solar squirrel

I know I’ve been kind of slacking when it comes to updating about my training. Towpath training is going pretty well. I have managed (with the help of Bridget) to knock out ALL of my track workouts on schedule and exactly as I am supposed to. I have also managed to get in the pool at least once a week. I guess you could say I have been sort of slacking with my biking, and that may be why the half iron today was so painful (more on that later). But for the most part I have been doing pretty well with my training - running; biking; or swimming every day. Here’s a quick recap of this past week:

Monday: Swim at lunch 40 min.
Tuesday: Track workout -6 x 800 with 200 - 400 Rest interval.
Wednesday: Bike at lunch - ~15 miles.
Thursday: Run at lunch ~7.5 miles
Friday: SLACKED
Saturday: SLACKED - went to Blues and Brews and got a little tipsy w/ Toddykins.

Yea, yesterday was fun…Todd and I went to the annual Blues and Brews at Stan Hywet to taste a whole bunch of beers from all over. Todd did a bit too much tasting (I was tipsy myself - luckily we walked so we didn’t have to worry about driving). He was making me laugh so hard because he was mad at himself for drinking too much and feeling crappy so he just laid on his back on the floor and used his flip-flop as a pillow. It was hilarious!

Today was the Greater Cleveland Triathlon, and sort-of last minute I decided to do it because if you are a member of CTC you got $20 off, so I figured that made up for the dumb $10 USAT fee and the online registration fee. It was still like $170 dollars!!!! For what??!!?? I don’t know what I was thinking because I have only done one half iron distance and that was in 2006 at Steelhead. I didn’t train for this, but I figured what the heck - how hard can it be? WRONG! I’ll explain in more detail later, but the bike was HARD. I guess I’m not in as great of biking shape as I thought I was! Plus, since the water was so choppy, we didn’t even get to swim - instead doing a 1.2 mile run to replace it. (Which Janet and I started late because the freaks who were running the race started it early!!!) All in all it was good, though. I was a little sad because Todd wasn’t there to cheer me on - but Bridget, Melissa, Elizabeth, and Beth were all there which was AWESOME and I didn’t know Janet was doing it either - so I had tons of friends there, which was GREAT! Brian was even there - though when I saw him the first time I was delusional from just getting off the bike and had to ask him which way the run went!! He was there cheering at the 1/2 way point for the run and hopefully I looked a little better. I’ll post details about the race tomorrow - for now you’ll just have to wait!