Road Trip

Leaving here in a few minutes heading North for the Cabin with my brother...
Today's Early Morning Workout:
X80
Run:  110 minutes: 10 miles: 7 road/3 treadmill..
see y'all in a few'
Life is Good
Enjoy it All
Be Great
Run  110/10 miles/7road+3treadmill.

Back Soon

...I will be out of internet range on this trip, while at the Cabin...

Back on Tuesday....will log in all workouts and significant events

then...stay tuned Sports Fans and remember to...

Enjoy it all 

Heading North

Road Trip tomorrow.  My brother and I are heading North to the Cabin for a few days of R&R.
Kim will be heading South to visit with her brother and family in Socal.
While I look forward to some time at the Cabin and spending some good time with my brother, I am very much cognizant of the fact that I will miss Kim and that I do not look forward to.  We make choices and in so doing we do not always achieve balance in our day to day lives.  Being aware of out of balance situations and going through the hard feelings is not what one looks forward to, no not at all.  Yet that which does us no real harm or physcial threat stands possible to make us in some way....stronger.  I enjoy a strong relationship with Kim, a loving one and therefore I can rely on that as fact when I feel I am missing her.  Hey, remember ...note to self : ENJOY IT ALL!     

Again

And Again...

Today's Workout

X75, W30

Run  30/3+miles/treadmill
Bike  56/13+miles/mountain bike/street
Run  54/5 miles/trail 

Mon,Tue,Wed

Monday May 24, 2010

@ Lake Tahoe

X80, W20

Fintess Center

Bike  62/18+ miles/stationary

Run  60/6+miles/treadmill

Run  50/4+miles/trail 

Tuesday May 25, 2010

@ Lake Tahoe

X50

Fitness Center

Bike  22/6+miles/stationary

Run  60/6+miles/treadmill

Bike  60/20+miles/stationary

Wednesday May 26, 2010

Back in the Bay

Run  70/6 miles/road

Swim  15/600 yards

By the Numbers

I do log the time and distances I run, swim and cycle.  Sometimes I push myself towards a number, thus working harder and hopefully gaining fitness if I do it correctly.  Out on the mountain bike this morning, I was keeping a close eye on the mph meter, trying to reach a 15 mph average over the 20 mile ride, I just missed it at 14.9 but it was a good effort and my legs feel it...

  Today's Workout

X80

Run  108/10 miles/road & treadmill run/ 7 road/3treadmill

Swim  20/800 yards

Bike  Mountian bike road and bike path ride/ 80 minutes/20 miles...

Note:  Heading out of town for business meetings, returning Wednesday.

Will log it all in then, off the blog till then...

Enjoy it All. 

Week Totals

Totals For the Week May 16-22, 2010

Swim:  4/51/2040yards/1.05 miles

Bike:  6/339/103 miles 

Run:  7/557/50 miles

Total:  17/947/154.05 miles

I Love Hills

Edgewood Park

Today's Workout:

X80, W30

Mountain Bike/Road route/66 minutes/15+miles

Swim  10/400 yards

Run:  Trail Run, hilly/ 88 minutes/7 miles

Edgewood Park at the bottom to the top and down the other side and back!

Pretty challenging run, Hills...I love hills.

Ran with Kim, she is a strong trail runner! 

Lance Out

Lance Armstrong had to give up the Tour of California yesterday after a crash.  He took a few stitches and reportedly is okay.  In addition accusations made by Floyd Landis a former teammate on the US Postal Team, point at Lance and many others having used banned substances including blood doping.  A sad day in cycling...      

T-mill Run

Put in some extra time and miles on the treadmill this morning.   The stationary bike remains out of service... 

Today's Workout

Run:  77/8+miles/treadmill.

Bike Down

Today's Workout:

X80, W30

Run  82/7 miles, easy jog.

Bike...stationary bike breakdown at fit center!

Tragedy!

Energy & Run...

Good spin, swim and run this morning...don't know where the abundance of energy originated but it was there and I put it to good use, enjoying it all!

Today's Workout:

Bike  64/22 miles

Swim  13/520 yards

Run  65/6 miles/trail run.

May Showers

Light rain last night and a bit this morning...

Today's Workout

Run  68/6 miles

Bike  64/20 miles

Swim  10/400 yards

Tour of Cali

The Tour of California began yesterday, finishing in Sacramento, a sprint won by Mark Cavendish.  Also in sports;  Sharks lost, Giants won!

Today's Workout:

Bike  33/10 miles

Run  60/6.3 miles

Bike  35/11 miles

  

Sunday May 16, 2010

Sunday's Workout:

X80, W30

Run  117/10 miles/low energy/slow jog.

Swim  18/720 yards

Bike  77/25 miles/stationary

Bullish Week

Totals For The Week:  May 8-15, 2010

Swim  3/38/1520 yards/.72 mile

Bike  8/435/138 miles

Run  9/546/50 miles

Total 20 workouts/1019 minutes/188.72 miles

Wt: 180 lbs

Two Times

Today's Workout:

X70

Bike  31/10 miles

Run  10/1.1 mile/treadmill

Bike  31/10 miles

Swim  13/520 yards

Run  64/6 miles/trail run with Kim.

Everyday

Everyday is the day.  It is today it is the here and now.  Live it. Why not love it?  Whatever you do, whoever you are, wherever you are...this day is to be lived.  You will live it and so you may as well do what you can do enjoy the day, this day and Everyday...

Enjoy it all.

Today's Workout

X75, W30

Bike  62/20 miles/stationary.

Run  67/6 miles/road run.

Ran the tank to very low on energy the last couple of miles, managed to enjoy the fatigue and lack of energy feeling.  Enduring pain or mental fatigue is not always an easy or simple thing to achieve, though when achieved and the running is over and done, you can feel good having accomplished and endured the challenge within.  

Streaks & Such

Through today's date I have a 36 Consecutive Day Running Streak alive...

Previous Streaks of recent history....

Jan 20, 2009-Aug 25, 2009...218 CDR

Aug 27, 2009-Apr 6, 2010...218 CDR

or...since Jan 20, 2008...

472 days run/out of 474 possible

Consistency @ 99.5%!@#$%^&*!!!

Bike/Work

Today is, "Bike To Work Day".  

For some of us it's, "Bike before work day"

Today's Workout:

X80

Bike  64/20 miles/stationary.

Run  62:25/6 miles/road run.

Good energy this morning. 

Hit it strong, not overpowering and stayed strong

to the end...

ENJOY IT ALL 

Live2Train/Train2Live

Training is an every day kind of thing.  Even if we take a rest day, it's part of our training program.  Like the locomotive, we burn fuel for energy.  Our muscles take up oxygen in large quantities when we go aerobic...distance running combined with cycling will get you fit over time if you are consistent in your dedication and approach. Train yourself for fitness and you will become a more efficient locomotive.  Thus you may live a more rewarding life.  In any event...enjoy it all!

Today's Workout:

X80, W30

Bike  49/15+miles/stationary

Run  76/7 miles/road.

Powered Up

Today's Workout:

Run  83/7 miles, easy jog.

Bike  63/20 miles/standard spin.

Treadmill Run  10/1+ mile, short/hard/easy.

Swim  10/400 yards. 

Necessary Duathalon

Today's Workout:  Fully energized this AM. Up early and ready to go gettum.  Got through my warm up and core exercise's and headed to the fit center.  Prepared myself for an hour on the treadmill.  Got to about 20 minutes and a strain along my inner thigh muscle really bothered me, I slowed but the pain persisted.  I got off the treadmill and on the stationary bike for a 20 mile spin, no pain there.  I was able to then get back on the treadmill and very slowly complete another 43 minutes worth of running/jogging.  Don't know how or why that pain/strain is coming from.  Glad I could compensate and get my miles in...will monitor the pain and go from there.  2/20/4 Duathlon.

X77,W30

Run  21/2.2 miles

Bike  65/20+ miles

Run  43/4+ miles

Mother's Day 2010

My Mom, loved the Redwoods and the beaches along the California coast.  She was a dynamic person, part teacher, protector and community activist, she maintained always a sense of good humor.  Mom could be tough and stubborn for what she believed was right.  Above all she loved her children.  Lots of challenges in life came her way, she was inspirational by action and deed.  She taught us kids to do right, to live within our means, to do our best and that work is an essential good.  No words of mine can do her justice.  She has passed on from this earthly plane, though she lives on in the best parts of her children. 
Happy Mother's Day.  Mom:  "Be Good"

Today's Workout:

X75

Run  110/10 miles

Swim  15/600 yards

Bike  70/23+ miles

Be Great

Totals May 2-8, 2010

Totals For The Week:

Swim  2/35/1400 yards/.72 miles 

Bike   6/366/13 miles

Run  7/507/46 miles 

Total  15/908/159.72 miles

Slow Saturday

Taking it slow this Saturday...and why not? It's Saturday! Great weather;bluesky and sunshine!  Chores and things to do,  they will get done, just on a slower schedule...enjoy it all.

 Today's Workout

Run  64/6 miles

Bike  60/20.2 miles

Swim  15/600 yards

Friday Trail

Friday morning trail run, and easy 5 miler, 57 minute event. 

Cool air, rolling hills, serene.

A great way to begin a Friday morning!

Positively

Sunshine, fresh air, a new day dawns...

Today's Workout

Run  68/6 miles

Bike  50/16.2 miles

Whahuh?

Whahuh? Sleep deprivation makes for challenging morning...

Today's Whahuh? Workout:

Bike  60/20+ miles

Run  60/6+ miles

Managed to get over to the fit center

Got on stationary bike

Didn't figure I'd get much of a whahuh workout in

Persistence pays dividends

After an hour on the bike

I got on the treadmill

Figured I could do a mile or threeeeee

Hung in there

Got to mile 3

Hard, easy and got to 4

then 5

and 

6.

Sports fans: Habit and persistence on the worst

of days, will sometimes bring you

more than even you can expect 

of yourself.

Lesson learned.

Again.

Whahuh?  

Habit

It's a habit. 
Wake up/coffee/warm up/run...
Some days a different route, a longer or shorter run, slower or faster, on the road or  treadmill... each day ... exercise ... running is the base...fitness program...  run, cycle , swim...cross training... log in all exercise in minutes and miles. Fanatic ? perhaps...routine & record keeping...It's a habit.        

Today's Workout

Bike 33/10 miles

Run  80/7 miles

  

The Man

Lance Armstong at The Tour of The Gila, May 2010. 

Strive/Thrive

Today's Workout

X30

Bike  60/18 miles

Run  60/6.2 miles

Do what you like and like what you do.

If you strive, you will thrive. 

ENJOY IT ALL.

Great

Great day today...

• Up early
• Ran the streets; 10 miles/118 minutes, easy jog.
• Swam 800 yards, 20 minutes.
• Packed up bike and equipment visited my brother Tom.
• Went out for a 29 mile road bike ride, 16+ mph average/ 103 minutes.
• Feel tired/Feel good.
•  Another GREAT DAY!

Totals For The Week

Totals For The Week

April 25-May 1, 2010

Swim  3/30/1200 yards/.62 miles

Bike  9/389/125 miles

Run  10/551/50 miles

Total:  22/970/175.62 miles

Wt: 178.8

Right Thought/Action

Focused Thinking on the Right Things will cause one to take Right Actions.  Repeated efforts of this type will create habitual thoughts and acts of Right Thinking and Right Action, Positive Results will follow.  What is your Vision?  Fulfill it utilizing the method herein.  As always...Enoy It All!

    Today's Workout

X80

Run  84/7 miles...Slow, real slow

Bike  65/20+ miles

Swim  10/400 yards. 

April Totals

April 2010 Totals

Swim  13/183/7320 yards/3.77 miles

Bike  33/1786/563 miles

Run  35/2102/196 miles

Total  81/4071/762.77 miles

Wt: 178.8