OK, I'm doing it alone if I have to. We are now less than 4 months away.

Wednesday 4/29 (PM)- 4.5 miles (unknown time)
Thursday 4/30 (AM)- 6 miles (unknown time)

Its been a while since I was here, but it looks the same for others...

Sunday April 5: 10 mile Race, 1:23.30 (8:21 pace). I came down with a bad cold before the race and it shut me down for a long time. My next physical activity was Tuesday April 14: 4.5 mile run (no idea time). I am going swimming tonight and then getting back into things...

Thurs., Apr. 9 - spin - 75 mins

Was supposed to bike for 90 mins, got kicked out of the room by the cleaning people. Shame.

Wed. Apr. 8 - run/treadmill - 3.5 miles / 8:49 pace (~ 31 mins)

wednesday

1 hour bike to school and around downtown
i don't seem to get a good workout biking
to much stopping in the city

Swim ~40 mins. Planning to run this afternoon.

Tried a new pool at one of the other branches of my gym. It's only 20 yards. It's annoying. Have to figure out where to go in the mornings...

Tuesday

45 minute run - included w/i 20 flights of huge steps near Lincoln Memorial

60 min bike, approx 15 miles (2 loops in the park)

Saturday - Monday

Saturday - 1000 kicking - ~1.5hour bike
Sunday - 3 mile run - 30 minute bike
Monday - 2 mile run - 70 flights of stairs

Also, yes, am totally up for a weekend down there to do some outdoor swimming (and to go out and do the skyline climb!) April's actually all booked up now, but sometime in May works.

I've been flaky the past couple of weeks, due to various injuries, work, and general grumpiness. Did spin class a couple of times, but that's it.

But the regiment on that little spreadsheet starts tomorrow, so I promise I'll pick it up.

This morning: ~33 mile bike (5 laps in Central Park) / approx 2 hrs.

Still need to get heart rate monitor, and a computerthing for my bike... might do that this afternoon.

tuesday

45 minute run - running outside is better - when my shoulder starts hurting, I can't just stop like i can on a treadmill
30 flights of stairss

monday

20 minutes abs
50 flights of stairs

Weekend

Saturday 3/28- 2 hours basketball

Sunday 3/29- 20 miles bike ride in 70 minutes (17.3 mph average). I made it all the way to Reston and topped out at 30.8 mph. I love having a speedometer! Followed by 3.3 mile run in about 28 minutes (whenever I run following a bike ride my left leg is numb for a little while, but then it gets better, so I assume there are no problems).

Monday 3/30- 5 mile run, 45 minutes.

PS- My dad warned me that the incidence of heart attacks during triathlons is twice as high during the swim as at other times. This is because people are not used to the cold open water and the extra contriction of their heart causes an attack. This leads to 2 lessons: 1) don't get stressed out and/or work to hard at the begining of the swim; and 2) do some open water. I am going to get in touch with the guy who has a lake house and see if we can swim there again sometime, maybe as a group. Meg, want to come down for a weekend of outdoor swimming?

today

50 stairs
45 minute bike
broke my toe clips
30 minutes abs

Saturday, Mar. 28 - 90 min. spin, 30 min. elliptical

Now my right hamstring hurts, so no running yesterday or today.

Last 2 days

Thursday 3/26- 4.35 miles, 35 minutes, 30 seconds (with a PR 17:00 on the way home)

Friday 3/27- 4.35 miles, 39 minutes, 30 seconds. Baxter did not feel well this morning, much stopping on the way out (I estimate 4 minutes worth). New PR on the way home- 16:29 (7:33 pace held for over 2 miles!)

Thurs., March 26 - 60 min. spin

Wednesday, Mar. 25 - treadmill - 5.1 miles/8:49 pace

me too

Monday - 3 mile run - abs - weights
Tuesday - 50 flights of steps
Wednesday - 50 flights - abs - 30 minute bike

So, its been a while...

Thursday 3/19- 4.3 miles, 40ish minutes

Friday 3/20- 8.7 miles, 73 minutes, 36 seconds (8:24ish pace. I was really excited about this one because I thought I did 9 miles, meaning 8:11 pace, but alas I misjudged. Oh well. I am ready for the Cherry Blossom in 10 days though).

Saturday 3/21- Bike 10 miles (45ish minutes), 120 minutes basketball, Bike 10 miles (50ish minutes)

Sunday 3/22- Mini-tri: Swim 1700 yards (30 minutes), bike 12 miles (50 minutes), run 3 miles (25 minutes)

Monday 3/23- Lazy, right calf hurts a little, got leg massage from Whitney

Tuesday 3/24- Up in time to run 6 miles. Wear only T-shirt and shorts. Very cold outside (unknown to me), plus Baxter stops about 10 times in first mile. Never get warm and turn around: about 3 miles, about 30 minutes.

Monday, March 23 - Spin, 35 mins

Sunday, March 22 - treadmill - 3 miles/8:49 pace

So, confirmed the elbow is not broken, although the doc acknowledged that it is in fact a very impressive color:)

Yesterday: 45 minutes spin, followed by 1 mile run at 8:35 pace

I think Monday marks 20 weeks to the race, btw...

Different type of workout

3/17: 3.3 miles, 26 minutes, 40 seconds. (just beating 8 minutes/mile)

Decided to go short and fast today (maybe because I was running late). My actual time was 30 minutes 40 seconds, but Baxter stopped a lot on the way out. In fact, we went out in 17:23 and back in 13:17 (with another pee stop on the way back), so I feel comfortable dropping the 4 minute differential and saying I would have done 26:40 without him.

Lots of things

1) My workouts:
a) Saturday: 3.3 mile run, 27 minutes. 5.2 mile bike, 20ish minutes. 3 mile run, 24 minutes (finish with 6:49 mile! fastest ever!). 2400 yard swim, 42 minutes. Bike Ballston to Dupont, 23 minutes. Play basketball for 60 minutes. Total calories burned: approximately 3600.

b) Monday 3/16- 6.3 miles, 57 minutes

2) Why 4.5 miles is a hump: It is about waking up. I can't make myself role out of bed before 6:05. The distance is fine, but I want every day to be more like today, an hour jog in the morning, not 40 minutes. I am calling today the start of a trend. 5:40 wake-up calls all around!

3) We have 2 cabins reserved. Don't know the details, but I think each one sleeps about 9-10 and has its own bathroom. It will be crowded but clean. Whitney picked them out, so they can't be that bad. Meg, you have a spot (W was counting you when she booked). I think the cost is about $30/person/night (about $90-100 total).

4) So, you made light of your bike accident on here. I thought it was just hunny ha-ha, meg had a wreck and needed a new wheel. Talked to Chandrika last night though, you are apparently all fucked up. Go to a doctor. Get better. You have to do this, it was your hair-brained idea in the first place!

J out.

What's the hump? 4.5 miles sounds ok to me.

I haven't done anything this week. My elbow is all purple. It worries me a little. I might go back and get the guy to do xrays on the elbow, too. Shoulder not broken, but elbow still hurts.

Mmm... Don't really have anything to report!

What's the story with housing at this point? Did we ever do anything with those cabins?

4.5 miles, 39 minutes. I have to get up a few minutes earlier and get past this hump.

Tuesday: 4.4ish miles, 36 minutes. I keep telling myself not to run with the army ranger neighbor, but do it anyway. 28 hours later I still feel it. Also, I don't like the way my calves are getting stronger. They are bigger and make me look fat.

monday night, tuesday midday

Monday night I kicked for 30 minutes.

Tuesday - 30 min. kick
3 mile run
20 minute lifting
15 minute biking
abs

delayed

Sorry i haven't been here in a while. I didn't do much last week, and the week before I couldn't figure out how to get back to the posting place. I did a few runs last week. Saturday I did only 1 mile run, then swam for 45 minutes, then biked all afternoon on the tandem.

Today I ran 2 miles, lifted for 30 minutes, and biked for 20.

My shoulder is getting stronger. I did a few new exercises today. We'll see how i feel tomorrow.

Excited about the bike.

also went to the shoe store. They did the whole foot analysis thing. Ended up buying the shoes that they described as moon shoes b/c they have so much padding.

Yay for bike-buying!

In other good news, the doc says my shoulder isn't broken or torn or anything, and that i can do anything that doesn't hurt. So that's nice:) I took Sunday and today off, but hopefully will be back in the saddle tomorrow if it's better.

I have not abandoned you meg. In fact, I wrote a whole post last week about how hard it is to post (because I don't know the difference between a blog and a post and I always accidentally push "create blog" thinking I am posting). Oddly prophetic that that post was the one to get eaten. It probably said that I went about 4.5 miles in 40 minutes. Since then:

Wednesday 3/4: Bought bike, it will be delivered on Tuesday 3/10 (yea!)

Thursday 3/5: (this would have been 4.5 miles in 40 minutes)

Friday 3/6: 6.3 miles in 58 minutes (wore dog out, he is getting lazy)

Saturday 3/7: Big day: 6.6 miles in 59 minutes (dog really tired), swam 2400 yards (6x400 on 7:00 per 400), played basketball for 90 minutes, walked 9 (really short) holes of golf, got drunk and starting picking people up and throwing them over my shoulder.

Sunday 3/8: very sore (see 3/7). Only walked dog. But, I slipped on some of those round spikey balls that fall from trees. Head over heals, dog poop flying everywhere. Now even more sore than when I woke up.

Monday 3/9: Dog is super lazy, I am super sore. He stops approximately 12 times in a 36 minute 3.3 mile rule (this route is usually 28 minutes. Lazy bastard).

Saturday, Mar. 7 - bike - ~15 miles/~1 hour

(with a little break at mile .5, when I flipped over my handlebars in the middle of third avenue and had to stop and get a new front wheel -- guess i need to work on my bike handling skills and/or NYC needs to work on those potholes.)

Thurs., Mar. 5 - 50 min spin class

Has everyone abandoned this thing? Unrelatedly, and to provide further evidence of my dorkdom, are any of you guys fans of battlestar galactica? It's my new thing. I'm kind of obsessed.

Tues., Mar. 3

First of all, please note that it is SQUARE ROOT DAY. 3.3.09. It only happens 9 times a century. It's a PRETTY BIG DEAL.

Also, I did 2 spin classes in a row -- about 100 minutes.

Mon., Mar. 2 - treadmill - 4 miles/8:35 pace

Can we do a training/drinking weekend soon? I would be willing to travel, if you guys would motivate and buy some bikes already.

Week Summary

Don't know if I'm doing this right but here goes:

Monday 2/23: 30 min stationary bike, 3.5 mile treadmill run (8:49 approx. pace), abs
Tues. 2/24: Drank too much with Rebekah for Mardi Gras...
Wed. 2/25: 30 min. stationary bike, 4 mile treadmill run (8:49 - 8:30 pace), abs
Thurs 2/26: Weights, sqats etc. with trainer that I hired to motivate me...she'd better be a hell of a motivator...
Fri. 2/27: a few situps before work....3 gin martinis on Thursday night = no gym Friday morning
Sat 2/28: 6 mile outdoor run (approx. 1 hr.), 30 min stationary bike, 20 min. elliptical, abs
Sun 3/1: 30 min. stationary bike, 2.5 mile treadmill run, abs

Friday

6.5 miles- 56 minutes

Now there is snow. Boo.

Sun., Mar 1 - spin - 50 mins

Sat., Feb 28 - treadmill - 3.1 miles/8:49 pace

2/25

5 miles, 45ish minutes

Tues, Feb. 24 - 45 min spin class

Been sick. Boo.

Several Days Worth

Thursday 2/19- 4.5 miiles, 40 minutes
Friday 2/20- 6 miles, 55ish minutes, .5 miles sprint at the end
Sunday 2/22- 3 miles, 26 minutes
Monday 2/23- 4.5 miles, 40ish minutes

Reid - Wednesday

45 minute spin
this was hard on my shoulder
i have been just pedaling sitting down, putting pressure wasn't easy
20 minutes abs

Tuesday - Reid

20 minutes abs
2.2 mile run at 9 min/mile
20 minutes weights
15 minutes bike

Friday 2/13- 4.5 miles, 40ish minutes
Saturday 2/14- 4.5 miles, 40ish minutes ; 90 minutes of basketball (it hurts, a lot)
Sunday 2/15- 2400 yard swim, 40 minutes
Monday 2/16- 2 mile run, 20 minutes (note to self: when AM temperature is 27 degrees, more than a T-shirt is necessary otherwise you have to turn around for fear of frostbite)
Tuesday 2/17- 4.5 miles, 40ish minutes (note to self, wear watch when running)

monday - 45 min spin class

Feb 15 - treadmill - 4 miles/8:49 pace

I am kind of surprised to announce that I'm actually starting to like this running...

Sorry I've been MIA - work has been nutso this past week.

We can totally open this up to others -- do you guys have permission to invite people? Or do I have to do it? If I have to do it, can you guys post email addresses of the people I should add?

Reid - Saturday

2.5 mile run at 9 min miles
30 minute bike

Reid - Thursday

1/2 mile run
35 minutes bike - medium consistent intensity
20 minutes weights
ice

3.5 miles, 30ish minutes again

The stats are the same as yesterday, but I cannot overstate how much better I felt today. Sickness be gone!

2/12- 3.5 miles, 30ish minutes

Still feeling a little woozy from sickness, but I was able to complete the whole thing today. I think that by late February I will be back on track and hopefully complete a 10-mile run.

Thinking about getting a bike soon too.

we could open this up to more

Wednesday - Reid

3 mile run - 9 minutes pace
still a lot of discomfort in my shoulder when I run for longer periods
will probably stick to arm rehab, short runs, biking, and weights for a couple weeks

should we open this blog up to more people?

2/10

3 miles, 30 minutes, three stops to hack and cough to death.

winter colds and weather suck

Feb 11 - treadmill - 20 mins / 8:49 mile

Tuesday Feb 10 - 45 min spin class

2-10

1/4 mile run Warm up
15 minute bike
20 minutes lifting circuit
15 minute run - not quite 2 miles
1/4 mile run Warm down

monday - reid

1/2 mile run
15 minute bike
20 minutes weights
15 minute bike
1/2 mile run
abs
penguin of death is coming for me

Feb. 8 - treadmill - 3.5 miles/8:49 pace

Wed., Feb. 4 - treadmill - 6.6 miles/8:49 pace

Monday, Feb 2 - 45 minute spin class

1/31 and 2/2

1/31- 7 miles (63 minutes), 1.2 mile swim (35 minutes)

2/2- 5 miles (44 minutes)

February 1 - treadmill - 5.6 miles/8:49 pace

January Runs

So the last few days have been rough (there is snow and I hate treadmills), but my January has been pretty good (thats right, I am puting the pressure on):

All times/distances approximate

1/1- 7 mile run(60 minutes)
1/3- 2.5 mile run (25 minutes), swim 1.2 miles
1/4- 21 mile bike (indoor) (60 minutes)
1/6- 5 mile run (52 minutes)
1/8- 4 mile run (40 minutes)
1/9- 8 mile run (75 minutes)
1/10- 1.2 mile swim
1/12- 5 mile run (45 minutes)
1/15- 5 mile run (45 minutes)
1/17- 1.2 mile swim
1/20- 6.5 mile run (60 minutes)
1/23- 3.5 mile run (30 minutes)
1/26- 8.5 mile run (80 minutes)

Jan 29 - treadmill - 5.1 miles/8:49 pace

Good job on the carb-loading, reid. Very impressive. What was your time on that?

My workout

3 beers
2 hours of homework
2 hours of prep for interviews
my quads are burning
i think i need another beer to sooth them

January Runs to date

Tues, Jan 13 - treadmill - 3.0 miles/9:23 pace

Saturday, Jan 17 - treadmill - 3.0 miles/9:23 pace

Tuesday, Jan 20 - treadmill - 3.0 miles/8:49 pace

Thursday, Jan 22 - treadmill - 3.0 miles/8:49 pace

Sunday, Jan 25 - treadmill - 4.5 miles/8:49 pace

Tuesday, Jan 27 - treadmill - 3.6 miles / 8:49 pace