Day 94: 7/17/2010

It was nice to sort of sleep in today, or at least not have to leave the house when everyone is still sound asleep. Lindsey took advantage and hot her own run in of 1 hour (Good job love). I started my training today at almost 9 AM! I rode with my buddy, Robert, for 1:50 with :30 of that tempo riding.

I had a lunch at the famous Owl Bar and put on 6 pounds from after my ride! Spent the afternoon watching The Book of Eli which was a pretty cool movie.

At 5:30 PM I got out the door for an hour run with strides. Now time to recover for tomorrow's long ride, I'm looking forward to it and to losing that 6 pounds!

Day 93: 7/16/2010

Hour run this AM with the CC kids, half of the run was tempo. Then 3000 swim at lunch. This puts me at 10.5 hours so far this week. Now off to Albuquerque to visit my mom in the rehab hospital where she is recovering from hip replacement.

Day 92: 7/15/2010

Biked in the morning for 1:30 with half of that being intervals. Swam a 3000 at lunch. Spent the afternoon at the pool with the family. Spent the evening playing ultimate frisbee with the CC team. A good day for sure.

Day 91: 7/14/2010

Training and life kind of caught up to me today. I ran 1:30 in the morning and although the run felt fine getting out of bed was a struggle. I felt like a zombie. I couldn't wait for the afternoon so I could take a nap. It worked out perfectly since Lindsey and Emma had haircut appointments and Grace was ready for her nap. When I woke up the weather was bad enough to discourage my planned ride. I waited but the wind didn't stop and the dark thunderstorms stayed threatening in the distance. Plus, I had some things I needed to take care of that had been ignored and we also needed to go to the grocery store.

I still clung to some hope that I would ride the trainer at this point. I even rented a movie to help the time go by faster. But when I got home, it was perfect family time. Instead of riding I played with the girls and did a few more chores around the house. I even fixed the wood fence that has been broken for a few months now!

Anyways I am up this morning, still tired, but am dressed for an early ride. Although I feel bad for missing that ride yesterday, I must say I think I needed the break.

day 90: 7/13/2010

I am still getting used to being tired, hungry and sore pretty much all of the time. Although I didn't feel fresh, I had a "bread and butter" training day. By that, I mean I just got in some training without any flare. I woke early and ran an hour with some strides at the end and I swam a 3000 at lunch. I wanted to finish training by the afternoon so we could all go to the lake for some fun in the sun! We met Mike and Danny with each of their respective families and we had a very good time boating, jet skiing, swimming and cooking out. We didn't leave the lake until around 10:30 PM so I know Wednesday morning was going to hurt.

Day 89: 7/12/2010

In all honesty I wasn't looking forward to either workout today. I knew I was tired from the effort on Sunday. I could still feel where my saddle had been for 3 and a half hours the day before. What I did learn is that the mind can be pretty powerful in determining what you do and how you do it. If you don't want to do something you can come up with a whole lot of excuses why you shouldn't but if you can just take that leap and get started things aren't as difficult as you imagined.

I started the run a half hour before CC practice so I could finish with the kids. The workout was 1 hour running with 4 x 4 minutes at 6 minute pace. I was actually surprised how good I felt on the first interval but by the fourth I was pretty toasted.

Next workout was an easy 1:30 on the bike. Again, I wasn't looking forward to it and my legs did complain a little at the start but in no time I was feeling good and glad I did it.

Day 87 and 88: 7/10 - 7/11/2010

What an awesome weekend! It is nice to have my family back in town and to hear my kids, pet my dog and hug my wife, nothing is better.

I swear there was no wind this weekend, almost dead still both days and today was overcast. Great training weather. Yesterday I slept in as much as I could then headed over to the store for fresh milk and doughnuts for the family. I pretty much spent the morning just hanging out with the family. I made it to the pool by 2 and swam a 3000. Later I rode 1:45 with :30 of tempo riding.

Today was the Magdalena to Kelly 7k. It is entirely uphill and climbs 1000 feet in that short amount of distance. For the second time in my life I was able to make it first to the top, bettering my last years 2nd place finish time by exactly 3 minutes! Race time was 28:20. I convinced 7 cross country runners to show up and Lindsey and Marlene did a great job finishing as well. Mike was there to cheer and support and we both hadour bikes waiting in the vehicles. After a pancake breakfast we headed out for a long ride. From Magdalena, we rode West to the VLA then back to Mag and back to Socorro. That trip was 66 miles finished in 3 hours! Fast! Mike called that a day but I pressed on for another half hour and 9 miles to make my ride 3:30 and 75 miles.

Total for the week (only 6 days) was 16.75 hours. I swam, rode, and ran 4 times each.

I had a really good weekend for many reasons and I hope you did too. thanks for checking in.