Running and the Rain

Today's run was not too bad for a run.  Well, yes and no.  The running part of it was not great.  But it was fun in the rain.  It wasn't raining too hard, just kind of misting which was kind of nice.

So, I did the 3ish miles in about 31minutes, which was slow and painful.  I had to walk a bit because of side stitches and my left leg started to feel like it was going numb towards last third of the run.  So slowed down and walked quite a bit.

But, really didn't mind too much because walking/running in the rain is enjoyable.  No puddles to splash the cars with though, maybe tomorrow!

I have decided that my brain likes to walk around a bit too while I'm out there.  Just start thinking random thoughts, some good, some bad, but does indeed help to decompress from the day especially after a long day.

But day two is done and I'm good to go for number three!

First Run of 2011!

Well the first run of 2011 is now done!  And I'm glad since it was not fun at all!  But I met the first goal of 3 miles (3.04 to be approximately exactish.)

I've not run since the beginning of December, and it showed.  I sat around gained weight, lost fitness and it showed. Bad.  I couldn't complete the full 3 mile loop at Memorial Park running.  I had to walk a little bit which I didn't like at all.  But oh well, I'm back at it and getting into the swing of things once again. I'm sure that as I do more and try to keep the goal of 3 miles (at least) five times a week (at least) I will be back to where I was in no time.

So today I didn't have auto lap on so don't know my mile splits, but it was the 3.04 miles in 28:59.  I guess it's not too horrible considering I had to walk several times.

Anyways, that's it for today, check back tomorrow to see if I'm still alive!

Goals for 2011

So 2011 has started.  And I needed some goals to kick my rear in gear.

Sure I have another silly little race planned (Ironman Texas) but that won't really do it for me as we can see from my last little attempt at a silly little race.  So, I decided that 2011 will be the year I run.  My goal is to run three miles, five times a week at least.  This will hopefully help my running a lot and get me where I really want to be with it.  Which is the ability to just go out and go for a 15 mile run without thinking about it.

So, the first run will be today after work.  My first run in about a month as well since my knee started bothering me, so will have to be careful that it is back to being healthy as the other goal, which is the same as my 2010 one (which I made!) is no serious injuries.  A serious injury will be defined as keeping me from being able to do anything for more than 1-2 weeks.


I think I need another race goal for towards the end of the year, since I have Ironman Texas in the first half, I need to find something for the second half.  If anyone is out there, any suggestions?

Yeah, Failing Again

So yeah.  I'm not updating like I was going to be, but that's because of my failing.  I want to be out there doing something, yes, even running would be nice.  But right now I'm nursing a bad knee.  IBuprofen and ice are my friends for the next week or so (Merry Christmas to me!)

And it's kind of a funky couple of weeks so trying to get any kind of consistent training in the pool is shot, so come beginning of January I will be hitting the pool hard and fast!

Stay tuned! I will be posting more soon!

Stay Tuned!

I am getting my act back together... So stay tuned for new posts... Soon!

30 Days!

So yeah, I've seriously slacked off on keeping up with this thing.  And with my training... But I've now got 30 days left until I hit up Ironman Canada. 

Things are going to hurt!

Bring it!

Huli Drills and Head Winds

What a day of fun in the sun! Absolutely brilliant!  The only problem was the winds that we had while paddling and biking.

Paddling
So while we were paddling we had some pretty bad winds hitting us.  Made for some waves crashing into the boat and the ama bounce up out of the water frequently.  But we had a good strong crew out there and made short work of that all.  Our coach was out on an OC1 (Outrigger Canoe - 1 person) keeping us in check and making sure we were doing the drills and taking pictures of us.

Once we were almost back, coach let me try out the OC1.  And well... It didn't go very well.  I managed to huli it three or four times without getting anyplace.  The wind would pick up and just blow me over like a big sail, which causes me and the boat to flip.  It was quite comical! But also tiring to keep flipping the boat right side up and then jumping on it.  Eventually coach said he would take it back and put me back in the OC6 (thanks!) I almost had not enough energy to get into the OC6!  

My GPS said we did about 6.4 miles, but that was only until I got on the OC1, as the flipping caused it to konk out.  The device still works,  just lost signal long enough to shut down.  And during those flips I managed to cut up both feet, and remove a patch of skin and hair on my leg, which I didn't notice until I got home and showered and yelped in pain!  But a GREAT day on the water!

After that several of us went to Boondoggles and got some lunch and chatting in before myself and one of the crew went off on our biking!

Biking

So the plan was to do the same lap that I did last time I was out there.  About 20 miles around clear lake. This time I was doing it with one of my friends from the paddling club and so we set off!  Oh. Em. Gee. The head wind got us the ENTIRE route!  There were spots where I was literally, and not exaggerateingly (that is a word now, and I'm using it in Scrabble!) pedaling to not lose speed going DOWN HILL! It was brutal out there!  But we got through it!  And my friend was a trooper out there! Not only did we paddle first, but he was out at Chappel Hill yesterday putting in his MS150 training ride on those hills! His legs are going to feel it tomorrow!  Sorry Man!

But we finished it in about 1.5 hours and so it wasn't too bad for that head wind.  And we got a great full body workout in today doing both the paddle and the bike like that.  Hopefully I can wake up in the morning (ok, in 4 hours) to go swim... But it's not looking good since it's only 4 hours away! Yikes!

Enjoy!