never enough

Had a long day of errands and moving heavy ass furniture(by myself) for my mom.
Ate a ton of food...steak, potatoes all I can eat sushi....hmmm I think I would like to eat more....

Mom came up to the pool with me like she used to when I was small and sat on the starting block and talked to me in between sets.

So 5x100 (while wearing drag shorts) with 30 sec to 1 min breaks talking to mom in between.

Then she ran my splits for me while I swam 500 straight up.
1-1'32"67
2-1'38"35
3-1'39"81
4-1'41"69
5-1'32"09
total 8'04"61

Just kind of took it easy after yesterday.

I've become a giant salt lick for the dog

Loo dog Stop licking me!!! Geez.


Race(ish) 3

Mt hopkins run/ hike 23+ miles round trip 5hr59min40sec

back @ the truck I took 40 minutes to eat, change clothes ,clean up, pack my riding bag and toss my bike together.
ride
Ok so, slow grind up the road...hit some rough patches, hiked the bike maybe a total of 1/4 mile
For me the road was so steep that the bike ascent was much slower then the run.
bike ascent2hrs40min to gate 10 min food break @ top. 24min descent .
total bike 3hrs 14min

daily total including breaks- 10 hours on the dot!

The killer/the aftermath

Race 2
P and loo dog didnt get to go so I drove myself so no pics of the race ony the aftermath.


Crap this was tough!!!!
Flagstaff Marathon!
80 people signed up for the full 26.2 only 70+ started, fortunately the 10k and 1/2 are run on the same course(sort of) @ the same time. We all start together.

Well as far as the marathon goes barely half finished.
I finished 29th with a time of 5hrs8min!
The winner only finished in 3hrs47min!
This thing was like an ultra. Brutal. Totally nasty and fun, it kind of grinds away @ you
If you truely love a challenge and can come to terms with having to run slow this is a race for you.
It's a mix of single track and 4wd rode and weird random turns"well marked" through grass. Actually the weird turns and the whole course is very well planned out

1st you do the 10 k red loop (6 mile course)
then you come back through the start and start 7.1 mile black loop.
After that you come back through the start run the red loop 6mile course again then one final loop on the black loop for the full marathon.
Your last red and black loop make you run a kind of figure 8.

It was actually really cool and not boring.
It should be noted that the course is also part of a sno shoe loop so there is a bit of grass and the course itself feels really random except that its marked really really well.
I dont think it would be possible to just go up and run the exact course because its "made "and marked special for the race.
Realistically even with a taper for this race I think I would be very hard pressed to break 4hrs30min.VERY! This is specifically a personal challenge.
I saw this course CRUSH some very very fit people!
In fact I would use this as a training run for a bigger race(which is what I did)
I would not go to this race for a p.r or you can plan on getting crushed unless you are an elite runner.

recap 26.2 as part of no-taper training.
5 hours 8min

Race 1 grrrr I'm fast

Tempe town lake splash and dash
All pictures by P.
Racing by me and 150 other people!





Waiting to get back in the water, dont want to sit around treadng water for 5 minutes.









60 seconds to start ,better get back in the water



















This is actually the start, I was doubting my swimming ability and in addition I listened to the instructions and started even with the green start buoy which is left and way out of the picture.
So I start hammering away at the swim and am just sucking wake from every one in front, it was bad, I couldnt get a rythm and everyone was just acting stooopid and swimming all crooked. So I would eyeball a hole and swim into it ,I kept doing this to about the first buoy turn then it was a straight shot with almost no one in front of me, a small pack of maybe 15 or 18 people at best.
So I'm thinking to myself shit I'm sucking I'm @ the back of this thing and can't see anyone. oh what the hell so I keep jamming away , I was passed only once during the swim............. I maybe my last turn and before I knew it I was approaching the dock and exit. "this is really weird what the hell "so I exit and make my transition, throw my running shoes on, no tie-bungee laces and toss on shorts over my jammers.
I run by P and she says " your doing awesome"
Huh? Turns out all the swimmers in front of me except for the one that passed me started out there....I literally passed 130 people in the water and didn't even realise it!!!




















So I start running this is the end of mile 1 of a short 2 miles.

I was passed on the run by maybe 4 people and I also passed a few myself.....


















So I finish and ask for my time, the time keeping is a little disorganised and they dont have it? What you can't tell me my time? so one of the racers coming in maybe a minute or three behind me says he came in @ 31minutes.

P counted me exiting the water between 15th and 18th place I guess there was a bit of bunching in the transition area....

So we go to Montis and get our free snacks and stuff, the "official" results put me in @ 34 minutes and 26th? place out of 150? No fuckin way.....I could care less about my place but my time come on....no way.... I know I was faster, guess that will teach me to keep my own splits, I was worried about losing my watch so I left it off!!!!!
I do know the guy and girl who finished 15 seconds ahead of me, I know their race numbers so when the results are posted I will know for sure.

For me my time is basically my bench mark....I really felt I came in under 30 minutes. I pushed so hard, I came very close to barfing.....34 minutes? come on? I easily hit 30 minutes in practice easily. I ran and swam waaaaay harder. Drop dead sprint swim!!! and what felt like 7 min miles on the run, the water exit and transition to run took maybe a minute.
When P heard the final reslts she immediatly said no way you went faster.... that doesnt make sense......



Oh p.s. a 14 year old actually won the thing...he was just a little guy weighed maybe 70 pounds at best, not to take anything away from him but he started waaaay ahead of every one....probably a good idea considering the adults would have literally swam on top of him. Also though he beat everyone by a good bit too so it probably made it fair for him to start away from everyone so they didnt drown him.

p.p.s-things I learned-I can swim with the A pack and could have probably led them if I would have started up front.
I transition ridiculously fast compared to everyone else.
I can hold my own on the run but am not a speedster.
I need to tape my watch on!!!
Or something.
My return to swimmming has only been like 2 or 3 months and have done no open water training and I tore into the swim.
All in all it was fun and I will try and learn what I used for next time.

well

went for a swim- not sure how many yards I put in. Not too tired from the run and I'm taking a few rest days from swimming until the splash and dash so I figured I'd sneak in one more swim practice today.

Ended up doing warm ups
50 yards
50 yards
100 yards
then like 400 yards in 7mins
then a bunch of 100 splits with roughly 1min breaks.
then a bunch of 50 splits
then 2-25 yard lengths underwater.
It was pretty crowded,ended up sharing a lane with a guy training to swim across s.f. bay next year(Alcatraz)!!!

Great day!!

run like an idiot

Ran with TTR this morning....6am :(

Came out a tad too fast and ran like a crazy chicken.

So we cruised all the way out to sabino basin proper on phone line.

The trail was pleasantly overgrown once past the junction with the trail that drops down to the top of the road.
A bit techy too.I got to do some big jumps, leaps and bounds.
So trail out and back no road...
13+miles3hrs10min43sec

The after math... you can see my speedy slow poke socks and if you look hard you can see the snail on em.
Thats Loo dog(Lotus) ham en it up.










Loo dog your a cheeze.

The coming weeks itinerary-

thursday 25th-Tempe splash and dash
Open water swim 700?meters then a 2 mile run

friday rest/ drive to Flag/ sleep in truck.

Saturday-Flag marathon/ drive home.

Sun-Mt Hopkins run with TTR
If I hurry I can make another splash and dash @ the U of A depending on how long Hopkins takes!

Happy trails everybody:)

the incident of the wet spaghetti shoe string beatings

went out to sag east-drove part of the loop out to mica view trailhead? ran around- loma verde? pink hill? mesquite? squeeze pen? ya I ran in funny loops for a while- always fun 1hr8min
then went for a swim-

50 warm up
50 warm up
100 warm up
more warm up?
1000 yards?(messed up my splits @ some point) -19min19sec

50 cool down 50 cool 50 cool

25 yards underwater swim
breathe
25 yards underwater swim
breathe
25 yards underwater swim
breath
25 yards underwater swim

float,smile....life is good :)

quickly now

swim-
50 yrds warm up
breath
100 yards warm breath

1000 yards 16 min 56 sec

50 yards cool
breath
50 cool
breath
50 cool
breath

park east/ I think

had p and loo dog drive me to the park , but it was a bit late to carry out our plans so....
she dropped me @ the one way junction and I ran back and met her @ the visitor center,
from there I gaebbed my bick out of the back of the truck and rode home, P did'nt meet me where she was supposed to so I turned around and looked for her but she was no where to be found so I rode home and poof there she was!!!

run-10min'22"
bike-13.68 miles
time-48'21"
31.5 mph max
17 mph avg

Side note-The nike plus is broken!!!! I think the rain and falling on it during the wrightson run killed it!!!! Gonna try and warranty it!!!

mas

tues- did some house work and yard work.
snuck in a quick swim work out-

50 yards warm up 1 min break
100 yards
1 min break
200 yards
1 min break
300 yards

ouch

mon 9-15-8
run 16 min
swim-700 yards in 13min30
run 18

this brick workout hurt, I felt exhausted afterwards.

went to work til 12 am... then came home and put in some time on the

roller trainer-
3.95 miles
15min43
15.1 mph avg.

remember

sat 9-13-8
put in a swim, don't remember what or how much,about 30 min total

bigtime

fri 9-12-8

swim 50 yards warm up
1100yards in 19 min 45sec
50 yards cool down
100 yards cool down
25 yards underwater swim

internet back on line

thurs- 9-11-8

run 17 min
swim 300 yards in 5min
run 17 min

catch up

tues 9-9-8 jury duty
run16min
swim 800 yards in 14min'40"
run 17 min

not lazy

mon-9-8-8
new house
ran up to clements....

run16 min
swim 600 yrs in 11'32"60
run17min

moving

ok so the lAST 4 DAYS i'VE BEEN MOVING ALL p's stuff to the new house!!!!She has alot of stuff. I snuk a run in on sunday.

MNt. Wrightson....I was an hour late to meet ttr but ended up catching up to a few- 1:55 ascent on old baldy. 340ish total, descended super trail.
Saw Pinkcorker!!!Hi- bye- gotta run :) Met a bunch of the ttr folks and took a nasty digger on the super trail. Dug a chunk out of my knee...blood all over...I'll live:)

miss

moved abunch of huge ass book cases and an entertainment center and a 10 foot long couch by myself

clements pool-

50yard warm up
then 1000 yards in
20min24sec82

swim finally

did 50 yards warm up

1000 yards 20min46sec94

50 yard cool down off to work

tired

No pools open again,darn holiday.
Sets-Monday
25 push otb
50 crunch otb
ran loo to the park 10 pullups

dropped loo off grabbed a bottle and.....

Ran downtown
3.57 miles
11:35 avg/per mile
41min29sec duration