This morning I met up with Donna for our usual Tuesday morning run. Nice hilly run on a beautiful morning. She cracks me up, it crossed her mind to do an easier run, but that's what Thursdays are for :) Anyway, the run started of well and we talked pretty much all the way up. We are getting used to this hill and very comfortable in that we are able to ...

That is the question I kept asking myself throughout the workout on Saturday. On Friday night I felt like I was getting a cold. I made sure to hydrate and drank plenty of tea to easy the tickle in my throat. Maybe that was it, the caffeine in the tea my have dehydrated me. I was leading my bike group on a fairly easy bike ride. There were a few ...

For Thursday night track practice, I was assigned lead of one of the workouts. I was incharge of run drills. The team was divided into 5 groups, thus I had to go over the running drills with 5 different group. I love running, so this was no issue for me. The head Coach, Steve, asked me to pace myself, but I didnt feel like I was being too aggressive. ...

out for a recovery run this morning with Donna and David. Since it's a recovery run, we were going for something nice, flat and easy(then again, is anything ever easy). We set out for a paced 5.5 mile run. Talked pretty much all the way through the run. I think there was an itch to pick up the pace(maybe we were taking it to easy), but we just maintained. You ...

was up early this morning to get in the pool by 6am. I made it there a little after 6am. The swim went well, especially since I hadnt been in the pool in a while. quick summary of the workout:
warm up:
300 yd swim
100 yd kick
200 yd pull
Ramp up
8x50 sprint (evens ...

Tuesday morning run with Donna, only this time we had a whole crew show up. Donna invited a couple of her running buddies and her coworker David(who I have mentioned in prior posts). As we started the run, she warned me that these girls are fast. The run starts with about a 1/4 mile run then a good 3/4 mile ascent. Half way up the hill, they were gone. We ...

I would hate to forget what I did last week so here is a quick breakdown. Monday - nothing :) Tuesday - met up with Donna and her coworker David at 6am(that was early). When I got up that morning, I thought it was going to be a difficult day out on the run. It turned out to be one of the fastest run we had done on that trail, thanks in ...

Love is in the air. It always is, but we find a way to only make it important on Feb 14th. Monday was another off day(love my days off). Did some stretching and stayed off my feet to help with the recovery. Tuesday was an entertaining run with Donna at Rancho. It's funny sometimes because we have all kinds of stories to tell on the run and I forget that ...

I need to keep this page up to date. Give a more realistic view of how my training is coming along. That said, I am a few weeks behind, so I dont remember all the finite details of week 2-3 workouts :(. My apologies. This turned out to be a little of a challenging week. As usual, Monday was my off day. Tuesday, I ran at Rancho with the Donna ...

The first week of the training season turned out great. I didnt get a chance to write daily about each work out, so here is a quick summary. My workout schedule is slightly different than the rest of my teammate. My schedule works out better with the rest of the things I have going.
Monday - my designated rest day. I went to the gym, but actually didnt lift weight ...