It in the Company

Last Tuesday night I ran my first 10k without stopping with the help of Courtney a fellow runner. She stayed back to run with me and to keep me motivated along the run. I felt good when I finished,It amazing how running with someone makes the miles disapear. Yes its in the company!

Achievement

This Christmas I had a chance to complete a bikeride that I have started several time, but have run out of time. The bike ride on this day was to ride down to Bartlett Lake. I have started this ride and turned around because the fist few miles were fast and down hill, which means that I would have to ride back up.. This time I made up my mind to complete the ride. It was a very hard ride and when I reached the Lake it was a great feeling until I turned arounn and saw the up hill to start with 4 miles. Oh My... I achieved this goal, I made it back to the truck and was very proud of myself. Acheivements...To set a goal and then to see it through. That is what this year is about for me. The total ride was 28 miles and it took 2.5 hours.

Slow and steady

This morning was a 42 mile bike ride with the Ladies. I choose the rout knowing that it would be challenging for the Ladies and for myself. We rode from Thompson Peak and Bell out to the Bartlet Lake turnoff, and returned by the way of scottsdale rd. we ascended 1788 feet and decended 1792 ft. The weather held out for the entire ride. I usually struggle with this ride because of the climbing so my goal was to keep a cadance of 65 at the hardest part of the climb and then a cadance of 70 for the rest of the climb. I felt the burn in my legs but I was able to keep moving. Riding with the Ladies made this workout doable for me, If I was by myself my focus would of been to get it done and call it a day. But by having that last rider to ride with made this ride and goal doable.

Swimming at 5:45 am

This morning was so cold I wanted to crawl back into bed but I continued on my way to the pool. When I got there all you could see was the steam coming off the water and arms. I ventured on and joined the arms among the steam. The coach on deck said start with a 800, I said O..K, Im use to warming up with a 3 or 400. but thats cool. I found that the 800 wasnt bad. but there was more. a total of 950 yds more. . an hour later we pulled the tarps and called it a day. getting out of the water reminded me why I wanted to stay in bed, But the Sunrise gave me a great reason to be up. It was beautiful.

First week of Training

This week was pretty good. I managed to swim 3200 yds, run 7.7 miles and bike a total of 48 miles. I got my new bike frame in on Thursday night and Saturday was my first ride on the bike. It is a much lighter ride and took a bit to get use to it. So Im back on the road again and ready for another week.