Another 21:00 workout. After I put the kids to bed I hopped on the trainer and watched the second half of my alma mater (University of Illinois) play the #13 ranked Indiana Hoosiers. It was a heartbreaking loss for my Fighting Illini in double overtime. 30 minutes of moderate effort followed by 3 sets of 15 crunches on the therapy ball and I felt pretty good. It's time to get the case down to … [Read more...]
PTO
February 6, 2008 By
33 degrees and sleeting with a 19 mph wind out the west. Ahhhh, the Midwest in February. I took the day off of work and was heading out for workout 1 of week 5 in our training program. After 2 or 3 days of temperatures above freezing most of the snow had melted but a light dusting occurred this morning. The sidewalks were passable but slushy. Occasionally I would have to run on the road for a … [Read more...]
Never Felt So Good
February 5, 2008 By
WOOHOO! I finally got the replacement parts back for my Trek Cyclops trainer. I rode the trainer for 30 minutes. It never felt so good to sit in one place and sweat like a two-peckered billy goat. I actually missed the damn thing. … [Read more...]
vomitorium
February 3, 2008 By
Workout 2 of week 4 was painful. Secondary to the weather outside being frightful Danoh and I decided to do the 5K at race pace indoors on the treadmill. I had hoped for a 20:30-21:00 minute run but this turned out to be a 22:28 minute run. Man, it sucked! I haven't been that close to blowing chunks in a long time. The treadmill seemed anaerobically harder than on the road. My leg speed … [Read more...]
Treadmill
February 2, 2008 By
The roads are pretty clear now but the sidewalks and shoulders are impassible. So I suck it up and travel to work to run on the treadmill. I always feel a little inadequate when resorting to a treadmill (although I don't feel the same way about riding on the trainer, hmmmm). It has been over a year since I last ran on a treadmill so it felt as little strange. Plus, because it is so different … [Read more...]
Cross Training?
February 1, 2008 By
The total has gone from 3" of snow since my last post to a whopping 13". This happened over night. The night was restless as I was still hyped up from the run and couldn't really sleep that well. You know how it is. I woke up this morning sore as hell from my run . Enjoyment from a good workout the night before quickly turned into reality when I had to walk down the stairs. I planned to take … [Read more...]
My Prozac
January 31, 2008 By
I was sitting in my office around 12:00 pondering my pathetic week of training. I ran 16 miles on Sunday with Danoh and haven't done anything remotely cardiovascular except walk up the stairs and give the kids a bath. My trainer broke on Tuesday just as I was about to ride and the weather has been less-than-cooperative. So my depression was growing. It hit it's peek around 13:00 when I noticed … [Read more...]
I Drank Beer
January 24, 2008 By
Well, you know how it goes, skip a day of traing, drink some beer and eat some fried food. I am just upping my glycogen levels for this weekend … [Read more...]