....with BRICKS.
Saturday morning, the alarm goes off at 4:15am. I did NOT want to get up. Snooze. 4:24am. Nope....snooze. 4:33am....Nope again. Wife gives the little "accidental" shove to get me up. Nope. Snooze. 4:42am....okay, I'll get my ass up.
I had everything set up, ready to go. Aerobottle filled, both cages filled, 5 hour energy to shoot before getting on bike, Gu's on computer desk, headphones plugged in, Amazon Prime webpage pulled up, clothes laid out, and even had the water, powerade, and sports beans ready for the run.
Got on the bike at 4:49.....and rode until 7:28. Figured I did 47 miles in that time.....Very uneventful ride, got through more of FireFly and decided that my last bit on the bike would be spent watching Airheads. Classic 90's flick.
After the bike, I pee'd, swapped out shoes, put on a shirt, then commenced the running. I had mapped out several different one mile loops. I wanted to have access to water/nutrition every mile like I would in a race. I ran 5 loops then an extra out and back for a total of 5.45 miles. I did that in 58 minutes....which included the "rest" time every mile which was basically this: Grab water, walk around car and drink, grab powerade, walk around car and drink, grab 4 sport beans and take off running. 30-40 seconds at most. I probably could have gone another few miles with this system, but I had family and fatherly duties starting at 9am.
Looking back on the time that I had and what I did....I would have PR'd an OLY distance.
I was sore most of the day on Satruday......a little more sore yesterday....but today I'm not as bad. Tonight is a swim and that's it. Great way to recover. Maybe even a hot tub and sauna tonight too. My right calf is getting me some issues. It's very tender.
I will confess......I ate like a total pig this weekend. After my post workout shake and 2 cups of coffee, it got to be lunch time on Saturday afternoon. I had a Baconator burger, large fries, 4 nuggets, and 2 diet cokes. Saturday night I had 3 bowls of cereal and 1/4 box of peanut butter girl scout cookies. On Sunday, I finished off the rest of the 3/4 box of cookies.
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Showing posts with label Long Ride. Show all posts
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Monday, March 11, 2013
Monday, February 11, 2013
Doin' Work......DIY Style
Saturday and Sunday were supposed to be 10 miles running and 30 miles bike (or 2 hours). I managed to get an hour trainer ride and no running (but a good amount of walking) in. I also got 800 crunches to add to the slow gowing total of crunches that I'm supposed to get. 1/3 of the way done and I'm only at 1750. Crank it up or I've got crow to eat.
On Saturday, the weather was horrible. Misty, very windy (20mph with gust up to 30mph) and cold. It slighty warmed up but the majority of the weather stayed the same. We had a birthday party to go to that night so I thought....I'll get my ride and a little run in on Sunday.
Well....I forgot that the Krewe De Barkus was on Sunday. We left our house around 11:45 and got home about 3:30 (in between that time was lunch, a dog parade and expo, and a Guinness). When I got home, I decided that I was tired of looking at the back yard and made a flower bed. I got one section of trim to show Annie.....and since she liked it, I went back to get the 2 additional sections. I passed the "ceder stain" on the way to check out and thought....Imma do that. Uggh....while it looks good, stain is like painting with water colors. So....I painted a few of the trim pickets and I painted my box garden (which I'm so pumped about planting things shortly.
Tonight is a scheduled off day, but I really should put in some work tonight....probably the long bike again....I'll get in 1:45 - 2 hours. Then some crunches until I can't breathe.......
Total Crunches (thru 9/10): 1750
On Saturday, the weather was horrible. Misty, very windy (20mph with gust up to 30mph) and cold. It slighty warmed up but the majority of the weather stayed the same. We had a birthday party to go to that night so I thought....I'll get my ride and a little run in on Sunday.
Well....I forgot that the Krewe De Barkus was on Sunday. We left our house around 11:45 and got home about 3:30 (in between that time was lunch, a dog parade and expo, and a Guinness). When I got home, I decided that I was tired of looking at the back yard and made a flower bed. I got one section of trim to show Annie.....and since she liked it, I went back to get the 2 additional sections. I passed the "ceder stain" on the way to check out and thought....Imma do that. Uggh....while it looks good, stain is like painting with water colors. So....I painted a few of the trim pickets and I painted my box garden (which I'm so pumped about planting things shortly.
Tonight is a scheduled off day, but I really should put in some work tonight....probably the long bike again....I'll get in 1:45 - 2 hours. Then some crunches until I can't breathe.......
Total Crunches (thru 9/10): 1750
Friday, February 8, 2013
99 Days
Crap....really?
99 Days until IMTX. Why does that seem so short? Why when it was 102 days, it seemed far enough away to get acomplished, but now....3 days later, it seems that it's closing in. I know that it's mental but still. It's becoming more real.
Did 1:30 on the trainer last night, followed by 250 sit ups. This was on top of the 100 sit ups that I did yesterday morning.
This morning, my lovely wife gave me a compliment, very unexpectedly. She told me that I was starting to look skinnier and that I was starting to get definition. This led to Magic Mike style dancing and a flexing session in the mirror. I asked her if it "did anything for her". While she said no.....I know that she really wanted to jump all over this. :)
Today is a scheduled off day and Family Movie Night. Got a recomendation for "Hotel Transylvania" and she seemed good with it. Guess it's a Redbox night.
Tomorrow was supposed to be a 10 mile run and Sunday was a 30 mile ride. However, due to the weather that's supposed to push in, I'm going to ride tomorrow morning and fun on Sunday afternoon/night (after the rain pushes out). Also....we're supposed to go (weather permitting) to Downtown McKinney to watch the Krewe De Barkus....a dog parade and expo. That should be entertaining.
Have a great weekend followers!
Total crunches (through 2/7): 950
99 Days until IMTX. Why does that seem so short? Why when it was 102 days, it seemed far enough away to get acomplished, but now....3 days later, it seems that it's closing in. I know that it's mental but still. It's becoming more real.
Did 1:30 on the trainer last night, followed by 250 sit ups. This was on top of the 100 sit ups that I did yesterday morning.
This morning, my lovely wife gave me a compliment, very unexpectedly. She told me that I was starting to look skinnier and that I was starting to get definition. This led to Magic Mike style dancing and a flexing session in the mirror. I asked her if it "did anything for her". While she said no.....I know that she really wanted to jump all over this. :)
Today is a scheduled off day and Family Movie Night. Got a recomendation for "Hotel Transylvania" and she seemed good with it. Guess it's a Redbox night.
Tomorrow was supposed to be a 10 mile run and Sunday was a 30 mile ride. However, due to the weather that's supposed to push in, I'm going to ride tomorrow morning and fun on Sunday afternoon/night (after the rain pushes out). Also....we're supposed to go (weather permitting) to Downtown McKinney to watch the Krewe De Barkus....a dog parade and expo. That should be entertaining.
Have a great weekend followers!
Total crunches (through 2/7): 950
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