Triathlon

OK I really should have taken photos. Next time. I am SURE there will be MANY “next times”! Just picture here a drowned rat grrl from running, and a swim workout with a flashlight on it! I did the swim workout at about 7:00 p.m. yesterday, because I ha …

Today we were to do Strength Training (I think), and then do another Run/Walk combo for about 40 minutes (5 min/1 min). It was a “buddy run,” and Paula, another lawyer I’d met at the Kickoff, and I met at Tennessee Valley. Paula is an old hand at this …

First of all – if you’d like information on what I’m going to do next year, here is the link for a TV presentation of the 2009 Louisville Ironman. This will show on Thursday. OK, maybe I shouldn’t watch, I’m already signed up! Today, I tried a trick th …

First of all, check this out Pretty exciting, eh? Many folks who are considering sponsoring me through a tax-deductible donation on my fundraising website are curious what each of the miles “mean” for Ironman Louisville. This is the best I can find out …

Today was another Swim workout, and I decided to do the “Group 2″ workout to see how it would go. That workout was: WarmUp    300 EZ 3×50 25 kick on back/25 free    RI 10″ 3×50 25 Catch Up (CU)/25 free    RI 10″ 3×50 25 scull/25 free RI    10” 3x 25 ki …

Yesterday, Moddie and Iron Mel and I drove together from Marin to Seattle – oh I mean Pleasanton :-) We had some pretty funny issues with Ms. Toyota (as Mel called the GPS in my van). “She” sent us a different direction than the written instructions – …

So, today was the 20 mile coached bike ride, with our Team In Training team. I had pretty much worked myself up into a lather about it, grumbling about the use of words like “easy” anywhere close to “rolling hills” and “20 miles.” I got to Redwood High …

Today is a “Down Day” on the triathlon schedule. And it’s a down day for me, too. Last night H “sat me down” (after I was complaining how exhausted I was – went to bed in the very early evening in fact), and said that he had been “thinking about it” an …

Tunes for today’s run: Scar That Never Heals, Jeremy Fisher My Sharona, The Knack Pony, Far She’s Got The Who-Hoo, Sugar Ray Jerk It, Thunderheist Single Ladies, Beyonce Daniella, John Butler Trio Get The Party Started, Pink Mony Mony, Billy Idol Fuego …

So, today the workout was as follows: Warm-up 10 minutes in middle-middle chainrings. Repeat the following drill set TWICE. Stay in big ring up front the entire workout, Shift to 3rd from largest ring in back. Alternate removing one foot from the pedal …