Super Secret Contest

Yes, Hi, I was wondering when the prize was going to be handed out for the Super Secret Contest?

Thanks,
Andy

4 Days Left

Did a wierd workout.

2 x 1 mile at marathon pace

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

Joe

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

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!

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.

Mansard Roof

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

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

Send Love to Dave

Today's Super Run

Did a tempo run today.  It was fascinating.  1:08:33 for 8.5 miles.  That should be a second or two above 8:00/mile.  Maybe 8:01 or actually probably 8:05/mile.

Andy ran today hopefully it was fast.

Video Update

This was not fun

Felt very sluggish despite going way slower than the 18 two weeks ago.  Ah well.

http://connect.garmin.com/activity/4246891

Roses are red.

Violets are blue.

Joseph wants to do an ironman.

But that's too hard to do.

A Poem for Dave

Dave Dave
Save Save
Dependent on your autoclave
Like wind that cleanses
Like corrective Lenses

Four four
No more
Greg, Andy, Dave, Joe
Know know
I persist and go

Relax-o-rama

Today I had the pleasure of being joined by Roberto for 6 miles of the 18 I had to complete. It was a little hot out there but all in all it was a decent relaxing run. Legs felt fine, no cramping, but the heat was taking a toll on me.

I pulled in a nice 3:11:42 (some breaks thrown in here and there to talk, get liquids). Good day.

Love,
Joe
To,
Dave
Love

Funtastic Run

Dear All,

I was dreading my 8.5 mile tempo run today since I also like Dave missed a majority of my workouts since Saturday. But like Dave I did run well today from my perpsective.  Total time was 1:07:57 for 8.5 miles which I think translates into 8:00/mile.

Love,

Joe

P.S. I love you Dave

Lost Ground

So I missed my pace run on Saturday and all subsequent workouts until today.  Stupid work.  At least I felt good today though I ran faster than I intended to run.

http://connect.garmin.com/activity/3988528

Not looking forward to the 20 on Saturday.  Well - I am in a strange way. But I'm not.  As always -- I love you Joe.

Smooth and Simple Run

Six Smooth Slow Miles

The Last Couple of Days

So I haven't posted because I really haven't done too many workouts in the last couple of days. So here's a not-so-quick update of what's happened in the last few days.

Wednesday:  I did a quick 6 mile run

Thursday:  I started getting sick so I decided not to do the tempo and just take the day off

Friday:  Feeling guilty I rode the bike for 1:15:00

Saturday:  We had the awesome Alumni regatta  (got to see some good friends and had some good fun haha wings, keg stands, and rowing) and I did a fantastic 1000 meters of rowing which hurt alot sadly...

Sunday:  Drove 240 miles

Monday: 1:00:00 on the bike

Tuesday: Track workout 400, 800, 1200, 1600, 1200, 800, 400 most of them under 7:00/mile pace except for the mile which was 7:04

Rock and roll - slightly scared about the 18 miler this week since I missed my long run this past weekend.

Happy Training,

Joe

Something Different

Per Joe's Request

Here's a link to the info recorded by my new gadget:

Notice that I ended up in Inglewood instead of continuing down the beach like I was supposed to . . . 

Also if you click on the "Splits" button you can see the breakdown by mile and laugh.

http://connect.garmin.com/activity/3387531

Today's Workout and the Super Secret Contest

Finally got my wheel back from the bike shop.  I broke a spoke riding the other day... most likely caused by the massive wattage that I put out.  Did 45 minutes worth of cycling to recover the legs for tomorrow track workout.  8 x 800 tomorrow.

Now for the run part.  I have devised a contest to blatantly attract people to this blog.  The contest is as follows:

As you know Greg, Andy, Dave and I are running a marathon "together".  We're each training and running at our own paces and will undoubtedly encourage eachother because we came together to do this.  

Now here comes the fun part.  Up for grabs is 20 bucks out of my pocket, I'll mail you a check, a giftcard, whatever you want that's 20 dollars (no joke, for those that know me you know I have nothing better to do)!  All you have to do is look through our blog, predict our each of our marathon times and the closest person wins! This is not the Price is Right so the closer you are whether or not you are over are under wins.  The person with the lowest total variation wins.  A sample entry would be like the following:

Joe - 2:15:00

Greg - 2:14:00

Andy - 2:14:00

Dave - 2:13:00

If our actual times were -

Joe - 2:16:00

Greg - 2:15:00

Andy - 2:15:00

Dave - 2:12:00

Your total variation would be 4 minutes and you would be damn close!

So place your entries as a comment on this post and I'll start compiling them in an excel spreadsheet.  Spread the word!  I will no longer accept entries after May 15th, 2009!!!