Weekly Update

Wow, what a tough week!
Swim: 4500 yds
Walk: 18.5 miles (with a 13.25 miler on Sunday)
Bike: 91.2 miles

I am sore, but ready to go further!

Totals for the Week

Wow, what a tough week. Ironman training reality is here, the romance is gone. Total training hours for week: 17:24

1 open water swim: 750 meters;
bike: 67+ miles;
walk: 13+ miles
yardage in pool: 7500

Next week looks intense! As far as mileage on bike and walk it will be my biggest week ever. I think I am going to sleep very well this week!

Brick and "On Your Left"

Nice brick today, 1:00 walking then 3:15 bike. BUT! I was riding on a dedicated bike path with lanes painted. Not a lot of traffic today as it was threatening to rain. Know I know if you are passing someone who is all over the path, or if there are multiple riders, etc, it is good to say "On your left". But people, when I am going twelve miles an hour and you are going thirteen and no one is around but the two of us, do you really need to irritate me? Please! (expletive deleted) Ok, I feel better.

Today's nutrition, man this sport takes money and planning!

Make or Break Month

When I saw July's training plan Pete laid out for me, I just about s!@*! The volume during the week is not too bad, but the weekends are going to test me physically, emotionally, and mentally. Reality is here, no more overtime at work for me, I am going to need a lot of rest. No missed workouts and food has to be 100% spot-on or I will not make it. Simple as that. I think this month will make or break me for participating in IM AZ. But even though it looks a bit intimidating, I am ready to go for it. I think Pete is a hell of a coach and I trust him, so I am going to do this with focus and dedication.

I have been doing fairly big weeks since December 1st, I have trained 351 hours and 22 minutes. That averages out (with recovery weeks) to 11.7 hours a week. It is going to get bigger I think LOL! I joke around with Brandy and Staci that when IM is done I am cutting my workouts back to 8 hours a week! Then we laugh cuz we know that is still pretty freaking awesome! And Brandy and I figure we will be hooked on IM like we are with triathlon, so maybe we are fooling ourselves?! And all those non-triathletes we know think we are nuts!

Not!

WHERE HAS HE BEEN?

Ok, I did not fall off the planet, I wasn't in jail, I was not abducted by aliens for anal probing (thank god!, and I did not join the Hare-Krishnas. I am still training, I am still here! So where have I been? At work! Last two weeks: 36 & 1/2 hours overtime and this week alone will be 26 hours of overtime. Big last minute project that should have taken 3 months, was handed to me with a three week deadline(I just love high level senior executives who are clueless, yet have power to create worthless projects on a whim!).

I missed a couple workouts which was not good (in addition life got in the way of a couple). But overall I am making progress. I have looked at July's training schedule that Pete has given me and HOLY CRAP!. I can hardy wait to see what happens August through October! Ok, maybe I can wait!

Great news that Andy is going to get to race Ironman Arizona!

And for a little Friday humor:
Are women born this way?


Have a great weekend!!!!!

Status Report

Intense weekend! 3 hour bike and one hour walk on Saturday, then 8 mile hike in Waterton Canyon on Sunday. Total for week was 11:26 (missed a one hour treadmill session due to bad chicken, enough said!).

Weight today is 374!

FedCup 5k

Last week: 15:02 training, weight down to 379.

Our team, the HAC Waddlers, finished 8th out of 13 teams. The clown beat me and I am soo going to kick his butt next year!

Pictured below from our HR Office: Elizabeth, moi, Denise, Brandy and Shavon. We had fun but no finisher medals this year!