Quick Update- More New Life

Saturday- I rode about 35 miles. Nothing spectacular too many hills.

Sunday- Off

Monday- Ran for an hour, slower than usual if that is possible. My heart rate was higher than normal which was frustrating.

My sister had her third baby today, her second little girl. Libby Casey Rue. We are multiplying big time on both sides of my family. Everyone is pregnant.

Connor's B-Day

October 7th was Connor's birthday but I just got the pics. I know he is mine but tell me this kid ain't a little stud.

Update

Wednesday I did a one hour ride on the trainer. The sun keeps coming up later and later which makes it very hard to get out for a road ride and make it in to work at a reasonable time. The trainer as we all know is sooo boring but it always makes me fell like I am grinding which is good. I also swam 2000 in the evening.

Thursday- Off

This morning I met up with my buddy Aaron, "a clydesdale" 6ft 6inches 240lbs. Mark Allen told him he was the largest ironman he has seen. We rode for 32 miles averaging 17 mph. The ride had over 2150 ft of climbing which was almost all in the first 17 miles. Aaron is doing Ironman Arizona in November and was riding strong. He was also going to run 19 miles after our ride. I finally decided to read about all the things that my Garmin can do last night on-line. Those things are amazing.

Lunch Run w/ Ipod #9

So I couldn't stand running without my Ipod so I got a new one. This time I went with the cheapest version I could get. The 1 GB shuffle. I have lost, washed, and broke others so I went with the $49 special. The best thing about it was I had a $50 gift card to Best Buy so at least I only came out of pocket with 3 bucks cash.
I have been bringing my lunch to work and trying to go run the Back Bay in Newport instead of going out to eat. I forgot my garmin today so I ran at a pace that was problably above my normal heart rate but if felt good and was nice to not always be looking down at my wrist. I went for about 6 miles. I ended up getting two blisters which are on my arches, I am thinking it might be time for new shoes.

Weekend Update

This weekend I went on the ride from hell. I haven't being doing many longer rides since the Vineman. My wife and son went to a birthday part Saturday which gave me a chance to go on a 3 hour ride. I decided to ride from my house to Oceanside and back. It is one of my favorite rides because most of it has a great ocean view and being right on the coast it is never that hot. I made good time down to Oceanside the way back was a whole different story. I will download the info from my Garmin tomorrow but I think I did the first 28 miles in 1hr 23min the way back was directly into the wind and I think it took 2hours to get back. FYI-the last 4 miles is all uphill as well. I was seriously grinding to go 15-16mph on the way back. I thought of how miserable it must be for guys in Kona on windy days.
Sunday I didn't do anything.This morning I ran for 45 mins on the treadmill. I also did a bit of lifting i want to get my legs and core stronger. I hope to eventually look like I do triathlons. I want to start to run outside more but I hate running in the dark. I also washed my Ipod and it went to Ipod heaven, so if you want to know what boring is run on the treadmill with no music and you will find out. I am going to try and swim tonight.

Slowest Runner Ever

I haven't been running much since the Vineman but when I ran yesterday I remembered how dang slow that I am. I ran 6 miles arouund 9:30 per mile while keeping my heart rate under 150. It was hot and I had a 4 pound burrito for lunch that was lingering around, but I am still pretty damn slow.

Unfortuantely I it doesn't look like I will be racing California 70.3. The race is sold out and I tried to get in late but it is not looking good. I now have to figure out what half to do. I am going to plan my race schedule soon. Hopefully to include two halfs and an olympic distance race or two.

Typical California Weather

Being a native Southern Californian I often wonder what it would be like to live in a place where there actually seasons. But days like today remind me that Cali ain't so bad. We are now approaching Halloween and for the last couple of weeks the temperature has been between 80-95 degrees. With fall like this who needs summer.



As for todays training, I swam 2000. I haven't been getting in the pool much so I went pretty short. If I am going to achieve my goal of going sub 5 hrs for the California 70.3 I am going to need to get stronger on the swim. At the Vineman earlier this year I swam 34 mins. I would like to shave 3-4 mins off that in April.



I will also being riding the trainer tonight for an hour. Courtney's friends are taking her out for happy hour for her birthday which was on Saturday. Courtney is pregnant so what will she do at happy hour?

Morning Ride

32.5 Miles on Pacfic Coast Hwy. from Newport to Seal Beach and back. 1:45 mins 18.5mph average. Not bad considering the amount of lights I hit. Never really got my hr up very high mostly under 149.