gotta keep up with me, gonna be lots of posting this week, so make sure you scroll down to the other posts. Anyway did one of my last prep runs this week. the best part of a race is the tapering in the 2 weeks leading up. today i only had to do a 2 mile run! amazing compared to 8 or 10. anyway i killed it so that is encouraging. i just ran, and ran hard because it felt good.
2 miles
13:09, 231 cal
mile 1- 6:48
mile 2- 6:19
Monday, June 21, 2010
Race Day packing list
observe all the crap i have to remember to pack and or will need on race day...
Warm-ups
Day bag
Swim
Flip flops
Body glide
Goggles
Swim cap
Warm-ups
Day bag
Swim
Flip flops
Body glide
Goggles
Swim cap
Monday prep
ok so the week begins. i have tons to do before i leave for Idaho. first off i must pack. not only am i doing a 12 hour long race but i have to also pack for a full vacation. I'll put my packing list up for y'all to see just how crazy and meticulous it has to be. i have to also plan out meals for this week. half the week is spent in Idaho too so i have to plan a grocery trip when we get there and what we'll eat there. i have a lot of stuff lined up this week so gotta get to work. update tonight
Tuesday, May 18, 2010
monday run
between teaching crossfit, mowing the lawn, edging the lawn and packed stuff to get ready to move friday i got a run in yesterday. it was hot and humid and my legs were certainly tired from this weekend. it was a good mental battle to keep running instead of stopping and hiding in the shade of a tree. man was it hot.
5 miles
7:30-7:40 pace
1000 degrees
200% humidity
5 miles
7:30-7:40 pace
1000 degrees
200% humidity
weekend wrap up
man this weekend was crazy for me. here is a brief outline of it.
went to austin friday planning to do a 75 mile ride saturday. woke up sat morning at 4 am to intense thunder storms. hoped the would pass so i went back to sleep and woke up when my alarm went off at 6. looked outside, still rainy and no sign of letting up. checked 4 different weather reports. most said some sort of rain. only 1 said no rain. the other three ranged from rain all day to only in the evening and only in the morning. went back to sleep. at 730 woke up, still raining, so i decided to scrap the ride. i ended up going to the gym with my dad, here is what i did.
1.5 hour spin bike ride, 1 hour of it was a spin class, then rowed 1k, then swam for 20 min.
When i left the gym it was cloudy still. as soon as i got home and showered it was sunny. i thought, hm the weather must be right, it will rain later today since thats what it called for. turns out it was hot as hell, sunny as anything and didn't rain a drop after 10 am. so once i was done with everything I had planned for the day I went out and did another bike ride on some hills.
30 mile bike. don't know stats, not worried about it, it was hot and my legs were exhausted from the start.
Sunday I went down to barton springs to try my wetsuit. I was supposed to get to sleep in sunday and rest but since saturday was so messed up that didn't happen. I got a new wetsuit for couer d'alene since right now the water temp is 49 and it should be around 60 on race day.the wetsuit was great. it was very warm but i could tell it will tax my shoulders more than i thought. even though the rubber is very flexible and is designed well it still restricts movement. other than that it good. i swam roughly 800m trying out the suit. 68 degree water.
went to austin friday planning to do a 75 mile ride saturday. woke up sat morning at 4 am to intense thunder storms. hoped the would pass so i went back to sleep and woke up when my alarm went off at 6. looked outside, still rainy and no sign of letting up. checked 4 different weather reports. most said some sort of rain. only 1 said no rain. the other three ranged from rain all day to only in the evening and only in the morning. went back to sleep. at 730 woke up, still raining, so i decided to scrap the ride. i ended up going to the gym with my dad, here is what i did.
1.5 hour spin bike ride, 1 hour of it was a spin class, then rowed 1k, then swam for 20 min.
When i left the gym it was cloudy still. as soon as i got home and showered it was sunny. i thought, hm the weather must be right, it will rain later today since thats what it called for. turns out it was hot as hell, sunny as anything and didn't rain a drop after 10 am. so once i was done with everything I had planned for the day I went out and did another bike ride on some hills.
30 mile bike. don't know stats, not worried about it, it was hot and my legs were exhausted from the start.
Sunday I went down to barton springs to try my wetsuit. I was supposed to get to sleep in sunday and rest but since saturday was so messed up that didn't happen. I got a new wetsuit for couer d'alene since right now the water temp is 49 and it should be around 60 on race day.the wetsuit was great. it was very warm but i could tell it will tax my shoulders more than i thought. even though the rubber is very flexible and is designed well it still restricts movement. other than that it good. i swam roughly 800m trying out the suit. 68 degree water.
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