This morning's workout was a 2800 metre swim which is not that long but it was fairly intense. There was quite a bit of speed work and my heart rate was elevated for most of the workout. The main part of the workout consisted to 4 sets of 100 metres getting faster with each one; 50 breast stroke and then 150 m pull with a sprint in the middle 50 and then repeating the whole thing 4 times.
Last night, I rode with Tyler Read for a 90 minute bike ride and the last 30 minutes were against a fairly strong wind so it was a tough enough workout. I am going to run after work and my ironman program calls for 800 m sprints followed by 800 metres easy. I think that might be about it for workouts until after my triathlon on Sunday.
Wednesday, June 3, 2009
Tuesday, June 2, 2009
Ready to race.
I think I am pretty much ready to do this triathlon this weekend. These races take a lot of planning and expense to get to them. (you have to take time off work; book a place to stay; pay hefty entry fees etc...) You have to tell yourself to remember to enjoy it and set realistic goals. I have a goal for this race but I am not going to publicly express it for fear of jinxing it. (It is good to have plan B and Plan C goals as well. If it is a really hot day; a really windy day or you have equipment problems, your plan A goal goes out the window.) If I achieve my plan A goal, I would do pretty well in my age group.
I plan to leave early Friday morning and get down to New Hampshire early in the evening. I am staying at the same place where I have stayed twice before. Saturday, I will register for the race; maybe do some triathlon shopping at the race site and take part in some pre-race activities like the dinner. Sunday is race day. My friend, Greg Smith is coming up from Boston for part of the weekend.
Yesterday, I swam about 2700 m (out of the 3200 I was supposed to do). After work I did about 40 minutes of speed and running drills in Victoria Park before going to teach at UPEI. My day job as a lawyer has been crazy busy the past few weeks as this is my busy time of year for real estate transactions. Today I am going biking for about 90 minutes.
I plan to leave early Friday morning and get down to New Hampshire early in the evening. I am staying at the same place where I have stayed twice before. Saturday, I will register for the race; maybe do some triathlon shopping at the race site and take part in some pre-race activities like the dinner. Sunday is race day. My friend, Greg Smith is coming up from Boston for part of the weekend.
Yesterday, I swam about 2700 m (out of the 3200 I was supposed to do). After work I did about 40 minutes of speed and running drills in Victoria Park before going to teach at UPEI. My day job as a lawyer has been crazy busy the past few weeks as this is my busy time of year for real estate transactions. Today I am going biking for about 90 minutes.
Sunday, May 31, 2009
Busy weekend again
Its Sunday night and I am pretty much exhausted as usual. I had a packed weekend with training, socializing and home maintenance/gardening. Saturday morning I went for a 2 hour run on the trail that I have been doing the last three weeks to get my endurance and distance up to snuff for the Mooseman triathlon. I am feeling pretty confident about my endurance running. The only little issue at the moment is that I have been getting blisters on my feet which is unusual for me. I am wearing the same type of sneakers that I always wear and I have been getting a blister in the same spot off and on for the past few months. (usually, the skin would toughen up after getting a blister once.) I have fancy Zoot running flats that I bought for racing but I am not sure if i will use them in Mooseman. I probably should just stick to what I have been using. I went to the wine show last night and was supposed to meet some friends out in a bar at 11 pm but couldn't do it. I can't stay awake that late these days.
I was up at 6:30 am this morning to go cycling with my friend, Tyler Read, at 8 am. We had a great ride out to Cavendish and then a stop at my place in New Glasgow where we met up with Darcy and Greg. We then went back to town. We didn't push it to hard but kept a good steady pace. The good thing with my biking is that I am starting to get the feeling that I could go quite a bit harder if pushed. In total, I did about 5 hours of training on the weekend which is not too bad. I took my dad, brother and sister out for lunch today for my dad's 82 birthday and then went to my place in New Glasgow and did yard work for about 3 hours. A full weekend as usual. I was just looking at the stats for the Red Island Relay and wishing I had done it. The hardest thing for me to accept sometimes is that I just can't do everything.
This coming week I won't get a huge amount of training in before I leave Friday morning for Mooseman. I plan to do a decent 2 hour ride Tuesday evening and a couple of runs and a couple of swims and that may be it.
I was up at 6:30 am this morning to go cycling with my friend, Tyler Read, at 8 am. We had a great ride out to Cavendish and then a stop at my place in New Glasgow where we met up with Darcy and Greg. We then went back to town. We didn't push it to hard but kept a good steady pace. The good thing with my biking is that I am starting to get the feeling that I could go quite a bit harder if pushed. In total, I did about 5 hours of training on the weekend which is not too bad. I took my dad, brother and sister out for lunch today for my dad's 82 birthday and then went to my place in New Glasgow and did yard work for about 3 hours. A full weekend as usual. I was just looking at the stats for the Red Island Relay and wishing I had done it. The hardest thing for me to accept sometimes is that I just can't do everything.
This coming week I won't get a huge amount of training in before I leave Friday morning for Mooseman. I plan to do a decent 2 hour ride Tuesday evening and a couple of runs and a couple of swims and that may be it.
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