-16T13:19:00.001-06:00

Total Mileage 20
1 med
1 base
1 tempo

Jan 9-15 w/o

2011-01-16T13:16:00.002-06:00

1 mile warm up
(3) 1 mile repeats 7:30 pace
1 mile coold down

Jan 9-15 w/o

2011-01-16T13:16:00.001-06:00

9 mile base run 8:40 pace

Jan 9-15 w/o

2011-01-16T13:15:00.001-06:00

6.2 mile run 8:20 pace

First base w/o of the year

2011-01-07T08:58:00.001-06:00

8.48 miles
1:15
8:57 pace

First Race of 2011

2011-01-07T08:57:00.000-06:00

2011k New Years Day

11k 55:00

8:05 pace

Weekly totals

2009-04-27T12:51:00.001-05:00

Not a bad week... 3 runs - 9 mile, 6 mile, 3 mile race.
2 brick workouts 1 hr mtn bike and a 5mile run

Total run time 4 hrs
Total bike time 2 hrs..

Running times

2009-04-21T13:20:00.001-05:00

Monday's 9 miler was 8:13's
Tuesday's 6 mile tempo run was 8:07's w/ a 5:43 best

Weekly totals

2009-04-20T21:11:00.002-05:00

Not a lot of mileage this week. A 9 miler and two spin classes +1 run home from the gym. The 9 miler was a decent run and the spin classes were good for turning the legs over.

Total mileage running 11.5
Total saddle time 1:45

Time on the gym run- 16:58

Iron Pig Duathlon

2009-04-13T07:27:00.001-05:00

No training to speak of this week. I did do a spin class but I'm not sure that really counts. I was recovering from the Hogeye 1/2 this week and resting for the Ironpig Duathlon. The IPD was a 3 mile run, 19 mile bike, 3 mile run. I did it in 1:37. No splits but overall I was happy with that time.

5 months out! w/ update- Hogeye 1/2

2009-04-06T11:59:00.002-05:00

Wow. A long time since I blogged. Oh well- fortunately I've run since then!!

Decent mileage through the weeks but nothing different.

I did the Hogeye 1/2 marathon this weekend. 1:44.... 8 minute miles... Not too shabby but not fast by any means. I did do it four minutes faster than last year so it stands to reason that the elusive sub-20 5k is going to happen at some point!

Weekly totals

2009-02-10T17:32:00.002-06:00

Not a bad week but not good.. This was the first week for increasing mileage. 10 baby!!! at 8:22!! Not a bad run at all. I also had my first ride at 35 miles.

total runs 3 at 9,9 and 10

Total Mileage 28
Total run time. 4:10

Total saddle time 2
Total sadlde miles 35

Total time 6:10

I might need to start swimming at some point... hhmmmm...

Weekly totals

2009-02-02T15:45:00.002-06:00

What a crappy week! only two runs- 9 miles each. My fastest was yesterday when I ran my usual route at 1:14. I am going to start running a bit longer in preparation for my first big run of the year- the Hogeye Half Marathon. The goal here will be low 1:40's. If I can get to a nice sub 8 minute pace on my 9 miler that should be no problem.

My running program will now consist of slowly adding distance to my long runs- these will be slow (9 minute pace) base building runs. My 9 mile route will be my fast run. Anything shorter (probably my 6 mile route and any track runs) will be exclusively for speed work.

Week's totals
1 day at the gym
3 yoga workouts
2 long runs 3:00 hours total running.

Weekly totals

2009-01-26T14:01:00.002-06:00

Jess and Julie,

I am addressing this to you because you are the ONLY ones who ever read this ... :-(

This was an off week. Only a couple of workouts (I was out of town a bit) but it's a good opportunity to recover a bit.

Total runs 1 9 miles 90 minutes
Additional cardio 30 minutes of intervals on the elliptical ( no, I'm not gay but thanks for asking).
Workouts 2- Body pump 50 minutes and a chest workout

Total cardio 2:50

On another note, my 9 mile route is getting easier and faster. The last couple of times I ran the route I'm about 3 minutes faster than usual and I'm running light and feeling good. I will continue to run this route and start to add a little distance in February. I also run another 8.5 mile route that is off road and that felt really good last week as well.. :-)

Weekly totals

2009-01-19T20:01:00.002-06:00

I cranked out another two runs - one five miler and another nine miler and another spin class.

Totals

4 runs - 32 miles 4:45
2 cycle classes 1:30

6:15 total cardio time

I also worked out twice- one upper body and one body pump class. Not a bad week at all!

I ran 9 this afternoon and it felt really good- quick and light! The 9 miler on Saturday was also good. I think the extra mileage is starting to pay dividends!

Wednesday workouts

2009-01-15T08:36:00.000-06:00

9 mile run 1:16
Cycle :45

Monday

2009-01-13T07:14:00.003-06:00

Since I had a little trouble tabulating the weekly totals I thought I would post some workouts during the week. Hopefully, there will be some gradual, systematic increases over the next few months!

a.m. 8.5 mile cross country run 1:25
p.m. chest / group cycle class :45

Weekly Totals

2009-01-12T09:01:00.002-06:00

2- 9 mile runs 1:20 each
1- 6 mile tempo 50 minutes
1- 5k 21:35 eeks
2 spin classes 45 min each

Total running 4:00
Total Biking 1:30

total training 5.5 hrs

Week's Totals

2009-01-04T20:04:00.000-06:00

No biking again this week- bummer
4 runs 4.5 hours total
total mileage 28

Week's totals

2008-12-14T19:04:00.001-06:00

3 six mile runs 2:30
1 10 mile mountain bike 1:30
5 workouts
Chest
Back / bis
Shoulders
Arms
Legs

Totals for the week

2008-12-07T14:46:00.001-06:00

Total Run Mileage 17 2 six milers and 1 five mile trail run.
Total workouts 3- back & Bis, chest & Tris, Shoulders & Light Quads

Chicks 'n' Chili 5k

2008-11-22T16:06:00.002-06:00

Today was the above mentioned race and it was colder than a well digger's a$$. At race time it was probably 25 degrees and freakin windy!!! No worries though- still a great day to race. I haven't had many good workouts lately so I was not surprised when I crossed the finish in 21:00. Oh well, the sub 20 will have to wait! :-)

Thanks!

2008-11-21T08:42:00.001-06:00

Dear visitors (from my wife's blog! :-) ) Thanks soooo much for the support! I am pumped about IM Kentucky and I really do appreciate you stopping by! I'm not anywhere near the blogger my wife is but I do look forward to keeping a record of my trials and tribulations as I work towards the big day. Thanks again for the kind words!

Ironman Kentucky

2008-11-17T11:22:00.002-06:00

Ok... I did it.... I signed up for Ironman Kentucky! I will be taking down my 3rd Ironman next summer on August 30!! I'm pumped. I can't back out of this one as I'm signed up and the penalty for withdrawal is pretty steep! I look forward to keeping my workouts and hopefully one or possibly two people will read this garbage..

Springdale 5k

2008-11-15T11:32:00.002-06:00

So close yet so far! Two weeks after the R'ville fall fest 5k and a time of 20:40 I posted a 20:19. One of my fastest times ever. Didn't have my GPS so I'm not sure if the course was on or not but other folks there seemed to think the course was right. I will knock out a couple of tempo workouts this week and see if I can get to 19 next weekend!

Russellville Fall Fest 5K

2008-10-25T19:58:00.001-05:00

Ok, loooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooong time no post. I suck.

20:40 for my 5k time today....just 40 seconds shy of my goal - 41 seconds to be precise.

Also did the Chile Pepper 10K and ran it in 45 flat. I know I didn't give it my all because I ran 9 miles the next day. Yeah.

More later!

Weekend warrior... (not quite)

2008-08-18T10:18:00.002-05:00

Two 6 milers this weekend w/ no time on the bike.. Not so good. I'll have to get after it during the week to get my mileage up...

Weekly workouts

2008-08-15T10:37:00.003-05:00

Just got done running a decent six this a.m. and ran the same route on Wednesday. Total mileage last 7 days... 22 miles running. 40 on the bike and the 500 m swim on Sunday during the race. Not bad but we'll see how next week finishes!

Shark Sprint Tri

2008-08-13T07:56:00.001-05:00

The old shark sprint has come and gone.... I'm pumped w/ my times.. Considering I haven't run much or ridden (at all) since surgery (July 3rd) I did ok.. 1:18 overall with a 10 minute swim and a 20.6 average on the bike and 7:23's on the run. Not the best time but I'm excited I felt decent under the circumstances. Ran 3 on Saturday, Shark on Sun, off on Monday, 5 miles Tue a.m. and a 20 mile bike Tue p.m.

I've got the Cats Sprint Tri in Sept so I'll do a better job of posting over the next few weeks.

August 7th - 3 days from the Shark Sprint!

2008-08-07T21:39:00.002-05:00

No blogs for a month! I should be ashamed. Unfortunately, my training has been similar. I am running and riding again but no swimming or lifting yet. Actually, I have been playing a lot of golf in my efforts to rehabilitate. I am taking today and tomorrow off, I will run (slowly) a 5k on Saturday and the Shark Sprint on Sunday. I will be anxious to see my splits as I haven't been on my game in a month.

Post Surgery Doldrums....

2008-07-09T09:04:00.002-05:00

1 week ago today I had my pacemaker moved! Although I'm excited about the long term benefits the short term down time sucks... I can't do anything that might resemble running, biking, lifting, or any type of physical activity..

Today my staples get removed and at least I'll be able to take a shower! As soon as I get moving again I'm putting my plan together for the remainder of the season. It's hard to believe it's already mid-July.. whoa..

Ozark Valley Triathlon

2008-06-24T08:44:00.003-05:00

Just a quick one on the results w/ a vlog to follow! OVT has come and gone. My goal of placing in my age group was thrashed with some good times from my fellow competitors. I did get 4th so I was sniffing distance from the podium but close doesn't count in this sport. :-)~

I did a 1:46 with a <20 min 1000m swim, 21 mph avg on the bike and 7:52 pace on the run.. Not my best but not bad either.

Shark Triathlon in August is the next one and we'll see if that podium is open!!!

6 days to OVT

2008-06-16T21:15:00.002-05:00

OVT is Sunday and time is winding down... Did a good tempo workout tonight.. 400's and 800's with a 76 second 400 and a 3:04 800. If you are a fast runner please don't comment on these times. In fact, after you catch your breath from laughing... just post a couple of workouts that will get me faster. I feel like I'm running fast and then I look at those times- wow, I'm freakin' slow! Oh well, the only way to get faster is to run! After OVT I'm all over the sub 20 5K. Nothing but speed for the rest of the summer!!

11 days until OVT

2008-06-11T22:07:00.002-05:00

Xterra Triathlon on Sunday, 9 mile run on Monday, 35 mile fast bike yesterday, 25 mile bike followed by 1/2 mile run intervals for a brick today.... ... .... I'm tired. 11 days out and I feel pretty good. I'm looking forward to finishing the week and then a nice taper next week. aaaahhhhh...

Dam to Dam 20K and Xterra triathlon

2008-06-11T08:30:00.002-05:00

Greetings! Wow, what a couple of weeks! Less than two weeks to go until OVT I'm absolutely worn out. 9 mile run Monday and a hard 35 yesterday on the bike and more in the works before the taper next week.. Hopefully, I'll be ready!

What was I thinking?!?

2008-05-28T10:01:00.003-05:00

I offered up additional mileage the other day and wow... what the heck.. 40 and 120? The 120 on the bike is easy but 40 running miles a week is crazy. I tried it and failed. Pace yourself young grasshopper! The last two weeks I have been at 100+ on the bike with a 65 miler and a 55 miler being my long rides of the week but my run totals are still in the 20's.

I ran a 5K on Saturday and my time was 21:20 on an extremely hilly course. I am still in search of the sub 20 and will unveil a plan in the next few blogs!

Schedule:
Saturday 5.31 Dam to Dam 20K road race
Saturday 6.7 Xterra off road triathlon 1/2 M swim, 13 M MTB, 5 M XC run
Saturday 6.14 Chicken fest 5K
Sunday 6.22 OVT - sprint triathlon!!!!

Whoa

First Vlog

2008-05-10T20:48:00.002-05:00

A bad training week but new challenge to up the mileage. OVT- June 22 and I'm doubling my run-rate of mileage. Check it out....

Thanks for looking!

Week's totals

2008-05-04T20:37:00.002-05:00

Another week closer to OVT and still fat and slow.. bummer! This week was a total of 19 miles of running over three workouts and 65 on the bike. This coming weekend is the Root Rocket 5k and also the Joe Martin Stage race... Don't know exactly what I'll be doing yet but certainly competing in some of that...

OVT- 2 months away

2008-04-21T20:59:00.002-05:00

With Ozark Valley Triathlon only two months away the training is going up!! Last week I did a total of 23 miles running and 60 cycling. The breakdown was- Running- Monday 9 miles, Tuesday 6 miles of tempo, Thursday 5 miles and Saturday 3 (race).... Biking- 20 on Wednesday and 40 on Sunday. I'm off to a slower start this week w/ 6 today (slow) and it will be tough as Talladega is this weekend.. ugh... Dega is basically the anti-training :-) I will get in as much as I can this week and next week will REALLY be the deal!

Race for the cure

2008-04-19T13:04:00.003-05:00

On one day's rest and a set of mildly sore legs, I ran a 21:23. Not the best time of my running career but certainly not the worst. Hopefully w/ some additional tempo work I can get that elusive sub 20 time I've been looking for. Maybe sometime after mid June for a goal?? I will keep a better detailed log of the tempo / speed work and we'll see how it goes! I'm pumped!

ride / run

2008-04-18T14:39:00.002-05:00

After the tempo run on Tuesday I was feeling a little sore so I opted to ride on Wed. night. Whoa.... I suck. No energy whatsover. It's no wonder when I ran 5 on Thursday that I sucked again... bummer. Today is a rest day and tomorrow- Race for the cure!

1st tempo workout

2008-04-16T11:40:00.002-05:00

Did 10 quarters this afternoon with a sub 80 second (barely) quarter as the fast one. Sub 70 would be the goal here! 6 weeks until the first triathlon of the season so the training has to step up!

Race season on the way!

2008-04-14T20:40:00.002-05:00

Race for the cure is here. After 4 days of recovery I ran 6 on Thursday, 6 yesterday and 9 today. Decent mileage but I'm not feeling that fast.. bummer! I will do tempo work tomorrow and hopefully get one more workout before the race. This will be a good time check and I'm curious as to what the time will be. 20:30 maybe?

Hogeye 1/2 Marathon

2008-04-06T14:54:00.002-05:00

Aahhh the first race of the season- and a good one at that! The Hogeye was tackled this year by me and my trusty running partner JZ in a horrific time of 1:48. 8-11's for pace. Not bad but certainly plenty of room for improvement. It was a great workout and I'm pumped for the next couple of weeks! Have two good 5ks coming up and I'm going to focus primarily on speed.

Multiple runs w/ a single entry!!

2008-04-01T20:00:00.001-05:00

Just got done running 9 at 8:15 pace in prep for the 1/2 marathon on Sunday. Last Thursday I ran 6 at a 7:20 pace (nice) w/ the NWA tri- team.

Lake Fayetteville

2008-03-26T08:22:00.002-05:00

My slowest time of the year so far! Yuk! 47+.... I have had a sinus infection.. maybe that has something to do with it. hmmm.

First blog in a month

2008-03-16T21:48:00.001-05:00

OK, So I'm not a blogger. I rode three laps w/ a 25:30 fast lap and ran one at 45. Decent training day!

Valentine's week.

2008-02-18T17:53:00.002-06:00

Not a whole lot going on since the Freakin' Eurken 15k.. I have run a total of three times in the last week. A 5 miler at Lake Fayetteville- it was terrible. The 15k took it's toll and I didn't have enough recovery time so I really suffered.
I ran 6.5 on Saturday and that was much better. Today I did 9 miles and I feel like it's coming back. I suffered a little but I ran 8:35's .. pretty decent for that distance on a general run.
I will do some tempo this week and begin to add 1 mile to my long runs every week in prep for the Hogeye 1/2 Marathon in the beginning of April..

Can't wait to get on the bike!!!

Freakin Eurekan 15K

2008-02-11T09:42:00.000-06:00

The race: the Freakin Eurekan 15K at Lake Leatherwood in Eureka Springs. The result: 1:32 of pure pain and a long (10+miles) course. The aftermath: very sore quads!

Wow! All it takes is a race like that to let you know where you stand and in this case it's in deep poo. I really struggled on this one but it was extreme to be sure. The course was very hilly with some steep climbs (hence the sore quads). However, I felt pretty good for the first 8 miles and I was lucky not to completely crater. I will continue my recovery for today and then Tue through Thur I will do some light tempo work. The freezing 5K is this weekend and I will do that simply to see where I stand on speed. I'm looking forward to it as a 5K on pavement will seem like a vacation!

trials, tribulations, trail runs

2008-02-07T21:20:00.000-06:00

It's been a few days and I have lots to report. However, patience has never been my virtue so I'll be brief. First, I had the dang flu and lost a few days. Bummer! However, I did go out on two more 9 milers which I ran at a decent pace. Then I got the hairbrained idea to start my 9 day Isagenix body clense. Ouch. What this means is very little food and very little caloric intake combined with the reduced energy that comes from said calorie and food reduction. So, what do you do? I go out on Monday and do a 11 mile Mtn bike / 5.5 mile trail run brick workout. It took 2 hours and I thought I was going to yak. I'm letting myself recover and then I will go blaze a trail at the Freakin' Eurekan 15k cross country race day after tomorrow. I will be anxious to see how that works out! later!

25 mile week

2008-01-21T09:18:00.000-06:00

This was the longest mileage week yet and hopefully a step in the right direction with the training! 9 miles on Sat and 8.5 on Sunday (Cross Country)... I have some races coming up and it will be interesting to see where I am with speed.

Wed Night run - first tempo run!

2008-01-17T14:29:00.000-06:00

Wow, it hurt to blow off the cobwebs that have formed on my legs and lungs last night... First tempo run of the season and I'm pumped. I did a total of 7 miles with three short (500m or so) fartleks. After recouping, I ran about 1500M at a little below race pace to blow it out. My pace is definitely slow but hey, it's the beginning of the season! I finished with about a 1 mile cool down. Today I lifted back / bis and if it's not too dang cold I'll run a quick 7 tonight.

It's on baby! As soon as it warms up a tad I'm all over it!

Decent week

2008-01-14T20:32:00.000-06:00

Having run 7 miles on Wednesday night I was pretty pumped to run another 7 on Thursday. It's definitely getting easier but I'm still a long way off. I ran 9 on Sunday and that was nice. 8:40's and that route is getting easier too. I blew up today so the workouts are coming more frequently! Nice! I'm still eating like a pot head after 5 bowls of Maui Wowie. I am looking forward to sucking down some Isagenix and getting this 35 inch waist under control. Later!

Aaaahhh better..

2008-01-09T20:14:00.000-06:00

Not quite as sick as I might have thought... Did a little bicep workout this a.m. and ran 7 tonight.
9:00's - nice and slow but felt pretty good. Will start adding some distance soon!

catch up

2008-01-09T07:46:00.000-06:00

This blog thing isn't that hard but somehow I manage to not post.. :-( Oh well. I have run four times since the 1st. 2 nine milers and a 6 miler. Same slow 8:30 - 8:50 pace but it's definately feeling easier. I ran 9 on Saturday and literally felt great. I came back and picked up my running partner a couple of times so I probably ended up running 9.5 or closer to 10.

I also mtn. biked about 10 miles on Sunday- the weather was awesome. I kept up (almost) with some guys that usually leave me in the dust so I was kinda pumped. Hopefully, I'm stating the year in better shape than I did last year! That would be a change! I'm sick today and it has gotten cold again so it will be tough to get a good workout in in the next day or so but I'm going to at some point.

Isagenix will have to wait as we decided to postpone that until next week ( I think ). C-ya!

Happy New Year

2008-01-01T13:07:00.001-06:00

Today is the 1st and I'm one day away from the Isagenix body wash! I'm pumped! I ran 9 yesterday 8:50's ... slow and steady. I ran 5 the day before and felt good on both runs.

Friday Run

2007-12-29T09:59:00.000-06:00

Seven Miles with a little tempo worked in was the order of business for Friday. Not a bad day actually- I played 90 minutes of R-ball too so my cardio was over 2 hours.

I will weigh and measure again first part of next week as the wife and I start our Isagenix cleansing deal... Kinda looking forward to this to see if it will help me with my 35+ inch waist (ee-gads!).

2nd run in 3 days!

2007-12-22T18:08:00.000-06:00

I ran 7 miles today! I ran twice this week! I'm a training ninja!

Maybe that's going to far.... I did run twice this week and with the weather, holidays, lack of motivation, travel and every other excuse I can think of- that's not bad. In fact, I'm kinda pumped. I look forward to shedding not only my lethargic attitude but my fat belly as well.

No more promises

2007-12-20T13:25:00.000-06:00

With all the bad weather and the lack of motivation (where did it go??) I have decided not to promise any workouts till after the holidays. I did run 5 miles last night- not bad- but I have done little worth writing about since! Ugh.

However, after the holidays I'm going to be a monster! I'm going to train like a prize fighter! I'm going to martyr myself with mileage and countless reps. I will go to the edge and search the depths of my cardio-respritory capabilities. I will do reps after failure on all muscle groups- not just biceps! I will get on the bike and ride until a cloud of white smoke puffs off my spandex shorts when snapped due to the sodium usage of said effort. I will get my waist down from a freakin 35 inches! I will do so while keeping my weight up! I will, I will, I will..

Other than that- no more promises...

One bad week

2007-12-09T19:56:00.001-06:00

No excuses.. this was a pathetic week. I hit the gym for weight training 3 times but as far as tri training goes.. nada. zero. zilch. However, there is hope! I went today and did 1 hour of cardio and swam 1300 meters. If anyone should actually read this, moreover, if they are an endurance athlete, they will laugh at that. Back to the however, it IS the first time I have swam since the CATS sprint tri in Conway on Sept 16th and I AM NOT inclined to incorporate swimming into my training routine. I swam a 300 wu, 10- 50 meter sprints at 40 seconds each w/ 40 seconds of rest, then a 500 meter cd. I felt pretty good and my goal is to swim twice this week. I will be curious to see if my stroke improves w/ training... Isn't that the idea?

I will run this week- no matter the weather! I will try to bust at least 5 in the a.m. and at least two more this week with a long one this weekend. Maybe, just maybe, if the weather is nice, I will throw the leg over the bike and get some miles in this week.

By the way- I'm fat! I gotta get my fat butt in shape. Current weight-185.2.. Current waist... 35 inches.. whoa. 35 freakin inches. Ok, I have no idea what I can get my waist down to- but I know it can get down from there. I did Ironman at 165 lbs and I don't know if I even want to get that low but I do want to get leaner. I don't know what my body fat is but I will tell you that it's higher than it's been in well.... ever. I'm going to freakin lick this deal!

I will post a full year training and race schedule in the next couple of weeks but for right now it's one week at a time. That being said, I'm looking forward to putting this week in the books. 3 runs, long run this weekend, two swims (1500 meter min).

The score so far- Captain Morgan 1 ..... Jody 0

Sunday's workout

2007-12-02T16:55:00.000-06:00

Another lap around Lake Fayetteville. Today was 45:30 .. not a slow time but not fast either. I am shooting for a goal of sub 40! I have been to 40 before but never below so that will be one of many goals in the future.. While I'm at it.... This year I will run a sub 20 5K (Hopefully off the bike). I have a couple of other ideas but I'll post those as I gain clarity as to what the schedule will be this summer.

I also played two games of raquetball- not really part of the get lean and fast training plan but good cardio nonetheless. Next week is more running with a longer run on the weekend. Maybe do a hot lap around the lake on Thursday? I'll continue to do at least one up-tempo run a week (hopefully) to work on my turnover and hopefully get ready for some speed in the Spring. I have a pic or two that I will post as a "before" pic and we'll see where I end up towards the summer- hopefully leaner, faster, better comp (the works!)....

first workout post!

2007-12-01T17:00:00.000-06:00

Today is the first workout since starting the blog and the only thing that comes to mind is wow... I suck! I've never been a speed freak but man, I am slow! I ran the lake (Lake Fayetteville) and it's about 5.5 miles X-country and I stumbled along. I didn't time it (I will in the future to track improvement) but knowing my limits - I would say it was 50 minutes or so... .... I just threw up a little in my mouth.. yuk. Oh well, you have to start somewhere! Tomorrow, weather permitting, more miles w/ time!

It's on!

2007-11-30T08:53:00.000-06:00

After watching my wife post numerous quips about training and developing a true "network" of blogging buddies, I have given in. This will be my training journal leading up the the Great Floridian Triathlon in October of 2008!! Pics and more training to come!