Kelly is still training and she busted out a hard 45 minutes on the bike tonight. We will swim twice this next week together. She still kicks my butt racing in the pool!
Last weeks training totals:
Next weeks training:
Sunday, January 27, 2008
Tough week
Tough week. Rick was buried Wednesday with full military honors. I still break into tears at any given moment. I will truly miss him.
Kelly is still training and she busted out a hard 45 minutes on the bike tonight. We will swim twice this next week together. She still kicks my butt racing in the pool!
Last weeks training totals:
Next weeks training:
Kelly is still training and she busted out a hard 45 minutes on the bike tonight. We will swim twice this next week together. She still kicks my butt racing in the pool!
Last weeks training totals:
Next weeks training:
Thursday, January 17, 2008
I'll Miss You Buddy
My dear friend Rick Turner passed away last night in an auto accident north of Kansas City. We found out this afternoon. A truck lost control on icy roads and crossed the median and hit him head on. I can only hope he didn't suffer.
Rick was the consummate nice guy. I worked with him at two different jobs. We hunted together, we drank beer together, we burned steaks together and we ate too much usually. We talked and we laughed a lot. We gave each other shit and now he is gone forever. I cant believe it. I wish I could tell him I love him.
He was a good dad, devoted to his 5 kids (grown). He was always in a good mood and lifting other's spirits. The world was a better place with Rick here, my life was much better knowing Rick. I will miss the get togethers at his house where he'd kick my butt in pool. Rick would have turned pro if he was a single guy, he was that good. And like Dan Rather, he always had those sayings, like "I'm busier than a two-peckered goat in mating season" etc.
Rick loved to cook and loved to eat! If I ate as much as he did, I'd have gone over 1,000 pounds, the man could pack it away! And he loved garlic in everything! And yes, he loved his hamburger helper !LOL
I'll miss you Rick, I love you!
Rick was the consummate nice guy. I worked with him at two different jobs. We hunted together, we drank beer together, we burned steaks together and we ate too much usually. We talked and we laughed a lot. We gave each other shit and now he is gone forever. I cant believe it. I wish I could tell him I love him.
He was a good dad, devoted to his 5 kids (grown). He was always in a good mood and lifting other's spirits. The world was a better place with Rick here, my life was much better knowing Rick. I will miss the get togethers at his house where he'd kick my butt in pool. Rick would have turned pro if he was a single guy, he was that good. And like Dan Rather, he always had those sayings, like "I'm busier than a two-peckered goat in mating season" etc.
Rick loved to cook and loved to eat! If I ate as much as he did, I'd have gone over 1,000 pounds, the man could pack it away! And he loved garlic in everything! And yes, he loved his hamburger helper !LOL
I'll miss you Rick, I love you!
Tuesday, January 15, 2008
She's Back!
Kelly and I are back in the pool and she is pumped up about getting in great shape before her races. Yes, that is plural! She hopes do do the TriforSuccess in June and we will both do the IronHorse Super Sprint together in Nebraska with Tri-Dummy! She will be back on her blog in a day or so! If you could, please give her a hello!
My training week calls for 4 walk sessions, 3 strength training sessions, 4 bike sessions, and 3 swims. Total time in training should be between 12.75 hours and 13.25 hours depending on my swim times. I just love training! I love my coach! I love my personal trainer! I love my blogging buddies! And of course I love my daughters!
My training week calls for 4 walk sessions, 3 strength training sessions, 4 bike sessions, and 3 swims. Total time in training should be between 12.75 hours and 13.25 hours depending on my swim times. I just love training! I love my coach! I love my personal trainer! I love my blogging buddies! And of course I love my daughters!
Wednesday, January 09, 2008
Milestone
Yesterday I had a major improvement in my fitness. When I lay down on a bench to do chest exercises, Jess always has to help me sit up. Yesterday I was sitting up on my own. I know that may not sound like much, but for me it was a huge step forward in my fitness!
Saturday, January 05, 2008
Tuesday, January 01, 2008
2007/2008
2007 was an incredible year for me.
January - about all I could do was swim, as I was in a walking cast with a sprained ankle and two overuse traumas (read stress fractures) on my right foot. I started the year off right with the GYGO tri on New Years.
February – I was still swimming and got on the stationary bike at the gym for light spinning. Passed a kidney stone, ouch!
March – Met Pete Alfino from Mile High Multisport who is now my coach. Went to his seminar Triathlon 101 and it was great.
April – I started working with Pete on April 1. Started walking again after nearly 4 months of hobbling around. Went for a walk around a nearby lake - 1.4 miles. I was so out of shape with walking and my cardio fitness was so low it took me 1:30:00 and 3 rest stops to make it. But my ankle held up pretty good. I had the pleasure of meeting S. Baboo and Geek Girl in Boulder for lunch. I also started developing toe problems (which I now relate to the orthotics).
May – My walking was getting better and my daughter Kelly started training for her first triathlon.
June – Did my second tri ever, the Topeka Tinman in Kansas. The swim was 300 yards open water, 8.25 mile bike, and a 5k. It was humid! I was sweating like crazy before the race and that came back to bite me in the butt later. It was my first open water swim and I had heard so many stories of people freaking out I wondered how I would do. It was not a problem at all, I felt very comfortable except for the time the guy clobbered me in the back of the head. My calf muscle on my right leg started cramping up during the last 2 miles of the bike and by the time I hit the run portion, I was walking like a pirate with a peg leg. Major pain, major humidity, but I finished. At the finish line were Blink, Jay, and Bev! I learned I am physically tough and I also figured out I would never do a race in a cotton shirt again!
July – The Iowa Cornman was up next. A 500 meter swim, 15 mile bike, and a 5k. I wondered what I had gotten myself into! The course had rolling hills and the Hill of Death, aptly named by Danielle. It was my second open water swim (500 meters) and that went well. By the time the race rolled around I had considered not even doing the run portion as my foot was so messed up. But by the time I got off the bike, it felt okay so I went for it. I was DFL again but I finished! Also got to meet Krissy and Danielle! I learned I was mentally tough.
And . . .drum roll please . . . my daughter Kelly did her first triathlon, the Table Mountain Triathlon! It was a tough one for her but she finished and I am very proud of her. She still has her bib # hanging on her bedroom door!
August – Race number three for the season was the Iron Horse in Nebraska. I got to stay with Tri-dummy (Jay) and his family. I also got to meet Kate and her dad, Lance. This one was fun, a super sprint. And I wasn’t last, I beat one other person!
My friends Jennifer, Steve, Margie, and Noel did their first triathlon!
Later in the month I went to watch and sherpa at IM Louisville. It was a moving experience to say the least! I also got to meet IronPol, Waddler, Dying Water Buffalo, Mary Sunshine and met up again with S. Baboo and Geek Girl.
September – Triglenwood was my very first Tri in Sept 2006. So I just had to go back! Race number 4 for the summer. I took off 24 minutes from the previous year. Stronger and her kids came over which was great and there were a few first time triathletes from Jess’s gym. It was a great time! Met triblogger Elayne also!
Volunteered at my first race – The Harvest Moon ½ and Sprint. Pete kicked butt. Also got to meet Cody, and Michael and Amanda Lovato. Saw Tea again and got to meet TriTurtle too.
October – Race number 5 for the year (one for each decade to celebrate my turning 50). The SOMA Quarterman in Tempe AZ. It was freakin’ hot -97 degrees!. 6/10 mile swim, 28 mile bike, and 6.5 mile run. I had a decent swim (open water), had my best bike ever, then bonked on the run (walk). I didn’t take in enough calories on the bike, maybe half of what I should have. Took shade breaks when I could on the walk but finished and was very happy to do so!
Again, one of the best things about this year was the bloggers who I got to meet in person. SOMA bloggers: Geek Girl, S. Baboo, Andy, Stronger, Momo (and family), Commodore, 21st Century Mom, Michael and Michi, Bold, Nytro and Benny, Rainbow and Hoyt, Pirate, and SW TriGal and Hartley.
November – MRI on shoulder shows no damage.
This fall was tough on a personal basis with the change in my martial status, but my friends, kids, and blogger buddies kept me going.
2008
What’s up for the coming year? A sprint in Spokane Washington in June with Kim, then I head over to volunteer at IM CDA and hang with more bloggers. July will be the Table Mountain Sprint Tri, then the Rattlesnake Olympic in August. Kelly and I will do the IronHorse Super Sprint together in August. September will be Triglenwood again and I may do SOMA again in October. We are looking to maybe add a race in May.
And there will be a major surprise announcement, but I am not allowed to talk about it yet!
I am so grateful for the year I had, my family, and my friends (which includes you!). 2008 is going to be great!
Happy New Year! Lots of luv to you all!
Duane
January - about all I could do was swim, as I was in a walking cast with a sprained ankle and two overuse traumas (read stress fractures) on my right foot. I started the year off right with the GYGO tri on New Years.
February – I was still swimming and got on the stationary bike at the gym for light spinning. Passed a kidney stone, ouch!
March – Met Pete Alfino from Mile High Multisport who is now my coach. Went to his seminar Triathlon 101 and it was great.
April – I started working with Pete on April 1. Started walking again after nearly 4 months of hobbling around. Went for a walk around a nearby lake - 1.4 miles. I was so out of shape with walking and my cardio fitness was so low it took me 1:30:00 and 3 rest stops to make it. But my ankle held up pretty good. I had the pleasure of meeting S. Baboo and Geek Girl in Boulder for lunch. I also started developing toe problems (which I now relate to the orthotics).
May – My walking was getting better and my daughter Kelly started training for her first triathlon.
June – Did my second tri ever, the Topeka Tinman in Kansas. The swim was 300 yards open water, 8.25 mile bike, and a 5k. It was humid! I was sweating like crazy before the race and that came back to bite me in the butt later. It was my first open water swim and I had heard so many stories of people freaking out I wondered how I would do. It was not a problem at all, I felt very comfortable except for the time the guy clobbered me in the back of the head. My calf muscle on my right leg started cramping up during the last 2 miles of the bike and by the time I hit the run portion, I was walking like a pirate with a peg leg. Major pain, major humidity, but I finished. At the finish line were Blink, Jay, and Bev! I learned I am physically tough and I also figured out I would never do a race in a cotton shirt again!
July – The Iowa Cornman was up next. A 500 meter swim, 15 mile bike, and a 5k. I wondered what I had gotten myself into! The course had rolling hills and the Hill of Death, aptly named by Danielle. It was my second open water swim (500 meters) and that went well. By the time the race rolled around I had considered not even doing the run portion as my foot was so messed up. But by the time I got off the bike, it felt okay so I went for it. I was DFL again but I finished! Also got to meet Krissy and Danielle! I learned I was mentally tough.
And . . .drum roll please . . . my daughter Kelly did her first triathlon, the Table Mountain Triathlon! It was a tough one for her but she finished and I am very proud of her. She still has her bib # hanging on her bedroom door!
August – Race number three for the season was the Iron Horse in Nebraska. I got to stay with Tri-dummy (Jay) and his family. I also got to meet Kate and her dad, Lance. This one was fun, a super sprint. And I wasn’t last, I beat one other person!
My friends Jennifer, Steve, Margie, and Noel did their first triathlon!
Later in the month I went to watch and sherpa at IM Louisville. It was a moving experience to say the least! I also got to meet IronPol, Waddler, Dying Water Buffalo, Mary Sunshine and met up again with S. Baboo and Geek Girl.
September – Triglenwood was my very first Tri in Sept 2006. So I just had to go back! Race number 4 for the summer. I took off 24 minutes from the previous year. Stronger and her kids came over which was great and there were a few first time triathletes from Jess’s gym. It was a great time! Met triblogger Elayne also!
Volunteered at my first race – The Harvest Moon ½ and Sprint. Pete kicked butt. Also got to meet Cody, and Michael and Amanda Lovato. Saw Tea again and got to meet TriTurtle too.
October – Race number 5 for the year (one for each decade to celebrate my turning 50). The SOMA Quarterman in Tempe AZ. It was freakin’ hot -97 degrees!. 6/10 mile swim, 28 mile bike, and 6.5 mile run. I had a decent swim (open water), had my best bike ever, then bonked on the run (walk). I didn’t take in enough calories on the bike, maybe half of what I should have. Took shade breaks when I could on the walk but finished and was very happy to do so!
Again, one of the best things about this year was the bloggers who I got to meet in person. SOMA bloggers: Geek Girl, S. Baboo, Andy, Stronger, Momo (and family), Commodore, 21st Century Mom, Michael and Michi, Bold, Nytro and Benny, Rainbow and Hoyt, Pirate, and SW TriGal and Hartley.
November – MRI on shoulder shows no damage.
This fall was tough on a personal basis with the change in my martial status, but my friends, kids, and blogger buddies kept me going.
2008
What’s up for the coming year? A sprint in Spokane Washington in June with Kim, then I head over to volunteer at IM CDA and hang with more bloggers. July will be the Table Mountain Sprint Tri, then the Rattlesnake Olympic in August. Kelly and I will do the IronHorse Super Sprint together in August. September will be Triglenwood again and I may do SOMA again in October. We are looking to maybe add a race in May.
And there will be a major surprise announcement, but I am not allowed to talk about it yet!
I am so grateful for the year I had, my family, and my friends (which includes you!). 2008 is going to be great!
Happy New Year! Lots of luv to you all!
Duane
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