Just another random 6hr workout.

There’s another week in the books. What a bad ass week too. I started P90x the day after my first 50k and have been sore ever since. What a great feeling. What a motivator too. I’ve dropped 8 lbs in 2 weeks and it seems to just keep falling off. There’s definitely something to be said for running 50k in January! Last week started some pretty intense running again. I must continue to remind myself that I am only training for 70.3 miles. Not the 140.6 I was after last year. My natural ability to progress keeps pushing me way past a reasonable endpoint though. Natural ability refers to recovery. With that all said, here’s a summary of last weeks “Birthday” workout. Frank Dejulius joined me for a day of self inflicted pain to celebrate another year on both of us.

I met Frank at Macedonia Rec at 7am. Neither of us were moving all to quick. We got changed and headed to the pool to begin. However, it was polluted with noodlers and middle aged yuck. Up to the treadmill instead.

Run 30 minutes 3.75 mile
6 min. “transistion”
Swim warmup 1000
Swim 25 minutes…2000
“Transistion”
Run 30 minutes 3.9 mi
Swim 25 minutes…1900
Run 30 min. 4.35 mi
Swim 25 minutes....2100 (just rounded it out to hit 7k)
Spin easy 25 minutes.

That there by itself is a decent workout since there was some intensity at times. We went and had subway and chilled at Franks for almost 2 hrs. Then we got some cold gear on and headed out to the Towpath for a 10 mile run. So lets sum it up.

22 miles running
7k swim
easy spin
Just a random 6 hrs total.

I then met my parents for dinner and got all shitfaced. Not a part of the P90x plan…either was trufing my front yard thoughJ

I see that a lot of people are putting their race schedules out there. So I’ll do the same. As I was getting a nice little massage Sunday (Which I have to say once again is truly my saving grace…) I began to contemplate another 50k in March. See, there I go. If one 50k is good, 2 is better right? Damn. This structure to a season is tough on me. I have me mental goals and I need to stick to them. I’m fully recovered on the outside from the last race. Better not push it yet. I am going big this year…not huge, just big.

2010 Race Schedule

May 16th……..Cleveland Marathon
June 5th………Potomac river swim
July 11th……...Rhode Island 70.3
July 24th………OHIO masters 2 mile open water
August 1st…….Steelhead 70.3 *still funding not confirmed
August 8th…….Morgantown ½ iron
Sept 12th………Rev 3 ½ iron *still funding not confirmed
Sept 26th……….Toyota Challenge *still funding not confirmed

There you have it. The races I'm still funding are last minute additions. Depending on how I feel and how I've done. Everything else is paid for.