Bike Training--Dukes of Hazzerd-style

Got to Georgia and threw in a ride on Saturday. Aubie and I rode from Madison, Ga out to Rutledge, Ga and back for 22 miles. I found the 98 degree temp and 82% humidity w/ a 24mph headwind just special. How it can be 82% w/out a cloud in the sky freaked me out. Out of spite, on the ride home we stopped and ran a couple of 400's @ the track (1:40 & 1:53). One cool thing, though, we rode on the Dixie Highway (for real that's the name). Even w/ the heat conditions, I felt strong.

Today, we rode the same course and thankfully a storm blew in and we got rained on dropping the temperature down and even with the headwind the ride went good. I felt like I was dancing on the pedals the whole ride and never felt my gears. We finished w/ a short run off the bike to groove our legs for triathlon running.

Bike Training

Popped tall for Spinning Class. Nothing exciting, just a spinning class. Ended up w/ a meeting in the a.m., so I didn't get my lunchtime workout in.

Catchin' up on my Workouts

I got behind on my posts. Sometimes, my laptop doesn't load my blog (and I blame france). Although when George Bret gets fueled on a golf course and stars droppin' F-bombs, I manage to post; or Dude & Sweet smoke the Five-and-Under Fun Run.

Saturday: 1000yd Swim Time Trial in 18:30 & Michael in 17:51 & I lost my BlackBerry in my shoe.
Thursday: Medicine Ball Sprints: 25:54 w/ 6 400m interval (and I swallowed a bug during the second run).

No Excuses 5k

Cruised over to suckramento for the No Excuses 5k. Slowrunner77, his wife and daughter let me crash w/ them in Grass Valley (insert Ricky Williams joke here) at the in-laws and we got goin' for a Memorial Day race. This race adds a little wrinkle because they invent some wild handicap system that allows people to win by subtracting time versus crossing the line--it's still a little hazy. I misread my handicap and kept telling Slowrunner77 I had 11 seconds on him when actually I was more and he had to endure the whole "I'm standin' behind you but I'm really up the road 11 second in front of you" comments about one million, three 'hunerd forty-seven thousand, two 'hunerd & thirty-four times--or like 3 less beers than he's rated. For the record he erased the deficit within five 'hunerd meters (and yes I like typin' 'hunerd almost as I like sayin' it). Slowrunner77 ripped 16:32 but after all the cheatin' (age grading) he ended up 32nd place; let's put this in perspective if you added his placings over the last three years, they wouldn't add up to 32 and I don't think he's ever been 32nd in anything in his life--except being a Cav's fan, then he's the worstest. I ran 26:28 and SnowLep gapped me by about 11 seconds at the 2 & 1/4 mile mark. I picked up a couple minutes over 5k since Feb, but I still think my last few races didn't reflect my training gains.

More importantly, SnowLep's boys (Dude & Sweet) rocked the 5-and-under Fun Run. I even got to hop out on the course and high-five the champs during the homestretch. Now SnowLeps's boys are six and shouldn't be in the race but like Jesse "the Mind" Ventura says: "Win when you can, lose when you must; but, always, aways CHEAT!" I freakin' loved it! It ain't like those stupid, little 2-year-old losers Dude & Sweet smoked will grow up to be worth anything; they're from california not Georgia and all they're asleep at the whell parents suck, too. However, SnowLep did the so-called right thing an DQ'd the fellas so all's well that ends well--except my dream of Dude & Sweet dominating the 5-and-under Fun Run circuit.

The day went long, though; we hit River City Brewing where Captain Kev rocked a liter Hefe and the we all rolled to the suckramento zoo to watch snow leopards, flamingos and me yawn.

Bike Training

Popped tall for the 5:45 Spinning Class. Kept the tension light and focused on keeping my cadence @ 95 rpms. I'll start overgearing next week to build strength for TimeTrialing. One funny thing about the class, though, during the whole 45 minutes of class I only knew like 2 songs the cute little girl teaching the class played on her CD player. I guess these vulgarians in Reno ain't ever heard of SKYNYRD.

Swim Training

Hit the pool after work for some hypoxic swimming (good for building lung power). I lost count so I erred on the side of an extra lap (my Mama didn't raise no fenchman). Before I describe the workout, a couple of definitions: length--one end of the pool to the other; lap--to the far end and back. Anyhoo, tonight's swim: For Time: 10 lengths freestyle+1 length swim underwater; 9 lengths freestyle+1 length swim underwater, 8 lengths swim freestyle+1 length swim underwater, and all the way down to 1 length freestyle swim+1 length swim underwater. I finished in 33:03 for 1625 yds total. The underwater swims ended up like a comedy because after making it almost 3 qtrs of the way on the first one; I was beggin' to make it halfway on the rest. I ended up breaststrokin' while holding my breath as long as possible the rest of the way. The freestyle felt good though. I felt long & strong in the water with good leverage during my pulls. Also, I shared my lane to get some waves from the other swimmer.