So, no long distance races for me this year, my early season training hasn't gone well follow my bike crashes, but to be honest, it wasn't really going well before. Back in late November 2010 I talked to a few people who'd done the 4-Mile Got 2 Swim Charity event, after hearing they were going to include a 8-mile option for 2011. Now thats a ( Read more... )

 Swimming has been going well, I've not swum in a pool since the middle of January, with the exception of a short swim session with Peggggggy in Morgan Hill one morning. My swim sessions are pretty much settling into Sunday easy swim, 2200m; Wednesday eve. long swim, 3500-4300m; and Friday morning early fast/hard swim 1500-2200m.

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Having got back from a poor Half-Iron 70.3 race in Orlando, and then had two weeks of non-stop pain from Plantar Wart treatment, I wasn't really expecting much from the Splash and Dash, perhaps just to see how far my running had regressed. Only Monday afternoon did I go visit the company medical center and have the nurse lance and draw the fluid ( Read more... )

 Monday I had a great swim in the Quarry up at Pure Austin North on Brake Lane. I deliberately didn't look at the water temp on the board when walking through the gym. I put on my wetsuit down at the dock, loaded up my neck with coccoa body butter, put my Silicon GB Team swim hat on and goggles, stood back from the edge of the dock, short run and ( Read more... )

 Managed to get over to Pure Austin North around 3pm. Down at the water by 10-after. This was to be my day for 4-laps. I had time, I had the wetsuit. The board said the water temp was (still) 68f. It really wasn't though. Theres no way it was more than 64f ( Read more... )

You get to the water stop under Mopac bridge and there is nobody there at all.

Did a full 10-miles last night, not too much pain although my right knee is a little sore today. Thats almost a full marathon this week for me, and I will do it before the week is out. I know that doesn't compare with most peoples mileage, but given the state of my right ( Read more... )

So I signed for the gym on Saturday, tonight was my first visit as an official member. Shame then that I couldn't get a parking space. I had to walk about a block and half for a parking space. Huh. Given I was short on time, I decided to change in the car, and skip going back to the gym afterwards. Just like not being a gym member really....

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Following on from last time, I beat my best time for the splash and dash last night at Pure Austin. Yeah, I know everyone thinks the swim was short...

I got stuck on a late conference call and only left South Austin at 5:07 for the 6pm start, decided to drive up through town instead of MoPac or 360 and got there at 5:48, quikc check-in and numbers ( Read more... )