Ok Xlab saddlewing looks cool, but makes it so my bike doesn't fit in my friggin car! gaaaah! this morning i put my frame and fork in the car to take to the bike shop this afternoon because my fork is loose and i can't figure out how to tighten it. When i tried to clear the seat passed the hatchback the xlab kept hitting it. So after a few minutes of frustration i just pulled it off. grrrr. that'll be annoying. Off on Off on Off on...
Anyway i was wondering why i was feeling slightly burned out this week and realized i've been at it for 4 weeks straight, this is the 5th week. So i'm not overly worried about taking a day off or two this week. I'm definitely going to ride sat and run sun though. I actually can't wait. I'm most likely going to take Friday off as i mentioned before and if i do that i will go to teh trail and do a 20 or so mile ride. Probably ride it semi-hard just to make sure i can still do it. Today is 'Pig out' day at work...ugh. Everyone brings in all kinds of goodies and at noon time we all go in the conference room and eat. We'll see how that goes. :S I've done well this week though, the only thing i've messed up on is a mini snickers bar yesterday. And that's not like me, i really don't like candy.
Wednesday, October 30
Got my xlab saddlewing today. Can't wait to put it on my bike! Decided also to just get a new chain for my bike, and i gotta get two profile Kages for the saddlewing. I overspent a little bit (bought new Fortezza tri-comp tires yesterday) which hurt me heheh. Gotta wait till friday on the chain. And don't forget tubes! Tomorrow i'm supposed to go to Halloween Horror nights. Oh yeah i bought my trainer today too, gonna send that money over on friday. BUT the coast is clear, i don't think i'll need to buy much more except racing fees. I don't see myself training all that much over the next couple days because of Halloween but we'll see. Saturday i'm definitely riding and sunday i'm definitely long running.
Today dragged so bad at work it was pathetic. Ugh. I'm thinking of taking friday off and going for a semi-long ride. Just staying home and getting a shit load of freelance and perosnal work i've wanted to get done done.
Today dragged so bad at work it was pathetic. Ugh. I'm thinking of taking friday off and going for a semi-long ride. Just staying home and getting a shit load of freelance and perosnal work i've wanted to get done done.
Tuesday, October 29
Tonights workout was a giant bomb. First off i printed the wrong swim workout..i printed last weeks. Secondly after having a crappy day at work, i was just not in the feel for doing techincal stuff in the water and my form was suffering. I kept swallowing water and sinking....i just quit after 15 minutes. No sense in swimming crappy. Had a good dinner, finishing some freelance work and dreaming about tomorrow.
Ever had to sit back and watch a friend go down in flames and not be able to do a damned thing about it?
I just typed for the past 25 minutes explaining the whole ordeal, and when a friend sent me a link to a pic and i clicked on it, it opened it in THIS window instead of a NEW one and i lost all my f'ing typing! I F'ING HATE INTERNET EXPLORER! gah!
So here's the short version.
Josh and Kelly are friends from college.
They got married (to my dismay)
I convinced them to come to Florida to make something of themselves after a year working at Wallyworld in rural pennslyvania.
Kelly has been jobless for 8 out of the 14 months she's lived here even though i got her and him a job as soon as they stepped foot into this state.
Kelly has been a virus to Josh, eating his savings and everything else he owns, putting them in this predicament:
The company Josh has worked for for the past 6 months went bankrupt today.
They have no savings (Thanks kelly)
They have no money (Thanks Kelly)
They don't have money to cover rent (thanks kelly)
The phone was disconnected today (thanks Kelly)
Why does this bother me so much? Because Josh is my friend...bu tmostly because i live with them. in an effort to split bills and pay off debt we all moved in together in a 2 bedroom. I was horrified to find out the extent of Kelly's laziness and lethargy.
Everytime i see her she's on the couch eating a pint of ben and jerry's icecream.
In response to, "Kelly do you know you're gaining weight at an alarming rate?", she says, "It's becuase i'm not on my medication."
You mean you wouldn't gain weight eating all the f'ing lard and icecream and fried foods you do if you were on meds? I want those meds too!!
Her lack of responsibility is astounding. And Josh is jsut too much of a coward to kick her to the curb.
I've let him know how i feel on multiple occaisons and he doesn't want to hear it. He just bottles up his emotions and sticks them somewhere with the attitude, "If i don't think about it it won't happen."
The company Josh has worked for for the past 6 months has been telling him every so often that he couldn't cash his checks because they'd bounce. If any emoployer said that to me i'd be looking for another job. But Josh hasn't of course, becuase he's a f'ing loser!
God. I wish this didn't bother me so much but i know in the end Kelly is going to take all this heinous bullshit that they've been through and say, "Lets go back to PA being white trash, we were so comfortable there...."
I just want to purchas a one way ticket to pennslyvania, give ti to josh and say, Merry Xmas...give this to you're wife.
I just typed for the past 25 minutes explaining the whole ordeal, and when a friend sent me a link to a pic and i clicked on it, it opened it in THIS window instead of a NEW one and i lost all my f'ing typing! I F'ING HATE INTERNET EXPLORER! gah!
So here's the short version.
Josh and Kelly are friends from college.
They got married (to my dismay)
I convinced them to come to Florida to make something of themselves after a year working at Wallyworld in rural pennslyvania.
Kelly has been jobless for 8 out of the 14 months she's lived here even though i got her and him a job as soon as they stepped foot into this state.
Kelly has been a virus to Josh, eating his savings and everything else he owns, putting them in this predicament:
The company Josh has worked for for the past 6 months went bankrupt today.
They have no savings (Thanks kelly)
They have no money (Thanks Kelly)
They don't have money to cover rent (thanks kelly)
The phone was disconnected today (thanks Kelly)
Why does this bother me so much? Because Josh is my friend...bu tmostly because i live with them. in an effort to split bills and pay off debt we all moved in together in a 2 bedroom. I was horrified to find out the extent of Kelly's laziness and lethargy.
Everytime i see her she's on the couch eating a pint of ben and jerry's icecream.
In response to, "Kelly do you know you're gaining weight at an alarming rate?", she says, "It's becuase i'm not on my medication."
You mean you wouldn't gain weight eating all the f'ing lard and icecream and fried foods you do if you were on meds? I want those meds too!!
Her lack of responsibility is astounding. And Josh is jsut too much of a coward to kick her to the curb.
I've let him know how i feel on multiple occaisons and he doesn't want to hear it. He just bottles up his emotions and sticks them somewhere with the attitude, "If i don't think about it it won't happen."
The company Josh has worked for for the past 6 months has been telling him every so often that he couldn't cash his checks because they'd bounce. If any emoployer said that to me i'd be looking for another job. But Josh hasn't of course, becuase he's a f'ing loser!
God. I wish this didn't bother me so much but i know in the end Kelly is going to take all this heinous bullshit that they've been through and say, "Lets go back to PA being white trash, we were so comfortable there...."
I just want to purchas a one way ticket to pennslyvania, give ti to josh and say, Merry Xmas...give this to you're wife.
Monday, October 28
Well i'm happy to say i think i found a system for keeping my food intake controled. I bought some gladware that has two compartments. I'll put the chicken and veggies in one compartment and two scoops (icecream scoops) of rice/beans in the other. If i am still hungry i'll add more chicken or veggies. I'm limiting my carb intake now.
The run today was a bit scary. There i was running at night on a path that isn't well lit...i run around the lake and up to the new Millenia Mall that just opened. I'm running around the parking lot when a truck pulls in behind me and stops...the door opens. i look back every 3rd step but can't see the driver or anything else. I'm getting a bit worried that i'm about to be shot or some shit. I keep looking back and i still can't see anyone, just a truck with the driver door open. Now i'm getting really nervous, but it's all in my mind. I cross the parking road and get closer to where people are, by the doors. I kept looking back until the door just suddenly shuts and the truck drives off...wtf was that all about? My HR elevated for awhile and then came back down and i finished my run with an avg HR of 136. Ran for an hour today on my day off becuase i slacked off yesterday. :)
The run today was a bit scary. There i was running at night on a path that isn't well lit...i run around the lake and up to the new Millenia Mall that just opened. I'm running around the parking lot when a truck pulls in behind me and stops...the door opens. i look back every 3rd step but can't see the driver or anything else. I'm getting a bit worried that i'm about to be shot or some shit. I keep looking back and i still can't see anyone, just a truck with the driver door open. Now i'm getting really nervous, but it's all in my mind. I cross the parking road and get closer to where people are, by the doors. I kept looking back until the door just suddenly shuts and the truck drives off...wtf was that all about? My HR elevated for awhile and then came back down and i finished my run with an avg HR of 136. Ran for an hour today on my day off becuase i slacked off yesterday. :)
Yesterday i didn't get a chance to run. Not because i was so busy but because i'm lazy. Went to see a couple movies, went to the Cheesecake Factory for dinner..MMMmMmM good! Got this chicken marsai thing. Oh god, thinking about it makes my mouth water. Anyway I did go to bed early (9:50) and got plenty of rest. I can't wait to get my bike trainer!!! Once i get it i'll spin in the mornings for a half hour or so just to get the blood pumpin. It'll also give me no excuse to ride on rainy days. Today is my usual day off, but since i pussed out yesterday, i'm going to run for an hour today.
I'm finding myself wanting to be alone more and more...alone with my training. I find that i get excited to ride/run with someone, then when it comes down to it i loathe it because i don't want to ride/run at their pace. Or maybe i don't want to talk. For someone who's depended on others to keep himself entertained and sane, i'm really coming into an independent part of my life. I really enjoy my time alone now. I'm sorta struggling with it becuase all my friends know that i'm usually the dude out there with them doing things, but lately i can't be bothered.
I prefer to be just with my bike...or my sneakers...or the lap lane. Maybe it's becuase it allows me to think freely, wander in any direction i want and i enjoy freedom of thought immensely.
Anyway when i get home tonight i'm going to remove my fork and clean it all up, then re-assemble it. Also tomorrow i think i'm going to get a new chain, the one i've got has a weak link in it where Steve performed emergency surgery on it. I was suprised to see the link almost off the pin after my ride. Also going to get a few new tubes for my back wheel. I should get my saddlewing tomorrow that i bought used from a guy in Tampa...i'll install that, and remove one of hte cages from my frame.
I'm going to bid on a trainer today or tomorrow and hopefully have it by next week.
I'm finding myself wanting to be alone more and more...alone with my training. I find that i get excited to ride/run with someone, then when it comes down to it i loathe it because i don't want to ride/run at their pace. Or maybe i don't want to talk. For someone who's depended on others to keep himself entertained and sane, i'm really coming into an independent part of my life. I really enjoy my time alone now. I'm sorta struggling with it becuase all my friends know that i'm usually the dude out there with them doing things, but lately i can't be bothered.
I prefer to be just with my bike...or my sneakers...or the lap lane. Maybe it's becuase it allows me to think freely, wander in any direction i want and i enjoy freedom of thought immensely.
Anyway when i get home tonight i'm going to remove my fork and clean it all up, then re-assemble it. Also tomorrow i think i'm going to get a new chain, the one i've got has a weak link in it where Steve performed emergency surgery on it. I was suprised to see the link almost off the pin after my ride. Also going to get a few new tubes for my back wheel. I should get my saddlewing tomorrow that i bought used from a guy in Tampa...i'll install that, and remove one of hte cages from my frame.
I'm going to bid on a trainer today or tomorrow and hopefully have it by next week.
Saturday, October 26
I was supposed to meet Diane today at the West Orange Trail (WOT) but she called me at 8:15 saying she had a flat and no tube. So i went by myself. Packed my stuff, headed out the door and packed the car. It was chilly and foggy this morning but i knew it would burn away before i got too far into the ride. I drove to the WOT and got everythign ready. Sitting at Mile 0 i realized i was missing something...my telemetry strap for my HR monitor. DOH! All this talk of keeping below 140 and i'd have to ride by feel today cause i got my watch, but no strap. Oh well, i kept my pace slow, over the 30 miles i did 15.1 avg. Just spun up the hills and spun down the hills, didn't really apply that much pressure. After the 15 mile turn around is a nice 1 mile slight grade up hill. Not to bad, just kicked it into low gear and spun at about 11 mph. So long as my legs wern't burning, and my breathing was easy, i felt like i was keeping my HR low. A father/son combo passed me on the up hill and i let em go. On the back side of the hill i increased speed quickly because i'm heavier then then. I'd say they were 1/2 mile ahead and i caught up to them relatively fast, going 23-25 mph...coasting practically. I had an ego thing go through my head, "I'm catching up to them, should i drop em, or should i just hang back?"
In the end my oft times suppressed ego won and i put myself in the big ring. "Just for a mile or so," i thought.
I passed the guys going 27 and didn't look back, i did however hear a click behind me and realized the father took the challenge. OOOOO this is gonna be fun! There was a big intersection up ahead so i slowed it down a bit, but didnt' take it out of the big ring. I ended up having to come to almost a complete stop, so i stood and hammered back up to speed...dad was still behind me. My breathing was becoming labored and my legs were burning a bit but this was fun, so i kept it up, 22-23 mph for about another mile then i dropped down again. The whole time the dad stayed next to me, we just had a little competitive sprint there. As we approached another down hill i realized we dropped his son. We chuckled about it. I saw Phil running and waved to him. When we got to the top of a steep hill i said, "Well that was fun...i'm going to drop back to low aerobic now." He replied," Yeah really fun! I'll let my son catch up." i laughed and went on my way.
While riding i saw a friend i havn't seen in over a year, Art. But Art isn't a good enough friend to ruin my workout talking to, so i just rode by him. he didnt' even recognize me. heheh. if i had stopped we'd probably still be talking right now.
Got back to the WOT trail head a little while later, putting in 1:57 minutes of fat burning goodness. Took a few minutes to wipe down my bike from some dirt and water that got on it and drove home.
A few thoughts regarding the ride: There was lots of leaves and littel branches on the path...some of these gave me a scare as i leaned into a turn and felt my front wheel go off the grond after going over a branch, then catch a second later. I wondered who got this stuff off the path and was rewarded a few miles later with a guy standing in the middle of the pathway witha blower attached to his back. I almost hit him cause he couldn't hear me, was looking down, blowing stuff off the pathway, and moved right into where iw as going. I slowed down enough to avoid him but that must be scary for him.
I got a Profile Aero drink bottle and attached it last night. I like this a lot, makes it so much easier to hydrate...BUT note to self: Don;t fill it that much unless you want to take a gatorade bath whenever you hit a bump!
Today i'm going to spend a few hours dismantling some of my bike and cleaning it THOROUGHLY. I want to take the cog off, chain, fork, and change the back tube becuase the valve is stripped and my pump head won't stay on it. I'm also going to wax my frame today. Make her look like new!
UPDATE
Well i took everything off except my cog because i don't have the tool for it, simple green'd everything down and it's now sparkling clean. It's still dismantled on my bedroom floor, when i decided tomorrow i'll take the fork and headset off..it's not quite clean because i can hear it sizzle when i turn it (sand in there somewhere).
While changing the back tube, i ended up pinch-blowing out the tire. I KNEW there was a pinch but hoped it would work itself out. At 120 PSI it exploded so loud my ears were ringing and the cable guy down stairs..."...almost shitted mysef! Was dat a gun!?" i couldn't help but laugh as i said it was only my bike tube. People all around opened their doors to see what happened. was funny. Sucky part is i need a new tube...oh well. More time to clean my bike.
In the end my oft times suppressed ego won and i put myself in the big ring. "Just for a mile or so," i thought.
I passed the guys going 27 and didn't look back, i did however hear a click behind me and realized the father took the challenge. OOOOO this is gonna be fun! There was a big intersection up ahead so i slowed it down a bit, but didnt' take it out of the big ring. I ended up having to come to almost a complete stop, so i stood and hammered back up to speed...dad was still behind me. My breathing was becoming labored and my legs were burning a bit but this was fun, so i kept it up, 22-23 mph for about another mile then i dropped down again. The whole time the dad stayed next to me, we just had a little competitive sprint there. As we approached another down hill i realized we dropped his son. We chuckled about it. I saw Phil running and waved to him. When we got to the top of a steep hill i said, "Well that was fun...i'm going to drop back to low aerobic now." He replied," Yeah really fun! I'll let my son catch up." i laughed and went on my way.
While riding i saw a friend i havn't seen in over a year, Art. But Art isn't a good enough friend to ruin my workout talking to, so i just rode by him. he didnt' even recognize me. heheh. if i had stopped we'd probably still be talking right now.
Got back to the WOT trail head a little while later, putting in 1:57 minutes of fat burning goodness. Took a few minutes to wipe down my bike from some dirt and water that got on it and drove home.
A few thoughts regarding the ride: There was lots of leaves and littel branches on the path...some of these gave me a scare as i leaned into a turn and felt my front wheel go off the grond after going over a branch, then catch a second later. I wondered who got this stuff off the path and was rewarded a few miles later with a guy standing in the middle of the pathway witha blower attached to his back. I almost hit him cause he couldn't hear me, was looking down, blowing stuff off the pathway, and moved right into where iw as going. I slowed down enough to avoid him but that must be scary for him.
I got a Profile Aero drink bottle and attached it last night. I like this a lot, makes it so much easier to hydrate...BUT note to self: Don;t fill it that much unless you want to take a gatorade bath whenever you hit a bump!
Today i'm going to spend a few hours dismantling some of my bike and cleaning it THOROUGHLY. I want to take the cog off, chain, fork, and change the back tube becuase the valve is stripped and my pump head won't stay on it. I'm also going to wax my frame today. Make her look like new!
UPDATE
Well i took everything off except my cog because i don't have the tool for it, simple green'd everything down and it's now sparkling clean. It's still dismantled on my bedroom floor, when i decided tomorrow i'll take the fork and headset off..it's not quite clean because i can hear it sizzle when i turn it (sand in there somewhere).
While changing the back tube, i ended up pinch-blowing out the tire. I KNEW there was a pinch but hoped it would work itself out. At 120 PSI it exploded so loud my ears were ringing and the cable guy down stairs..."...almost shitted mysef! Was dat a gun!?" i couldn't help but laugh as i said it was only my bike tube. People all around opened their doors to see what happened. was funny. Sucky part is i need a new tube...oh well. More time to clean my bike.
Friday, October 25
Today I've got a recurring pain in my right knee tendon on the outside. Don't know what the tendon is called, but it's pulsating with pain. Nothing serious, but still irritating. Today i have off in lieu of my long workouts this weekend. Just going to veg at home, and also polish up the bike a bit. A friend of mine is getting a new FELT bike and i've got bike envy. So i'm going to clean and wax mine ;).
Thursday, October 24
What a great night. It started off all rainy and stayed overcast but it was nice and cool out. Got ot the gym after work and decided to hit the dreadmill for half hour before swiimming my 2k meters. Sorta a make up for yesterday. I actually found it very difficult to keep my HR steady on the dreadmilll until i regulated my breathing. Some people say, "You'll breath when you need too" but when i did that today my HR would jump dramatically from 120 to 160 or higher and i was still running hte same pace. Once i regulated my breathing it stayed consistent within 5 heart beats. So either its true that regulated breathing helps keep the HR normalized, or my 2 years of trainign myself to regulate to guess where my HR was has paid off. Before i had a HR monitor i would use my breathing to determine aerobic and lactic and anaerobic. Looks like it worked, and thats cool!
The swim took me 44 minutes and was nice. Still having trouble on the left side, but i took a 300m warmup breathing on the left side only before i did my 1700m workout. I'm getting better and with each breath figuring out why i'm coming up. ONe of the main things is my right arm dips a little bit...which causes me to sink slightly, which makes me want to pick my head up to breathe. Gotta work on that. But at least i recognize it and i can fix it.
I saw Jim at the gym today too, talked a bit more and might have convinced him to do an IM relay next year. That'd be fun. Him swim, me bike, Carl run.
Next time you eat asparagus, think of corn on the cob. they taste very similar....
So i was going to lift, but at quarter to eight, it was time to go home. Tomorrow i'm off, and Saturday i'm going to ride with a lady i met through a website named Diane. She's a runner turned triathlete and we're going to do about 3.5 hours on the bike.
Got thrree movies i wanna see this weekend:
The Ring
Jackass
and uh...another one, just can't think of it right now...
The swim took me 44 minutes and was nice. Still having trouble on the left side, but i took a 300m warmup breathing on the left side only before i did my 1700m workout. I'm getting better and with each breath figuring out why i'm coming up. ONe of the main things is my right arm dips a little bit...which causes me to sink slightly, which makes me want to pick my head up to breathe. Gotta work on that. But at least i recognize it and i can fix it.
I saw Jim at the gym today too, talked a bit more and might have convinced him to do an IM relay next year. That'd be fun. Him swim, me bike, Carl run.
Next time you eat asparagus, think of corn on the cob. they taste very similar....
So i was going to lift, but at quarter to eight, it was time to go home. Tomorrow i'm off, and Saturday i'm going to ride with a lady i met through a website named Diane. She's a runner turned triathlete and we're going to do about 3.5 hours on the bike.
Got thrree movies i wanna see this weekend:
The Ring
Jackass
and uh...another one, just can't think of it right now...
Well yesterday sucked. It was raining, and when it rains i get so depressed and unmotivated. I can't wait till i have my bike trainer, because i firmly believe that i'd have jumped on it. It's my fualt i didn't workout yesterday really, i was unprepared, and had to go home to pick up my HR monitor and shorts. Once i'm home it's hard to go back out again. thats why i pack my stuff and go straight from work in the first place. So i didn't workout and i ate bad. It's over now, and behind me. To make up for it i'm going to run 1/2 hour and then swim as normal, AND i'm scheduled to lift lower body.
April 6th: The season opener Great Clermont Triathlon. I'm so excited! it doesn't seem that far away, i really hope next year lives up to my expectations. I really hope to race well. I've met lots of people this year, and hope to see them again next year at the races.
Today i have lots of motivation and look very much toward the long day at the gym tonight.
April 6th: The season opener Great Clermont Triathlon. I'm so excited! it doesn't seem that far away, i really hope next year lives up to my expectations. I really hope to race well. I've met lots of people this year, and hope to see them again next year at the races.
Today i have lots of motivation and look very much toward the long day at the gym tonight.
Tuesday, October 22
Just a quick note to say i'm going to do a 1:30 aerobic ride today in just a few minutes. I won't be at a computer until tomorrow, feeling kind of tired today but my swim left me pleasently stiff, along with the weight lifting.
UPDATE
Had a pretty crappy night, but i'm in a relatively good mood.
Lets start with bike theory:
Bike Theory #1: Anyone in a mid to small size car...say a Geo Metro, will go on to the opposing sidewalk to avoid a lone cyclist or group.
Bike Theroy#2: Anyone in a huge F9000 super pick up truck with 4 wheels in the back and extended mirrors, will not think twice about taking you out with said mirrors.
As a guy rolled through a stop sign, he honked and started yelling at his wheel. I was too busy flipping him off to bother with what he was saying.
Dirt is not your friend. As i tried to go aroudn a line of cars to get to the side walk my bike tipped over when it hit the shoulder and i went down...luckily in the grass. More embarassing then anything else.
As i approached a bridge lip i bunny hopped it like i always do, later to find out my bottle of gatorade took flight and never returned. I had to cut my ride short becuase at mile 5 i realized this and had no hydration. In the name of liquid, i turned my bike around and headed to the car. I didn't have any post hydration there either, i had to wait till i drove home. 11 miles total (different route home, those people on that one stretch are crazy!) at 45 minutes.
On the way home i stopped at planet smoothy, i walked in and realized i was filthy so i went directly to the bathroom to wash my hands. As i washed my hands i looked into the mirror to see this really blood red zit type thing with a black tip right above my eyebrow on my forehead. When it ouched it it hurt bad, so i did what any smart person would do...i squeezed it. The thing EXPLODED all over the mirror and bled so fast and furiously, before i could get a paper towel it was dripping off my eye ridge. so i started holding the towel to stop the bleeding and it just hurt really bad, so i squeezed it again and about 1 pint of ben and jerry's cookie dough icecream gushed out of it...ew. this little pore had quite a collection of crap in it. I walked out of the bathroom holding toilet paper to my head and i ordered a strawberry smoothy. mmmMMMm good.
Tonight i'm spending hte night at Michelles and tomorrow i run. Even though i was tired to start out today, it felt good to be back on my bike.
UPDATE
Had a pretty crappy night, but i'm in a relatively good mood.
Lets start with bike theory:
Bike Theory #1: Anyone in a mid to small size car...say a Geo Metro, will go on to the opposing sidewalk to avoid a lone cyclist or group.
Bike Theroy#2: Anyone in a huge F9000 super pick up truck with 4 wheels in the back and extended mirrors, will not think twice about taking you out with said mirrors.
As a guy rolled through a stop sign, he honked and started yelling at his wheel. I was too busy flipping him off to bother with what he was saying.
Dirt is not your friend. As i tried to go aroudn a line of cars to get to the side walk my bike tipped over when it hit the shoulder and i went down...luckily in the grass. More embarassing then anything else.
As i approached a bridge lip i bunny hopped it like i always do, later to find out my bottle of gatorade took flight and never returned. I had to cut my ride short becuase at mile 5 i realized this and had no hydration. In the name of liquid, i turned my bike around and headed to the car. I didn't have any post hydration there either, i had to wait till i drove home. 11 miles total (different route home, those people on that one stretch are crazy!) at 45 minutes.
On the way home i stopped at planet smoothy, i walked in and realized i was filthy so i went directly to the bathroom to wash my hands. As i washed my hands i looked into the mirror to see this really blood red zit type thing with a black tip right above my eyebrow on my forehead. When it ouched it it hurt bad, so i did what any smart person would do...i squeezed it. The thing EXPLODED all over the mirror and bled so fast and furiously, before i could get a paper towel it was dripping off my eye ridge. so i started holding the towel to stop the bleeding and it just hurt really bad, so i squeezed it again and about 1 pint of ben and jerry's cookie dough icecream gushed out of it...ew. this little pore had quite a collection of crap in it. I walked out of the bathroom holding toilet paper to my head and i ordered a strawberry smoothy. mmmMMMm good.
Tonight i'm spending hte night at Michelles and tomorrow i run. Even though i was tired to start out today, it felt good to be back on my bike.
Monday, October 21
Welcome back! I'll be logging all my journals here from now on. I appreciate all of you coming over to read about my life's journey. Some exciting things are coming up on this off season. First off is my racing schedule. I've got a half marathon and 3 century rides planned. Secondly is the creation of the club T3:Orlando Triathletes. The website is coming along and will be up and running within weeks. I hope to bring orlando triathletes together to train and have fun.
I've decided to scale back my training even more in terms of how many workouts per week and just increase the time per workout. I'm skipping the second portion of my doubles and the second portion is usually a swim, so my swimming is suffering.
So here's my new shedule:
Mon: Off
Tue: Swim/Lift
Wed: Bike
Thu:Run
Friday: Swim/Lift
Sat: Long run
Sun: Long ride
Going to try and post a pic here:
UPDATE 9:15 PM
Phew, just finally got a chance to sit down. After work i went straight to the gym for my swim/lift workout. Swim workout was a good 1600m workout mostly consisting of 1 arm down drills. I've come to the conclusion that i'm afraid to breathe on the left side, therefore i raise my head. I MUST STOP doing this! After my 1500m i pulled 100m witha bouey. The bouey kept me really high in the water and i was flying! I will pay particular attention to my left side and work it a little extra each day. I was in the pool for 30 minutes of aerobic goodness. Lifted upper body after that, and met Jim in the gym again. He's a retired triathlete because of knee pain. I always know when he's in the pool cause he's fast and glides nicely. He's probably 40 but in PHENOMINAL shape. WHen i'm 40 i want to look just like him. Wide round shoulders, chiseled pecs, subtle abs...he takes very good care of himself. Tomorrow i'll bike for an hour and a half.
I've decided to scale back my training even more in terms of how many workouts per week and just increase the time per workout. I'm skipping the second portion of my doubles and the second portion is usually a swim, so my swimming is suffering.
So here's my new shedule:
Mon: Off
Tue: Swim/Lift
Wed: Bike
Thu:Run
Friday: Swim/Lift
Sat: Long run
Sun: Long ride
Going to try and post a pic here:
UPDATE 9:15 PM
Phew, just finally got a chance to sit down. After work i went straight to the gym for my swim/lift workout. Swim workout was a good 1600m workout mostly consisting of 1 arm down drills. I've come to the conclusion that i'm afraid to breathe on the left side, therefore i raise my head. I MUST STOP doing this! After my 1500m i pulled 100m witha bouey. The bouey kept me really high in the water and i was flying! I will pay particular attention to my left side and work it a little extra each day. I was in the pool for 30 minutes of aerobic goodness. Lifted upper body after that, and met Jim in the gym again. He's a retired triathlete because of knee pain. I always know when he's in the pool cause he's fast and glides nicely. He's probably 40 but in PHENOMINAL shape. WHen i'm 40 i want to look just like him. Wide round shoulders, chiseled pecs, subtle abs...he takes very good care of himself. Tomorrow i'll bike for an hour and a half.