Walking
Didn't find time to swim or bike tonight but David and I went for a walk at N. Chagrin. It wasn't too hot thankfully. I also managed to get in most of an ab pilates workout.
Then we finally watched Bridget Jones: Edge of Reason. I was a big fan of the books. I thought the movie was pretty good even though it took some liberties from the book.
I had totally forgotten about Bridget interviewing Colin Firth in the book, which they ended up cutting from the movie because who the heck would they get to play "colin firth" since he was already Mark Darcy...
I can't believe how much weight Renee had to put on for that role. I would think that juggling between her tiny figure for Chicago to this figure would be horrible for her health. I hope she finds future roles that allow her to be somewhere in the middle!
Anyways I am just babbling...
Then we finally watched Bridget Jones: Edge of Reason. I was a big fan of the books. I thought the movie was pretty good even though it took some liberties from the book.
I had totally forgotten about Bridget interviewing Colin Firth in the book, which they ended up cutting from the movie because who the heck would they get to play "colin firth" since he was already Mark Darcy...
I can't believe how much weight Renee had to put on for that role. I would think that juggling between her tiny figure for Chicago to this figure would be horrible for her health. I hope she finds future roles that allow her to be somewhere in the middle!
Anyways I am just babbling...
Stow Tri Addendum
So the results are online and I didn't really take 1st in my age group. They must have screwed something up on race day. I actually came in 2nd in my age group, 3rd if you count the girl that took second overall. Oh well! (I could have sworn there was a 23 year old in front of me so that explains my confusion, hope she wasn't too upset about not getting her trophy) I actually came in 8th overall out of 58.
They screwed up some other awards too so some weird things must have been going on.
They screwed up some other awards too so some weird things must have been going on.
Track Workout
It finally rained a bit so it wasn't unbearably hot tonight. A finally came to the track so I had an equal partner in crime!
She got there a little late so I warmed up 1 mile with everyone else, then A and I did the first set as her warm up. I didn't want to push it too much anyways because I raced on Sunday and my hamstring is just starting to feel normal again.
So here is the run down.
1 mile easy warm up
800 medium 3:38
400 medium 1:47
400 medium 1:51
800 hard 3:11
400 hard 1:28
400 hard 1:28
8*200 hard 46.89, 46.95, 46.45, 48.09, 47.98, 45.81, 44.85, 41.12
1 mile cool down easy
I am duplicating blogs for now so if you are reading this feel no need to check out my tblog anymore. I will eventually move to this space permanently I think but since I paid for tblog for another year I feel like I should still use it.
She got there a little late so I warmed up 1 mile with everyone else, then A and I did the first set as her warm up. I didn't want to push it too much anyways because I raced on Sunday and my hamstring is just starting to feel normal again.
So here is the run down.
1 mile easy warm up
800 medium 3:38
400 medium 1:47
400 medium 1:51
800 hard 3:11
400 hard 1:28
400 hard 1:28
8*200 hard 46.89, 46.95, 46.45, 48.09, 47.98, 45.81, 44.85, 41.12
1 mile cool down easy
I am duplicating blogs for now so if you are reading this feel no need to check out my tblog anymore. I will eventually move to this space permanently I think but since I paid for tblog for another year I feel like I should still use it.
Stow Triathlon
Ready to Race!
A bunch of Team in Training triathletes came out today to race in the spring "kickoff." It is a fun little race, very laid back! The swim course is a short one at 500 meters and the run and bike are relatively flat.
I had an okay swim this morning, not as fast as I had hoped for. I would have liked to swim 7 or under but ended up with 9:06 on the swim, about a minute slower than last year.
Transition wasn't great but not horrible at 2:30.
I had a good bike ride and only got passed by about 3 women. Of course I only passed 1 or 2 so I pretty much stayed even from the swim through the bike. A and S were right behind me in T1 and throughout the bike ride but I sneaked in to T2 just ahead. The bike course was just shy of 12 miles and it took me 37:24.
I was in T2 for 1:16 and then it was on to the run!
At this point it was pretty hot. I dumped a small bit of water over my head and started trying to catch a few women just ahead of me. I took down 2 or 3 women right away on the run then pretty much stayed even the rest of the way. I got passed by a 41 year old woman towards the finish but didn't feel up to racing her in. My legs felt like CRAP! But I ran pretty well considering the heat and ground conditions. The majority of the run is on gravel.
Splits on the run were 7:19.47, 7:16.91, and 8:14.91 for the last 1.1 miles. So probably about 45 seconds on the .1 and 7:30 for the last mile.
Total time was 1:13:07. 8 minutes faster than last year. Mostly due to the bike but I had a really good run today as well.
There were definitely some more competitive athletes out there this year. As last year my time would have gotten me 3rd overall. This year it was good enough for 1st in my age group and around 6th-8th overall.
I went sans socks and gloves today. The lack of gloves on the bike didn't bother me, but I got some nice blisters from wearing no socks. I suppose it wouldn't have been so bad if I would have thought to put body glide on my feet.
Everyone from TNT did great! I think they all enjoyed their first tri experience!
Big thanks to B for the pictures!
Group Swim
Finally got my butt out of bed and exercised this week
Went to the pool workout this morning and had a great workout coached by B.
The indoor pool is closed for the summer so we were actually swimming in a 25 meter pool as opposed to the 25 yards indoors.
Here is the workout as far as I can remember it.
200 m warm up
50 catch up drill
50 kick
50 kick with board
50 catch up- focus on scull and reach
50 catch up- focus on rolling shoulders
50 slow arm recovery
25 head down
25 fingertip drill
50 swim
3*50 easy, medium, hard
3*100 on 2 minute send off
ladder 200 medium, 100 harder, 50 hard, 25 all out, 25 easy (back)
Total around 1450 meters
Went to the pool workout this morning and had a great workout coached by B.
The indoor pool is closed for the summer so we were actually swimming in a 25 meter pool as opposed to the 25 yards indoors.
Here is the workout as far as I can remember it.
200 m warm up
50 catch up drill
50 kick
50 kick with board
50 catch up- focus on scull and reach
50 catch up- focus on rolling shoulders
50 slow arm recovery
25 head down
25 fingertip drill
50 swim
3*50 easy, medium, hard
3*100 on 2 minute send off
ladder 200 medium, 100 harder, 50 hard, 25 all out, 25 easy (back)
Total around 1450 meters
Boston Marathon Photos
Took a page out of Curly Su's book and ganked these photos from the Boston site, they want an outrageous amount of money for them but I figure it is okay if I just share them here since I won't be printing them out!
Look at those killer abs!
More Kitty Photos
My sick poodle kitty, he had to go to the vet today and cost me $245 for them to tell me his lymph nodes are swollen and he is now on Amoxicillin
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