I really appreciated the Saturday vs Sunday race date and the WPB proximity to home. On Friday night I dropped my bike off and with Sal & Suzanne's help, wrapped it up nicely to ward off the rain. We also did Char and Rick Luise's bike. I parked at Datura lot for the $5 all … Continue reading Motivation Man Olympic tri
Category: Runs
An offhanded description of what I did and what I thought of during the run…
4 mi. I ran well today, holding my legs in check and keeping my breathing up to speed enough to stay with Tom Matese on all of the 1km intervals. Small group today, Paul and I were the only ones doing Motivation Man tri that chose to run this morning. I definitely felt good about … Continue reading We can do the 1k, it’s like a 10k
8 mi. I arrived on time, only to find Paul had already been there and spun a warmup lap in the parking lot already. I ran one of those with him, then the first two laps I did by myself. I ran the remainder of the hills with Seth Kaufman, who was interested in the … Continue reading Good yapping up the hills
50 mi bike, 3 mi run. Heat and a day that felt more like summer than spring. We rode as a fractured group to Bridge Road, then Suzanne, Rick, Suzanne, Adrienne and I went up Dixie Hwy. Rick and Suzanne sprinted quickly up the northbound road, I led Suzanne and Adrienne in an unsuccessful chase. … Continue reading Power to the girls
16 mi. I seldom have to run the first 6 dark miles alone, I was prepared and I brought enough water and dressed for warm weather. Only a small breeze from the north helped me. When I returned form the solo PGA trip, I went to the store and met with Chiara and her younger … Continue reading A NY companion
5mi. On what Thursday do we only have 12 people line up to run Paul's track workout? I stayed behind Erica on most intervals, surging to stay with the four fast guys on the 300 meter dashes. 1000m w/200m recovery 500m w/200m recovery 400m w/100m recovery 400m w/100m recovery 400m w/100m recovery 500m w/200m recovery 300m w/100m recovery 300m w/100m recovery … Continue reading Slow day to run fast
8mi. I arrived a tad early to give Walter Suzanne's laser machine for his leg. It should encourage circulation and healing, hopefully enough in a week and a half. I ran the warmup laps with Walter, Chelsea and Teresa. Once on the bridge, Teresa sped ahead on Lap #1, I decided my best workout was … Continue reading Hot again birthday bridge run
50 mi/3 mi run I was looking forward to riding with Suzanne and Suzanne then running afterwards. I figured the 6:30am start would have us ahead of the big Sunday groups I've associated with crashing and injuries. Didn't happen, we left with the group, Austin had no riders for his planned 70 miler so he … Continue reading The group thing
4 mi. I left home in the rain, with a broken iPhone and no good weather app, it was me doing the "old fashioned" thing and just driving over to the Benjamin track for the workout. It stopped raining at PGA Blvd, so that made the warmup and first 2600 meters good. The the rain … Continue reading Lightning and rain track
8mi. I felt good running this morning although Walter didn't, his inside of one knee was sore from after effects of the long weekend run. I ran 3 laps with Walter, one with Chelsea and the last two myself. No breeze and 76 degrees, we are back on track for the weather we should … Continue reading Hills for motivation