My first ever tri is on Saturday, and I’m a little afraid. OK, a lot afraid. Things that are freaking me out: Swimming: I can’t seem to break 9:45 on my swim time. I think I put down that I was planning on like 8:30. Actually I totally can’t even remember, all I know is that [...][...]
Archive for April, 2007
Back to running
After my barefoot running experience in Florida, I gave myself about 5 days free of running, before starting up again on Thursday. I did a quick 3 mile Terwilliger run (~28 min), and while I was in some pain, it wasn’t really my knee. That hurt somewhat, but my shins/achilles were hurting stil[...]
April 28th, 2007 - 8:43 pm § in Cycling, Ride Reports
Ride Report – Oh hell yeah
I rode with the A21 group w/ Portland Velo today (av. pace 21mph on flats), which is the fastest group that’s not the racing team. We rode up Bald Peak (2 intense hills, first one 9 miles, second 6 miles), for a 49 mile ride in just under 3 hours. And guess what? I kept [...][...]
April 25th, 2007 - 12:06 pm § in Workouts
Swimming faster
Most of my posts thus far have been about cycling, but I have been doing a lot of swimming (3 mornings/week). I am struggling to speed up; when I do my ladder sprints I feel like as I try to get faster, I battle the water more which in turn slows be back down. So [...][...]
April 23rd, 2007 - 8:16 pm § in Cycling, Ride Reports
Ride Report – great 20-miler
Monday, sunny, 70 degrees, oh hell yes. I rode a fabulous 20 miler, plenty of hillwork, and great to ride during the tail end of rush hour. I started at 6pm and didn’t encounter too much traffic. Took me about an hour and 20 minutes keeping my pace at a moderate intensity. I made a [...][...]
April 22nd, 2007 - 5:39 pm § in Cycling, Ride Reports
Ride Report – Hagg Lake/Yamhill
I went out with the pdxtriclub again today, since I missed velo’s ride on Saturday, spending my day on a plane coming back to Portland (yee haw). We met at Hagg Lake and rode out in the wine country of Yamhill county. The sun came out and blessed us with beautiful weather; what a great [...][...]
Florida
I went to the Tampa area to visit my parents, and we got to stay at a condo right on Anna Maria Island, so about a 5 minute walk from the Gulf. It was pretty awesome…I was hoping for some serious swims. Unfortunatly the wind was blowing like crazy, and the waves were HUGE. So [...][...]
April 15th, 2007 - 5:24 pm § in Cycling, Ride Reports
Ride Report: Lake O – Canby Ferry
I meant to do a TT today, but as it turns out, there were only like 10 open spots left, and I didn’t feel like driving an hour to Estcada only to discover I was too late. So I met up with the Portland Tri Club at Bridgeport Village for a thigh-burning lactate-fest. Within about [...][...]
Ride Report: the fall back ride
Since it wasn’t raining when I got out of work today (although it was pouring about 20 minutes earlier) I went for a long ride; there were actually stretches of sunshine! And then rain. And then sunshine! I rode from B-H Hwy, Capitol Hwy, Terilliger to downtown, down Harrison (does anyone know[...]
IT Band drama continues
On Tuesday I went out for my normal attempt at a 3 mile run; I was in and out of pain the whole time, thankfully I ran pretty much the whole way, and broke down in pain within site of my car. After that fun-fest I came home and did an intensive hip balancing set [...][...]
