Usually a Day Behind

April 7, 2006 at 9:14 am · Filed under General

Got caught up with work yesterday then took Grandma out for dinner, so forgot to post.

My day…

Spent the morning working on the computer and site. Took off around noon for a 2 hour ride. A pretty good ride. The sun decided to show itself and the winds were calm. I let my heart get into the low 160’s during some of the climbs and felt pretty good. It’s amazing how much the wind can take out of me. I felt fresh after today’s two hour ride, when a 90 minute ride in the winds totally drains me.

After the ride I headed to coffee shop for more work. Updated the Wetsuits section of the site and some other odds and ends. I try to break up my work routine lately by heading to the local coffee shop to work in the afternoons. Even though there is more going on with people in there I seem to be able to focus more on the work. I just throw on my ipod and make progress on tasks. I’m too easily distracted at home sometimes. The dog, BigMatt, ESPN .

I haven’t received my phone with photo capablility yet so no pics, but I received a box of DeFeet socks with the trifuel logo. Simple white with red trim and lettering. They’re pretty cool, though the trifuel logo is a little rough. Hard to get the detail in a small knit. I’ll be setting up some contests over the next few months and giving the socks away to random members.

BigMatt had an interesting day yesterday. He’s been hindered lately with an ankle injury. Yesterday he got an MRI to see if there may be a stress fracture. Should get results soon. He also got tested for exercise induced asthma, seems a test with an inhaler increased his intake capacity by 15%. I think they’re still going to run some more tests.

Today’s an off day for me. I start my 20 week plan to Canada next week.

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No Title

April 5, 2006 at 6:01 pm · Filed under General, Run

I always have the toughest time titling (sp?) my posts. I think I’ve over used Run Day or Bike Day. So for today, no title until I can get a little more clever with them.

It can be tough keeping up with this. As with the title, the posts can seem redundant. I need to get a little creative to make posting fun and informative. So, what to do. Some steps. Read and learn from others. BBB, Lisa, Amber, Kylie all seem to be able to write long interesting posts while you, reader, are probably already bored with this one and are tempted to click the back button. TTW puts together well written and inspirational posts, while TGD posts witty posts about himself and fellow triathlete Robo-Stu. Maybe I’ll start posting the Adventures of Tribro and BigMatt, a Ren and Stimpy/Odd Couple insight into the life of two poor brothers TRI’n to make ends meet. One pro, one middle to back of the pack, both heading to Canada Ironman. Sharing some insights into each of our days.

I also finally decided to get a new phone plan. I still use my cell phone and number from Norcal. Time to get a local number and upgrade my 7 year old/1 hour battery life Sprint phone. So, just purchased a T-Mobile plan and paid a little extra for a phone with camera. I’ve been wanting to take some candid shots when I ride and run as the scenery here is awesome. Hopefully the pic quality on the phone will be adequate for posting in the blog here.

Yesterday 40 minute run. Today overcast and rainy so I did a 60 minute run. Legs super heavy when I hit the trails. A few rollers and I was feeling Sunday’s ride. While tribro opted to switch my bike/run day again - mister fair weather trainer. BigMatt went out at 9 this morning to put in 70 miles before heading to work. I’m finishing work now 7ish and BigMatt got off work at 6-6:30 and headed to the pool.

Going to do some reading now and put away the computer…

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Holy Gun Shots, Batman

April 2, 2006 at 8:55 pm · Filed under Cycling, General

Today was the long ride day, 3 hours 45 minutes. Slowly building up to Ironman distance. A long way to go but making progress. A bit of a cold wet day today. Got rained and hailed on a couple times and some good winds but, all in all, a good day. Headed up China Hat after 2 hours out to alfalfa, Dodds and around back. Climbing China Hat was cool though more traffic than on the weekdays. And more gun fire.

About 4 miles in I heard gun shots all around. Cars parked on the side of road and people shooting there firearms off in the woods. Crazy. Felt like a had to duck. Getting out into the country, lots of trucks and lots guns. Not sure if I’d ride up there again on the weekends, a little nerve racking. Who knows what direction they’re shooting in.

Spent the rest of the night building shelves for my mom. Grandma’s coming to town tomorrow. It’ll be good to see her and see how she likes Bend. Lots to do here for Senior citizens, I’m sure she’ll jump into some activities.

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Long Ride, scratch that, Run Day

April 1, 2006 at 7:39 pm · Filed under Run

Had a weird night. My head got all congested and I was getting a little dizzy. This happened around the same time last year. At that time I went to doctors and it was sinus congestion and mild infection. So she perscribed some Nasal spray and the vist cost me $230. Ouch. Needless to say, I wasn’t going to do that again. So I got sme over the counter spray and some “Non-Drowsy” Nyquil to try and clear my head. Big mistake. I did get drowsy but at the same time a bit wired. I went to bed at 10 and didn’t actually fall asleep until 3:30. I also had to hit the restroom (#1) about every 30-60 minutes. Not sure why that was as I didn’t drink very much in the hours before bed. I then arose at 6:00 having to go #1 again. Sucks, this is supposed to be my long ride day.

I finally got out of bed around 8:30 as I couldn’t get back to sleep anyway. My head was still all foggy and I was dead tired. Went to get my morning coffee and something for breakfast, watched a little tennis and at around 11 decided I needed to at least try and do something before the day was wasted. I decided it’d be easier and safer to try my Long Run on 3 hours sleep than get on the bike. Besides, the winds were howling today

I had to take two more leaks within 30 minutes of the run, but my head was getting clearer and I was feeling much better. I did the River trail with some extra around the park. Felt pretty good most of the run. Was able to keep my heart rate down and didn’t bonk today. Ended up doing my longest run of the year thus far. Eighty minutes. A long way to go still but I feel good to be there with 5 months of training still ahead of me.

I think because I was cautious starting out on the run I really focused on keeping my strides short and my HR down. Often I let myself go and it catches up with me towards the end of the run with bonking. This time I maintained a steady pace the whole time and felt like I hit that running zone at about 60 minutes. The last 20 minutes felt pretty smooth.

Picked up some new cycling shoes today, Shimano’s. Not really happy with my Specialized. Hopefully will try them out tomorrow.

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