Day 132, 233 To Go

May 12, 2013

Its Sunday and I am not swimming, biking and running (not yet with the running, at least).  As I detailed yesterday, I got fitted on my bike and it is getting a tune up.

There is another reason I didn't go train today.  I value my testicles.  You see, today is Mother's day, and Honey is a mother 4 times over.  She deserves a break today...and she got it.

I got up early to give the babies a bottle (at around 5:00am) and then I got up and fed them and played with them at 7:50am.  I also got up and made pancakes and bacon and served Honey breakfast in bed.  She was pleased.

Then for the rest of the day, I took care of most of the baby duties (and baby duty!) while she sat on her ass and did nothing.

I have noticed something about Mother's Day in comparison to Father's day.  You see, on Mother's Day, the mom wants the "day off" to relax.  She doesn't want to deal with the children.  But, on Father's Day, I get, "It's Father's Day, you should spend it with your kids!" 

I think I am getting the shaft here.  I think most of us men do.  We can't win.  Damned if we do, damned if we don't.

We went out do lunch too...actually, we did that yesterday.  We all went to Olive Garden...me, Honey, my mom, Derek, Ayla, Kaylee and Joshua.  I do remember eating, but I don't know what I had because most of the time I was fending off attacks from a screaming little boy and an antsy little girl.  Dinning with kids just isn't fun.

I am still unsure as to why I had any kids in the first place.  The world has enough people.  The last thing it needs are my hell spawn populating the earth.  Too late now!

Back to Sunday!  Of course, since I didn't ride or swim, I wasn't going to scale back on my run, so I did an hour.  Honey accompanied me on her wheels.  It was the longest roll she has done to date.  As she repeatedly told me during the run, "My ass hurts!!!"  Roller blading will do that to you.  I just told her to zip it and roll faster.

I realized that I can run more than an hour too.  At the end of the hour, although I was tired, I knew I had more in me.  Not only that, I went fast the last mile to burn off some of that energy.  I think I need to pick up the time next week.  It's time I start stretching out my endurance.  I would like to get up to 2 hours which would be about 12 miles. That would be perfect.  I'll settle for 10 miles and 1:40 though, since that would prepare me for a half marathon.  I would like to do one of those this year.

You see, I have a goal.  It is a pretty unattainable goal, but fuck it, I'm going to make it my top end goal for when I do my Ironman.  I want to get a good time so I can put myself in line for a trip to Kona.  Yes, I am going to go to the Ironman World Championship!

I figure I have a 3% chance of attaining this goal...maybe less.  But 3% is better than 0%!

Here are my numbers:

Time: 60:00

Distance: 6.38 miles

Pace: 9:24/m

Max Pace: 5:59/m

Calories: 818

Avg HR: 133

Max HR: 155

I ran a negative split which is always a good thing.  I know my time could have been better, but we ventured outside the friendly confines of our gated community, and Honey was not that comfortable rolling out on the narrow sidewalks with all the obstacles.  It certainly slowed me down a bit.  On the plus side, I realize if I run a bit slower, I can go longer.  Isn't that always the case though...I just need to practice what I preach here.

Next Sunday...65 minutes.  Small increase, but an increase nonetheless!

Run for Life!