day 56

Ran with Rich and Bry this morning. The rest of the cult was there, too...but they run faster than we do so they went off and did their own thing. Bry turned around at 30:00, and rich and I went out to 45:00. He has done many interesting things over the course of his life, and I love to talk about them while we run. Today, he was telling me the story of how, on his THIRD (!), trip across the country (East to West that time, which he will "never do again"), he was hit by a car in Des Moines, Iowa. They took him to the hospital, and the people of the town rallied around him to make sure he knew that they cared. His nurse was a special woman, whose husband was an Iowa State Trooper. When Rich was released from the hospital to fly back to NJ, the trooper gave him a police escort to the airport. Nice touch. Anyway, a year later, after recovering from his injuries, he flew back to Des Moines, and finished what he started a year earlier.

RUN- 1:31:08, 8 miles, 130bpm, 1195cals

day 55

worked 10 hours today. Was going to blow off workout, just to give my back an extra day. Found some time, and worked out an easy 45:00 on the trainer. It was just a spin, and my HR was low low low. No worries. Back ok. Planning on running tomorrow at 8am.

bike 45:00, 16.8 miles, 96bpm, 114watts

day 54

skipped, due to back. I can barely walk, let alone run. Lets hope the chiropractor has 4wd to get thru the snow.

day 53

Long day today...alarm went off at 5:25am, and I got on the bike at around 5:45. I rode for an hour, and when I got off, my back was really bothering me. My chiropractor is off on Thursdays, so I have to wait til Friday to get cracked.

Went down to Rowan after work to get some swimming in (tri class was cancelled due to snow). I had every intention of doing a straight 2500, but my back was too tweaked. I decided to dial it down some and do an easy 1250. (50 laps). I finished in 22:24, which isn't bad, considering my back was bothering me, and I was taking it easy. Afterwards, I had a nice talk with my "mentor", Rich, about some things that I'm going to have to prepare for. He helps me with confidence, and he's very positive when he talks about my abilities. Sometimes, you need to hear these things.

part 1 (6am)- BIKE (z1)- 1:00:00, 24.28 miles, 110bpm, 98rpm, 110 watts
part 2 (6pm) SWIM- 1250 (22:24)

day 52

BIKE- 45:00, 17.76 miles, 211 watts
RUN- 15:00, 1.27 miles

1:00:00, 134bpm, 834cals

day 51

swim, 200wu, 4x25, 4x50, 4x75, 1x300, 4x75, 4x50, 4x25, 200cd
RUN- 1:00:00, 143 bpm, 911 cals

HOLY CRAP ITS DAY 50

well..woke up today weighing 223 on the scale, which is good for me. Had to deviate a little bit last week, THIS TIME due to head cold that I picked up from, maybe Thursday night thru SUnday. I was able to get workouts in, just didnt go as long as I was supposed to. No problemo.

THIS WEEK-

MONDAY- REST
TUESDAY- SWIM, RUN 1:00 z2
WEDNESDAY- BIKE 45:00 transition to RUN 15:00
THURSDAY- SWIM, BIKE 1:00 (z1 @ 100rpm)
FRIDAY- RUN 1:00 z2
SATURDAY- BIKE 2:00 z2
SUNDAY- RUN 1:00 z1 to z2