My journey back to athletic performance-- stepping off the shores into the big waves-- and pursuing the iron man and where ever it may take me.
Friday, December 31, 2010
Reflecting on 2010.....
Sunday, December 26, 2010
Snowy Day.......
Saturday, December 25, 2010
merry christmas......
Tuesday, December 21, 2010
Flow......
Another 20 for the books....
Friday, December 17, 2010
...... and i messed up.
Mile Repeats.......
Wednesday, December 15, 2010
Taking it to the Track
Tuesday, December 14, 2010
My hair is frozen.....
Monday, December 13, 2010
Running Fast Hurts (the next day)
Sunday, December 12, 2010
Running a Race for a time trial....
Saturday, December 11, 2010
NJCU 100-day complete
Friday, December 10, 2010
NJCU -- 100 day challenge concludes
Mile Repeats....
Tuesday, December 7, 2010
Training in the Cold.....
Sunday, December 5, 2010
it's cold outside......
Saturday, December 4, 2010
Losing my shorts......
running the workout later in the week.....
Friday, December 3, 2010
........ And I passed my nemesis weight......
Running in the Cold....
Tuesday, November 30, 2010
I finished November......
Monday, November 29, 2010
Aborted Run Accomplished....
Sunday, November 28, 2010
Aborting Training
Thankfulness
Wednesday, November 24, 2010
Running Up-Hill
I am supposed to run 1 mile warm up and 1 mile warm down.... but the hill is over 2k to get there (which is a little over a mile).
And upon arrival.... my tired legs were expected to run 4 x 2 min @ 3k pace (about 7 min/mile) with a 2 min recovery.
I did it! The last 2 minute run was not pretty; but I did it!!!
And now..... my quads are asking if I remember them.
Tomorrow is Thanksgiving! and a scheduled rest day.... b/c of the pandemonium of the day, I will probably go for a walk in the morning and enjoy the morning air....
..... and tackle some Burn Notice.... afterall, there is a marathon tomorrow........
Happy Thanksgiving!
Tuesday, November 23, 2010
She Runs..... FAST!
Monday, November 22, 2010
REST......
Sunday, November 21, 2010
Another 12 km and then some.....
Everything old is new again.....
Saturday, November 20, 2010
Quote from The Centurian
Training on Satruday
Friday, November 19, 2010
This mornings run.....
Looking toward the end of 2010......
Wednesday, November 17, 2010
Running Hills....
Tuesday, November 16, 2010
Tired Run this Morning.....
giving it back to the scale
Monday, November 15, 2010
Drama, Drama, Drama......
Sunday, November 14, 2010
A trip to Atlantic City
Taking some time off....
Wednesday, November 10, 2010
I feel sore.....
Tuesday, November 9, 2010
Personal Trainers......
Love- Hate Relationship.......
Sunday, November 7, 2010
Four Mile Run.....
Saturday, November 6, 2010
Saturday Afternoon Cardio....
impossible is nothing.....
Impossible is just a big word thrown around by small men
who find it easier to live in the world they've been given
than to explore the power they have to change it.
Impossible is not a fact.
It's an opinion.
Impossible is not a declaration.
It's a dare.
Impossible is potential.
Impossible is temporary.
Impossible is nothing.
Friday, November 5, 2010
Sweating while training...... how dare you???
To the guys.....
Wednesday, November 3, 2010
Swimming!
300 warm-up
8 x 25 drill (10s R)
5 x 100 swim (5s R)
8 x 25 kick (15s R)
300 warm-down
and now, i feel like i am looking through a haze.... (even though i wore goggles)
and.... par for the course of swimming, i feel like i could eat a small army, perhaps the army themselves, or the food that they would consume.
I managed to contain myself.... and enjoyed a combination of foods i have in my office here at NJCU. Amazing what ends up in my drawer, so that i have food, even when i manage to not prepare thoroughly.
and in 45 minutes, I am teaching spin class. (downside of being in fitness and physical education) the demands that are placed on the body above and beyond my normal training).
i have been adding volume slowly..... so, i trust today will be fine. i just will be exhausted when i get home... shower and probably will fall into bed. tomorrow provides no rest for the weary.... as i teach cardio training and then spin classes, before i head to the gym myself.
looking forward to the challenge. what have you done today?
Running Hills
Monday, November 1, 2010
Happy November
Hiking...
Sunday, October 31, 2010
DAY 99 of 100.....
Saturday, October 30, 2010
humbling....
Friday, October 29, 2010
Base Run with Intervals....
Wednesday, October 27, 2010
And the Hills still Kick my Butt....
Tuesday, October 26, 2010
Runs are Improving....
Being Undervalued....
Monday, October 25, 2010
Purging Continues....
Saturday, October 23, 2010
Eating Clean.....
Friday, October 22, 2010
Run Was Amazing.....
Day 90 of 100.....
Thursday, October 21, 2010
All Three Sports.....
Wednesday, October 20, 2010
Hills.....
Tuesday, October 19, 2010
Keeping Focus.
An Oreo
Sunday, October 17, 2010
And what is the point of your training?
70 Days Until Christmas.....
Weight Gain while Working in a Gym????
Friday, October 15, 2010
Racing Weight....
Chasing 1000 km....
Wednesday, October 13, 2010
ouch.... ouch.... ouch....
Sunday, October 10, 2010
Passing Day 75....
Friday, October 8, 2010
AND....... pow!
Tuesday, October 5, 2010
Results
Thursday, September 30, 2010
Conquering Fears......
Tomorrow, I leave for Milwaukee.....
Sunday, I take on my first road race since I bounced across the hood of the SUV that knocked me off my bike, the one that convinced the police she stopped in time and I fell as a result of being startled.....
Sunday, I defeat that ghost.
Sunday, I show the world.... that I can still fight, that I can still train hard and that I can still be the best athlete I can possibly be.... yes, I am a long way from the athletic ability that I once was... I am carrying more body fat (blech), I am not as fast as I was, and I still get tired and ichy feeling when training is too much......
But none of that matters!
ON SUNDAY, I take it all on...... and regardless of the outcome, because I have the courage to step up to the starting line, I am victorious.
Some of you have verbalized (out loud and to my face) that I train too much, I play to hard or you don't get it. YOU DON'T HAVE TO!!!!
I TRAIN BECAUSE I CAN! I TRAIN BECAUSE I LOVE IT! I TRAIN BECAUSE........ and I am glad that I still have the ability to put one foot in front of the other and compete.
I am proud of myself for the journey I have taken to get back to competing.... and I am looking forward to continuing to compete.... The journey has just begun!!!! And I have succeeded.