Friday, March 12, 2010

Friday Update. March

Training update.

Wednesday run was 7.75 miles. Nice night at Foster....the air was thick with the smell of dinners grilling. I would guess that all the surrounding homes grilled something meaty Wednesday night. I was starving, and running, and dreaming of hot dogs, steak, and hamburgers grilled to my delight. I held a few 7:30's pacing off some young kid running in front of me. The park was packed with people, and will mostly be packed with people for the balance of my training. Kind of makes me miss the cold dark lonely mornings already.

Thursday I took the day off. No exercise other than some sit-ups while watching the tube with the boys.

This morning I swam 2,200 yards. 800 SKPS then 8 X 150's consisting of 50 drill/50 swim/50 kick...2 150's of each stroke. A nice IM workout. I cooled down with some inverted dolphin moves, twirling underwater the length of the pool, making the life guard nervous.

This weekend I'm traveling to southern Indiana to ride with the Men of Steel Racing club, the cycling group I've joined. We're all packing into hotel rooms in Nashville, Indiana. Planning to ride 80 miles on Saturday, and 60 on Sunday. The weather looks like rain, unfortunately...but with a name like Men of Steel how can you cancel? Nothing like screaming down those southern Indiana hills in a rain storm. I really should run this weekend also, immediately after cycling, but it might look a little pretentious to my fellow cyclist that I barely know: "Nice ride guys - now I'm going for an hour run - see ya". I think I'll leave my running shoes behind. It's been my experience that pure cyclist generally hate triathletes. I'll have to keep a low profile - and maybe strike up the debate over the merits of Shimano components versus Campagnolo.

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