It was by far the worst Metric Century I’ve had of the three I’ve done in the last three years, even though my moving numbers were fine. My training–for cycling, anyway–was not. A week and a half after falling and injuring my right knee, worrying about some family issues and needing to meet friends to […]
I’ve been desperately trying to get some training in, particularly for the Haleiwa Metric Century. It’s not been going as well as I want, although I have high hopes. The metric is in less than two weeks and I have yet to do any ride over half its length this year. That ends this weekend […]
I’m running out of time. It’s essentially April and I have several events this month, starting with Saturday’s Ford Island Bridge Run. This’ll be my third year in a row of running this particular 10K. It’s a lollipop course that starts downhill–and ends uphill. In the meantime I’ve not been training like I want to, […]
I’m recovered, mostly. It was tough to get through the Great Aloha Run the way I did–even walking part of the way–but it wasn’t so tough to just try to recover by resting and working out more passively with more cycling. And maybe swimming depending on how the week goes. Running has been rewarding in […]
I’m tired and sore. The Great Aloha Run on Monday following a hike and bike ride on Sunday (and a bike ride alone on Saturday) took a lot out of me. That said, I’m pretty pleased with my results. To drop over a minute and a half per mile from my previous best time tells […]
I’m trying to get back on track. The past week was horrendously busy, the weather was poor, and my bike needed a new rear tire. And after running that sub 10 minute mile paced 10K, I wasn’t really feeling myself yet. Today, after an insanely early day (assisting with technical matters at a 7 am […]
I’m working out, but not thrilled. Did both a run and a ride today; the run was very decent, but the ride was not. Figured that since today is my birthday I’d cop out by putting up results rather than a whole lot else. and… Oh, and Sunday is race day! An 8K this time. […]
Ever since the marathon ended, I haven’t been running the distances I had leading up to it–just like I haven’t ridden the distances I’d ride training for the century. So these days I am increasing my mileage so I run and ride a little bit longer than the very short (or in the case of […]
To do events–I believe in 2011 I’ll do (at least) the three race Great Aloha Run Readiness Series (the first leg of which is done), the Great Aloha Run, the Ford Island Bridge 10K, the Jamba Juice Bananaman 10K, the Haleiwa Metric Century, and some others I haven’t yet decided on. I’m pretty sure the […]
I’m tired, but I have to keep going. Since starting up a second class I’m teaching (there weren’t enough students for me to do two a week for awhile), I’m left with less time to train. Fortunately, since the marathon is over, I’m more into doing two workouts in a day when I’m off–both cycling […]