Running To Beat Mark

No run today, but biked with http://emaurine.fastrunningblog.com/ today. Ended up doing 12.8 miles, i rode on a mountain bike so I continually slowed her down. She is looking strong for her first triathlon at the end of July, she swam ran and biked today! 

Emaurine and I have decided our next marathon. The Mankato marathon in Minnesota towards the end of October. 

I ran two miles in the heat of the day, 105, and was drenched when I came back. Really glad my wife talked me out of more today. Legs felt a little wobbly since I haven't ran in a while, but it will be a fun process building up for another marathon!  

Three miles with emaurine this morning. We woke up a little later than we wanted, we were pretty tired from our trip to Brookings. Felt good running with her again. 

This afternoon I defend my thesis at the University. This has been one of my most challenging projects, also the thing I have worked on the hardest. It is also a reason I have not run in a while. I am glad for it to be done and for me to have a little more time to run. 

I attempted to run fartleks today. The goal was twenty minutes of thirty seconds fast thirty seconds slow. I warmed up for 5 minutes (.75 miles) then I started the main section of the workout. My legs just did not have it today, I ended up doing only ten minutes of the fartlek workout (1.5 miles) I then continued the rest of the scheduled run at a 7-7:30 pace (1.25 miles). I really got myself out of shape these past two months, but I am looking forward to the challenge of bringing my fitness level back up.  

Spent this morning at the lake with emaurine. We swam in the lake, so my first day of open water swimming, (it wore me out!) and then a four mile run in the trails. She biked out to the lake then we swam and worked on her transitions for her triathlon. Finally we ran. The course was perfect for a cross country race, which is what I love! There were quick turns, constant up and down, little to no flat areas, and a big hill at the finish. Finished in under 30 minutes so not too bad of pacing. The day at the lake was made complete with me having two ticks on my legs, and emaurine having one. Hopefully we can have more days like this now that my program is done!

Emaurine and I went for a nice four mile run today before we continued unpacking.

800yd swim and 10 mile bike

22miles on bike 

Nothing today. Good news is we finished unpacking from the move, so we have more time for our workouts!

Open water swimming take 2.

Emaurine and I found a new lake to swim in, so we gave it a try this morning. The winds were gusting over 30mph so the waves were pretty high and disruptive. She was able to get in a solid 900m swim, while I was much less effective and only did 500.

After the swim we did a three mile run around the lake.  

This afternoon we went to the y and took a look around all the equipment. One piece struck us in particular. A cycling machine in which you are an avatar and can keep track of many statistics while you ride. We ended up doing 6 miles on this to test it out.

40 miles on a bike today. 18 at spin class this morning, and 22 to the high school I will teach at this fall and the elementary school emaurine will teach at. 

Swam in the pool today with emaurine. I had a tough day today, my lungs seemed tight the whole swim and I was not able to do as much as I would like. Emaurine did awesome today and is looking strong for that triathlon. There were also some really strong swimmers at the pool today, it was awesome to watch them train, made me even more excited for the olympics! 

After the swim, we went for a three mile run. I was able to breathe much better while running so I was able to do some surges.  I did eight surges in the run. 

Spin class this morning with sprints, climbs, jumps etc. Found out that I am a much better climber on a bike than a sprinter. I must really love emaurine since I was at spin class with her this morning instead of watching tiger's round at the british open. 

When we got home we did a faster two miles. We were under 14 minutes which is moving for the two of us running together, especially after the biking.  

No run today, however I feel that the excitement one feels watching the Dark Knight Rises should count for something. Except for the fact that we had buttered popcorn, two ice cream cones, etc.

Two repeats of 2.5 miles today, the only problem was by the time we got out to where we were running I realized I forgot my watch. 

The plan for today was to have emaurine practice each part of the triathlon, and she did exceptionally well! She started with a swim that was 400m, a bike that was 12.5miles and finished with a run of 2.55miles. Watching her today she really impressed me, I never had any doubts that she would not do well with this new competition, but she looked incredibly strong today for her first time putting all three together. In fact, her run at the end was at a faster pace than any 5k races she has completed. The race is next saturday!

My runs were both around 16-17 minutes, however I did forget my stopwatch. These past two weeks I have been doing the majority of what emaurine has been doing to strengthen my base. After her triathlon next saturday we will begin focusing our workouts more on running to get prepared for the Mankato Marathon in October.

Church and watching the British Open this morning led to the run having to be in the heat. So instead we went to the Y, and rode the bike for 4 miles and ran on the indoor track for two miles. 

Swimming 800yds in pool

20miles on a bike

Swimming 700m

Running 2 miles 

Travel day to Lincoln. emaurine has her triathlon on saturday, wish her luck!

5k loop near the old apartment. Emaurine races the tri tomorrow!

Emaurine is now officially a triathlete! Congratulations!!

Travel Day back then easy 3

1.5 to the ymca, body pump work out, then 1.5 back

.5 mi warmup 16x100 splits were 16.4, 16.35, 16.18, 15.85, 15.8, 15.4, 15.7, 15.1, 14.8, 14.78, 14.34, 14.92, 13.84, 14.32, 13.96, 13.26 (if only i could do that all together i would run a 4:01 mile!)

.5 mi in 2:20

with emaurine 1mi in 6:48 her fastest mile! 

3mi and cycling for 15 today