Saveafatty

Hey guys I've been away for a week. We've had company in and I needed to curb my normal workouts to spend time with everyone. 

We did 22 miles today. It was really nice to get on the bike.  Another bit of great news is that my new bike is completed and I rode it today for the first time. I'll post more information on it in the bike section. I'm still tweaking it so that it fits me. 

- Eckroll

www.saveafatty.com

I ran my best 3 mile tonight at 37:40. Things are moving along. I'm starting to push my speed at this distance and working on extending my distance. I'd like to be at 36:00 by the end of the month. I'm going to start running another day a week and biking an additional day.

-Eckroll

Www.saveafatty.com

15 miles - 15.4mph average

Really nice bike ride today. I really feel like I'm improving. The extra day a week is surely going to help. I'm having a little pain in my right knee on top of my knee cap.  Not real sure what that is about but I suspect my seat needs to come up a hair. Anyway I've got one more ride this week on Saturday. 

- Eckroll

www.saveafatty.com

I'm changing things up a little so I can squeeze another bike and run in per week. It basically means I have to double up my swim and run days. 

So I beat my record and set a goal I planned on for this month. Funny thing is I set this goal last week!!  Apparently I'm not aiming high enough.  So what do you think?  Can I make 32:00 by months end?

3 miles - 35:56

- Eckroll

www.saveafatty.com

I've really been slacking in the pool.  Looking at my blog it's been three weeks since I've been in the pool.  On that day I noted that I hadn't been in the pool for two weeks. So in the last 5 weeks I've only swam twice. It really doesn't seem possible but I do try and update after each workout. To make matters worse we have a time change coming up.  Im not a morning person and 6am is the only time i have available to swim so it will feel like 5am after the change.  I need to be trying hard to make these morning workouts cause all the triathlons are early and I'll need to be on the road by 5am to make the transition area before close. 

So I definitely suffered a bit today. By the end of my workout my left arm didn't want to move. I never really felt comfortable and couldn't take in a clean breathe of air without taking in a drop or two ( this is absolute torture for me ). Bottom line I gotta start waking up.

500 meters - free

250 meters - free

250 meters - free

1000 meters total

- Eckroll

www.saveafatty.com

15 mile loop. Went at a slow pace thinking we were going to do 30 but unfortunately we were held up on the route so there wasn't enough time to do another loop.  Not a waste but definitely not fast. Hopefully Thursday will go better.

- Eckroll

www.saveafatty.com

Woke up early and got in the pool for 1000 meters non stop. Really nice swim and I felt great!

Did my evening run and managed 3 miles in 35:52 for a new best.

The extra days of running, swimming, and biking are really helping out. I was 211 this morning my lowest weight to date. I am going to run a 5k this weekend to practice with raceway jitters for my tri coming up. Let you all know how it goes. 

-Eckroll

Www.saveafatty.com

- Eckroll

I'm going to downshift and taper for my 5k this weekend. I took my wife out for a nice 5 mile ride. She's had two knee surgeries this year so it was great to see her starting rehab. She did an awesome job, I'm very proud of her. 

- Eckroll

www.saveafatty.com

I ran a nice easy 1.5 miles. My first 5k is tomorrow!  Wish me luck!

- Eckroll

www.saveafatty.com

I wrote the following Sunday but the race was Saturday so forgive the references to yesterday as I posted this in a couple of places.....

Well I ran my first 5k yesterday!  The race was VERY challenging for me. I have not practiced any hills since I've started running and as luck would have it there was nothing but hills!  The only flat place on the route was the parking lot we started and finished from.  I basically watched my HR and ran my race. 

So this was a first annual race for this school. I'm guessing we had 50 runners. There was a nice layout of food and water. The race was up and down streets in a neighborhood and a full lap was 3.1 miles. The 10k runners ran the loop twice. There was a water station about a mile in and again it was very hilly. You would go up a hill for a few blocks and turn the corner and run down a hill for a few blocks and this continued the entire way till the final hill up to the finish. 

These guys had a lot of issues. I'm not sure if anyone knew how to orchestrate such an event. It's Sunday night and I still don't have my times and unfortunately I did not keep one myself.  The worst part is I know I ran my best time ever but don't have anyway to know what that was.  At the awards ceremony they were giving out awards for the 10k people but some 5k runners were getting called for having won the 10k. Then the 5k winners were in the wrong order so they had to figure all that out on the stage. Maybe they will get it together next year. 

In the end I learned a lot about a race and my race day jitters. That is the most valuable thing I'll take away from this besides practicing hills as part of my workout! If I get my time I'll post that. 

- Eckroll

www.saveafatty.com

Great run tonight!!  It was so beautiful and cool that I just kept going. My pace was very good and faster than on my treadmill with less work.  Also went further and feel like I can go a full 10k. I need to watch my joints so I'm holding back a little. We'll see how things go.  Info below.

Activity: Run

Started: Mar 14, 2011 8:20:11 PM

Run Time: 54:43

Distance: 4.74 miles

Average Pace: 11:33 /mile

Fastest Pace: 11:10 /mile

Ascent: 33 feet

Descent: 104 feet

Calories: 582

- Eckroll

www.saveafatty.com

Great ride today!  The weather was very nice for an evening ride. We did our 15 mile loop and I managed 15.86 mph which is .5 mph faster than my best. Also, the hill I find so challenging that I have had to stand and pump on, I was able to complete sitting down.  My knees are still bothering me but the pain is different and more of a tired muscle soreness than the sharp throbbing I had the last couple of days. I'm going to continue with my workouts unless something changes and the pain worsens. 

- Eckroll

www.saveafatty.com

So I'm back.  I had a pretty emotionally charged week last week and couldn't make any workouts.  I try really hard to stay away from drama but apparently if finds you.  I only have this to say to everyone.  Please people, if you suspect a child is being abused you have a legal and moral responsibility to report it.  Don't take sides, don't try and fix the problem, simply report it and let people more qualified than yourself deal with the issue.

So I ran tonight for the first time since last Monday.  I expected I would really struggle but my run was a healing experience and I enjoyed it very much.  It's probably not the safest thing in the world to run at night but I love it.  The air is cool, the stars are out, and everything is quiet and still.  My times weren't great but I went the furthest distance I've run to date.  Honestly, my knees and shins were my issue and definately not cardio.  I'm currently trying to keep all my workouts at 1 hour as it seems to be stimulating my weightloss.

One additional bit of news is that I finally got my times for the 5K from two weeks ago.  It appears I ran a 34:29 and averaged 11:12/mile.  This is big news because it is a PR and was in hills which I've never practiced on.  So I'm pleased.

Info on my run is below.

-Eckroll

www.saveafatty.com

Route: Creekside Loop
Activity: Run
Started: Mar 21, 2011 8:10:16 PM
Run Time: 1:04:23
Distance: 5.12 miles
Average Pace: 12:34 /mile
Fastest Pace: 9:50 /mile
Ascent: 81 feet
Descent: 66 feet
Calories: 808

Forgot my bike shoes today so couldn't ride with my group.  I did choose to ride out close to my house tho.  Easy ride but really windy.

Sprained my ankle Sunday working on my pool.  Funny with all the miles stacking up it was stepping off my pool deck that led to a sprain.  I kept it easy and the ankle is healing up nicely.

Rode a really fast 20.  My fastest average to date 16.8 mph.  Ankle is still sore but manageable.  I did get into a wreck at the very end of my route.  I was on private property and met the ranch manager around a blind corner and we were both going fast.  I nearly became a hood ornament on a Chevy pickup.  We both had a good laugh.  No time to get unclipped.  So is life.