Category: Training Thoughts

Hard run last night, but a good one. I almost skipped it — I taught for a few hours after I got off work and was definitiely tired, and my friend was skipping her 7-9pm class, and my plan had been to run while she was busy and then go get frozen yogurt together. But…

Great bike ride this weekend… at least what I remember of it… Club ride for Summer Solstice: 122 mile loop from Newport Beach to Carlsbad and back. I also rode to the start from home (another 10 miles). However, my club ride ended at about mile 50 in Oceanside. I remember riding through Camp Pendleton,…

… is freakin' awesome! Woke up easily and don't feel like the walking dead, so it looks like I'm back to a decent amount of sleep. Got to swim practice, and the water was helping me cheat! I'm not sure how. But it felt awesome. One of the sets we did was 12 100s where…

The weekend was not great training-wise. I hadn't ran since Tuesday in Hawaii, and I wanted to get out there. However, Friday I ended up going out and seeing a movie and with karate in the morning and working the rest of the day, I ran out of time. Saturday I felt lousy — I…

I'm back… it was an awesome weekend break from every day life. 5 days of running, reading, playing in the water (no real swimming), sleeping, and just doing whatever we wanted. Friday started off great — I love 4am Runs with Bums(TM). Down Venice beach and part of the Marina Del Rey bike path with…

I really want to get faster on the bike… and more comfortable. So I need to put the miles in, and do some speed work. I'm always so tempted to run instead… but I like the brick feeling so I rode yesterday knowing I was going to run after. I only put in about 10…

It was an awesome weekend, and great things lie ahead! Friday morning was swimming and karate, and in the afternoon roller blading and swimming/hot tubbing with my roommate and 2 other friends. I felt like a little kid again, and just played in the water 🙂 Saturday I did karate and went for a long…

Just went for a quick run as it's been a busy week. Got in 30 min and about 3.3 miles. Felt good to get out there, and happily the knee that I feel on felt just fine. So the tendons are probably all good 🙂 I went easy the first mile, 5-10k race pace the…

Nothing too exciting — ran Tuesday (yesterday) morning. As posted on the forum: speed work on a track — a little over a mile run there to warm up, then did what I call a pyramid: 100m run (then 100m jog for active recovery) 200m run (200 jog) 300m run (300 jog) 400m run (400…

It was a good weekend — Friday had it's normal karate and swimming, adn some much needed social time. Saturday had it's normal karate, and then I did my long run for the week. Just over 12.5 miles and about 2:10. I was happy with it as it has been a while since I did…