Day 143, 222 To Go

May 23, 2013

I remember Thursday a little.  I remember because I got up super early to go for a bike ride with my friend Mike.  We are in full training swing for the Pineapple Man Triathlon on June 2nd!  Of course by full, I mean full of biking and running...not so full of swimming.  There is only so much one can do with a busy life, and for me, swimming tends to get left out.  I am a good swimmer, so it isn't that big of a deal, but I actually like to swim, so that sucks.

Anyway, to the biking.  We were riding at a good clip for most of the ride.  My bike is fitting me much better now that I adjusted the aero bars from last week.  I still need to go back to the professional fitter to make sure it is as good as it can be.  We did run into a bit of a problem on our ride.  Luckily, it was at the tail end of the ride.  Mike's back wheel locked up.  We found that one of the spokes on his wheel had broken, so the rim bent and was rubbing against the brake and frame...more than rubbing, actually.  It was pretty stuck.

So, I rode the rest of the way back and got my car.  Luckily, I was able to use a shortcut that is only accessible by foot or bike.  I got home in 5 minutes instead of 25.  This did mean that our ride was cut short.  I ended up with 21 miles instead of 26.  Oh well.  I picked up Mike and drove him home and he is now getting his bike fixed.

Here are the bike numbers:

Time: 1:06:37

Distance: 21.00 miles

Pace: 18.91mph

Max Pace: 29.96mph

Calories: 1,393

Avg HR: 117

Max HR: 165

I should ride every morning.  Not only would I become a much better rider, I would burn an extra 1,000 calories a day!  Sweet.  Of course, I would have to get up like 6am every day.  Ugh.  Probably when I start training for my Ironman I will have to do that anyway.  Best to wait until I HAVE to do it!

It was another run without Honey today.  Why?  I vaguely remember that she was mad at me for something, so she punished me by not running.  Don't tell her that she was just punishing herself by not running, or she will get mad at you and then not do something she should be doing for herself to punish you. 

Women.

Here are my numbers:

Time: 20:00

Distance: 2.13 miles

Pace: 9:24/m

Max Pace: 8:23/m

Calories: 273
Avg HR: 136

Max HR: 144

I was beat on this run.  I did my leg exercises today.  Yeah, I'm supposed to do them Monday, but I didn't.  I didn't do any other strength training this week either.  Crap.  I am failing in only my second week.  I need to get back on the ball next week.  At least I got the leg workout in which is the most important.  I also realized I had been doing them wrong.  Not so much wrong as I had not been doing enough repetitions.  Ouch.  Wrong felt better.  Tomorrow should be interesting.

Run for Life!