Blogging from Ogunquit

I am in Ogunquit, Maine for Thanksgiving weekend with my mom. This past week was busy getting ready to go and busy with work. To update the blog re my workouts: on Tuesday, the 6th, I swam in the morning and taught spinning in the afternoon. My swims have been scaled back to around 1800m which i am enjoying instead of having to swim 3000m. On Wednesday, I ran at lunch with Robert Jenkins who has started running in the past year and is enthusiastic. My running is feeling pretty good. I may actually be a bit faster these days. I left Thursday for this vacation. Today, Saturday, I went for a 40 minute run, part of which was along the ocean and the scenery was spectacular. I was just reading Tdisc's blog where Pye was announcing some of his goals for next year. I haven't had a chance to think about what my fitness goals are. I plan to do the Mooseman Triathlon again in 2010 and maybe do better because I will be able to focus on it. I would like to do a few more multi-sport relays like the Red Island Relay and the Souris relay; I would like to do more 10 k runs to get faster; I would like to go on a cycling vacation this winter instead of going to lie on a beach.

Posting is becoming infrequent

Now that I am not training for an ironman, I don't have as much info to post on here. Last week was a bit hectic with work, teaching and social stuff. I picked up the workouts a bit by the weekend. I swam Friday morning and then ran after work on Friday. I taught spinning Saturday morning and then went for a good 16 k run with tdisc which was fun. Sunday morning I ran about 8 k and then, this morning, Monday, I swam. I am planning on doing a weights workout after work today. I am teaching a course for UPEI in summerside on Wednesday nights until Christmas so that cuts out one night a week for training. I feel like I am eating alot and not training enough but that is probably normal after training for an ironman triathlon. I have been thinking I would like to go somewhere warm this winter for a biking holiday. It is just a thought but it would be fun if you could get some other people to go. That would be the problem.

Back to the grind

Work is busy again and I am getting back to a routine. I swam monday morning and felt pretty good. I did about 1750 metres with some 200s, 100s and drills. I ran after work about 10 k and felt good again. Tuesday morning I swam again about 1700 m and did some drills and backstroke. Today after work I start teaching my spin class. I am not overly enthusiastic about ti because it is still nice outside but it will be a change and is always a good workout. I am thinking of getting back to swimming 4 times per week by adding maybe a swim on Saturday or Sunday. I would like to run 4 times per week with one of those being a long run on the weekend. With a couple of spinning classes and maybe some weights, that would be 10-12 hours a week which I think would be just right for me and my schedule.

A bit lazy

I have been in montreal since wednesday to a legal conference. I planned to go for a long run today in montreal but bailed on that idea this morning. i ran here on thursday afternoon for about about an hour. I swam on Monday and Tuesday mornings before I came here. I think I also ran at home on either Monday or Tuesday. All in all, a pretty light week exercise wise for me. I will get back into my routine on Monday. I want to keep up doing some long runs while the weather is still good and would like to do a longish run (15-20 k) once a week all year.

I suck at road bike racing

As part of my plan to do different things for the fall, I went in a road bike race yesterday and earned the distinction of coming last in my division. (by quite a bit). I am probably not the weakest biker but I lack the skills at the moment to keep up with a pack. I have beaten several of the people who were in the race, in duathlons or triathlons where there is no drafting. But that is neither here nor there. It was good for me and part of the continuing lesson for me that I can't be good at everything.

On a more positive note, I went in a 10 mile running race on Saturday and finished in the middle of the pack with a time that would be normal for me (1hour 15 mins.) It was a fairly active weekend. I declined a couple of social house parties or dinners because I basically didn't feel like being out late drinking and I wanted to do these races. This week I am off to montreal for a legal conference so I will do some running up there. I swam this morning and it was a bit of a struggle. I just didn't really feel like I had much energy and I feel slow in the water. I seem to be having a little difficulty getting back into my swim routime after not being in the pool for the month of August. It is usually one of my favorite things.

Fall

I have been trying to establish a bit of a fall routine this week. I have been swimming 3 times at the pool- monday, tuesday and thursday mornings. I have gone running twice- on Monday at lunch and Wednesday before work. I went to the gym at UPEI and did some weights on Tuesday at lunch and I am going again today. I will hopefully run again tomorrow and I am planning on doing a 10 mile race Saturday morning. I think I will also swim again tomorrow morning. That will be 4 swims, 3 short runs and one long run and a couple of weight workouts which is not a bad week. Work is not that busy at the moment which is nice. Here are a couple of pics from Ironman Canada. I forgot, I am also planning on doing the thursday night rec ride tonight so that will be some cycling as well.

Trying to get back in a routine

Last week I was still a bit lazy. I was laughing to myself that I did less exercise all last week than I did in a lot of single days this summer. I went on the Thursday night rec ride with the cycle PEI group and that is always a great workout. I got to the pool last thursday morning. On Saturday morning i went for a really nice 2 hour ride with Larry and Jim and kept up a pretty steady pace. Today, (Monday) I went back to the pool. I feel very slow in the pool and it seems to be taking a bit out of me. There was an older guy in the lane this morning that i almost had words with. I tried to ask him if he would split the lane because he was quite a bit slower. I couldn't get him to stop so I started to swim around him. I kept catching up to him and he would never stop to let me by him so I had to swim around him. Usually people get the hint but he wasn't stopping for anyone. Note to self to avoid his lane when I see him. I am going to run at lunch and this will be my first run in two weeks. I was thinking this morning that I would like to run about 3 times per week all year plus a long run on the weekends. I would also like to swim about 4 times a week and with my two spinning classes per week, that should be enough. I am thinking about whether or not I want to swim with the Masters group. It would be good for me but would require swimming late in the evening which doesn't suit my schedule very well. I still haven't posted any pics from ironman canada as promised.