Tuesday, December 29, 2009

Pool Swim with Zoomers


I was able to hit the gym last night to give another Christmas present a maiden voyage. I swam wearing Finis Zoomers. Wow what a great workout. I can see myself becoming a stronger swimmer wearing these during drills and training. I felt as if I had a boat pushing me in the water. The only thing is my gym does not have a very long pool so I was hitting the wall to turn faster and more often.

Monday, December 28, 2009

After Christmas


I was to do a 20 mile run yesterday morning with friends but it did not happen due to my son becoming sick. No big problem. I need to still do the training run and I will have to do it alone, which will be tough. I am hoping to get it in before the New Year so my long run schedule can get back on track.

I did however get for Christmas "The Stick" from my wife. Can't wait to use it post run to work the muscles from being sore.

Monday, December 14, 2009

Sunday's LSD report on 18 miles

I was hoping to be blogging more during the training instead of once a week. I am going to try and update the training at least every other day now.

Last Sunday's LSD run of 18 miles was tough. The first 12 were done with Jen and Gary at what I would call a pretty good pace. The weather was a little warmer and I think that is where I went partly wrong. The last 6 miles were tough with the last two being very hard. I hit the wall at 16 and hit it HARD. Energy was just gone. It started playing with my mind. I was starving for food. I thought I ate enough along the route and drank enough but did not. I need to increase my gels more often and drink more also. I need to remind myself that I will warm up after the first two miles and should have shed some clothes prior to almost overheating. Calves are feeling better, a speed workout on Thursday made them very tight.

Making changes to my plan of what I need to eat and drink will happen this week when we gather to run 14.

Monday, December 7, 2009

14 down

The 14 mile training run on Saturday started off at 37 degrees and never really went above that. I felt great after the run and am only a little sore in my left calf muscle . I have been working it out by massaging it but may have to sit in the hot tub at the gym to get it fully back to normal. Next up on my plate for next Saturdays long run is 18. The weather outlook seems to be rain in the forecast. The whole run I felt strong and worked on my hydration and supplements figuring out my plan for the upcoming races. Tonight is stretching and core work.

Thursday, December 3, 2009

Cold weather running

2 mile run tonight in the cold 55 degree weather. Not looking forward to the colder weather moving in this weekend when I need to do a long run. It is suppose to get down to 37 degrees over night tomorrow night and Saturday morning my LSD run of 14 miles is on the books. I guess I will end up doing a mile warm up, take off a layer, run another 5 or so out and back to the car.  Then remove a another layer, possible replacing it will a dryer lighter layer to finish the run.  I really don't expect the sun to be out to do any type of warming.  Did I mention I really hate the cold.  When I run, I do a lot of thinking.  I was thinking tonight on the short 2 mile run about my running partners who are sick or injured and wish them all a speedy recovery, because dang long runs are even longer when I have to run by myself.  

Tuesday, December 1, 2009

Pool swim

I have missed swimming. I was able to get a 750 meter swim in last night. I worked on a few kicking drills and worked on my form. Not really going for speed. I had the pool all to myself. Feels good to be back in the water.