Tuesday, May 26, 2009

4 Days Left

Did a wierd workout.

2 x 1 mile at marathon pace

The rest is helping. 9:10 felt very comfortable.

Joe

Tuesday, May 19, 2009

Last Speed Workout

12 days left!

1.2 mile warmup there

4:07 - 1st 1k
4:18 - 2nd 1k
4:16 - 3rd 1k
4:12 - 4th 1k
4:13 - 5th 1k

1.2 mile warmup back

Friday, May 15, 2009

8.28 miles

Tempo run yesterday.  I cut it short because I was being lazy.  I started off with what I thought was slow and really picked up the pace when I hit the Queensboro bridge.  1:05:17 for 8.28 miles which is approximately 7:51 per mile.
 
Today is day 2 of moustache growing.  Exciting!

Wednesday, May 13, 2009

Precision

It's funny how human's don't get much credit for being precise.  Well, I guess when people think of precise, they imagine very little if any variation.  But, my damned track workout what very precise by my standards.  So my track workout yesterday was as follows:
 
1.2 mile warmup
800 - 3:20
800 - 3:19
800 - 3:18
800 - 3:15
800 - 3:28 (paid for the 3:15)
800 - 3:21
800 - 3:18
800 - 3:16
1.2 mile cool down.
 
I was pretty happy about this since my track workout last week were all just under 3:30.  So I guess I am getting faster.
 
Monday I did 45:00 on the bike at a whopping 16 mph.
Sunday I did a wonderful 4.5 miles at 9:16 per mile
Saturday I managed to do 46 miles on the bike which I am excited about
 
The ride didn't hurt and my legs were feeling quite fresh after.  Almost fresh enough to run 13.1 miles after.  Happy training everyone.  Hotel and flight booked and we're excited to get out to San Diego.
 
And I'm growing a moustache.

Wednesday, May 6, 2009

Monday, May 4, 2009

The Triathlon Bike

So with some future considerations of triathlons in my future, I managed to go home and grab my tri bike.  Yes, a tri bike and a road bike in a small Astoria apartment may be a bit excesssive, but I love it.

I've ridden the Felt for the last 2 days today doing 45 minutes averaging 16.5 mph.  It feels pretty decent.  

Hope everybody's training is going well.  Bajojo.

Titi,
Joe

Saturday, May 2, 2009

Last Long Run of the Plan

Today was a milestone day.  Last long run of the plan, after the last 2 weeks of bad long runs I managed to clock in a decent one today.  Not my fastest but hopefully with the decreased volume over the next few weeks I'll be set.

So I did 22 miles.  Berto managed to join me for 10.6 miles.  He rocked with his longest run ever and we clocked that portion in at 1 hour and 45 minutes which is about a 9:54 per mile pace.  I managed to clock in the whole run at 3:28:09 which puts me at about 9:27 per mile.  I'm hoping this will be good enough for me to pull a 9:15 per mile at San Diego.

Cross your fingers.

Love,
Joe
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